New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-17
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Farmers cluD-Flax Culture in ireland

Tuesday regular meeting Of the Club was
scld-Chairasn. h. L. PELI ESQ., Judge Mess read
atrsnslsuon from the French Rerus Hort,cols Van
Bou,tes Garden at Client It IA of ground
and has yery orderly arrangements. Except on the
eastern side it is surrounded by bitches full OF water
i; living hedges whose moderate hight gives free view
oYer the vast and rich fields along the river E,oaq s
other boundaries principally composed Of hedges
Lhographic printing lie there executed, as well the
cooring OF the Flora OF the garden OF which n Won
fout:e is editor Thousands OF beautiful flowers in
al their freshness and glorious colors strike in
7ely manner the stranger who enters this garden In
the basement are various Offices and Library OF the
most choice books Horticulture and Botany. There
arc galleries for the assortment and packing d all kinds
OF seeds There also twelve glass cor=Hrvatories
zach 100 feet long by various bresdth and many
others oil different construction ali warmed by hot
water
The Secretary then read the Memorial OF the Amer
can Institute 10 the Legislature for grant Of land for
The purpose OF establishing Agricultural College and
Experimental arm The document sets forth in detail
the for the request and the need OF IL and then
goes Say that ia referring the value OF the pro-
perry which the state mill tax OF 1912 was imposed
we find that the city and county OF New York embrace
onetbird o the whole property OF the state and
including Orenge Putnam, AMI the Six other counties
below over one-ha OF the property OF the whole state
% the following statement will show
Value of the property in the State s62o61GG00
Value of City Of New 1881, 100000
Kings ....... $50 $40 000i Westchesier. 9,s43O00
Queens 1870 00Ol Orange. l9ie000
Suffolk 5.7ij000l Rockland. 100000
Richmond. 7s000lPutnam $4,000
Total 1913 1900
discussion created, by the reading OF the Me
mortal between several members. Mr. WASEmAN
thought that agriculturists should make up large
Delegation present the Memorial 10 the Legislature.
and urge the adoption ol proper their
,idcration 1t is Of great importance that have
Agricultural College located in whatever place would
hr suitable and 10 competent Instructors
SO TINT Agriculture may be taught with efficiency.
Col CLARK thought New.i York the best place and
suggested that the establishment of Botanic Garden
be added the project and then make appeal the
citizens OF New York for hid
The Secretary next read a letter from K l.. COLT,
ESQ of Paterson. n !, strongly recommending that.
instead OF Silver Medals, Cups &C. being awarded
premiums their value should be given in standard
works on Agriculture The Farmers Library and
Monthly Journal OF Agriculture. edited by Mr. SKINNER
Tas highly recommended for this purpose. II was far
Their suggested in Mr.. Colts communication that three
or four premiums of $500 each should be offered by the
American Institute for Prize Essays the Disease in
Potatoes Raising of Indian Corn and other subjects to
be selected By able men.
Judge MEiGs read an article entitled Statistics OF Flax
Cultivation and Manufacture in Ireland Before the
year 1925 the Linen manufactured in ireland made
Of ysru spun by hand In 500 some Irish capitalists a;
Belfast embarked in the flax spinning trade and built
factories, which were followed by others in differ
emf parts OF the North of ireland BY the report OF the
Factory Inspectors in 1899 1t appears that the number
OF iaSspnuing mills then in Ireland 40 worked by
1850 horsepow employing 9Ol1 persons. Since
then il has increased to 81 worked by 2s6O horse pow
er, giving employment to 1900 persons and, adding
the subsequent processes o manufacture the number
OF persons supported 10y the Irish linen trade cannot be
es,imNed nj less than from 100000 to 60000O in all
The following table of Linen exported from Ireland.
taken from Official returns, will show the increase oi
trade at various periods