New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-04
naHn.r., Ctub-Weaa-Ths CRANBERRY.

p.ssid II was 100 expensive 70 iced new milk 70
,b.n he had used potatoes With great success.
,bs-ebv -.a-ia. calves with =er5 little expense The
rsIus Of potatoes as food fer stated %
.b., 100 Ib. are equivalent . lbs of Eaea: with
~. hone OF y lbs Of beans Is Of whes. bread 80 Of
-,i,. or carrots 30 Of tura!P. 800 Of ca55ase=-
for The farmers interest % iced potatoes a.
,o., exclusively unes. render Indian Com SUI
c;,,lv r-oduct7e Wo.1-ozt Lands were mex. treated
n IN another anoryrnou5 Letter from Vermont ar
Ia NJ region there i great variety Of so-Por-
ion, Of II being Of dry sandy nature vel lifted Tor
r.. he has known land to Dc cultivated for zen con
.ecutiYs wears By the application, as manure Of Line
ss5es &c Re had found great difficulty IN getting
grasses 20 Take root This 81! was !eneded % asns
10 10 Y bushels OF wood sshes 10 the acTe-CoveF vas
Their noticed 81 some length Is roots when the Stalk
dead furnish for other plants and seTve 70
Keen the land porous and IN good condition 20 THIS
and other facts il satisfactorily made oE c!o'et
i beneficial 10 the land n TarloCs ways As 70 'ufa'
ing the turf OF certain soils as had been remarked UPON
br Hr Watson a: 4 previous meeting the writer con
.idered il very beneficial especially II there were Tch
subsci under i;An extract was gIven N i- CONNIE
rcaton from letter written from south america u
tend Of The Vermont Farmer. IN relation 10 land
mentioning tia; the Island OF Asralo the and 5
mixture OF clay sand and line and during tue Wet sea
son I. completely submerged neaning OF course Il
rs;res) ana in the dry season = becomes very nara
md CRACKS 70 great depth. frequently from ~ 70 20
feet 20 that animals ana men are IN consAn. danger OF
falling in TINS IL considered singular occurrence.
ua;a- was next read from Alfred bal OF Perrin am
bov or Rrick MAKING IN wGch suggested the pro
/ pre;y of having me Farmer Club appoint Com
nitte 10 examine INTO and report uponthe manufacture
al Erirs Agreed ~ Ju finally ordered that the COM
j;ree report not 70 the Club but 10 the American In
stitue il being considered that II was not properly
within the province OF the C4uu.
D.. S1EEBIxs presented 20 specimens Of six from
Persia sent TO this country by Rev D. I. Soddsrd mis-
I AZ an. Persia. specimens We're.
some OF them very pretty and of good fabric Or.
FIELD exhibited I'VE Dorking Fowls-hne. plump tel
lows capital Thanksgiving and not srniss tor Christ
mas. The Doctor stated mat they are good layers.
steady and for the eaH5-dont mention II
six weeks since one OF them weighed 81 lbs although
no, & wear old mad weighed pullets about year
old and the result was 81 lbs He wished 10 cal! aten'
ton 10 the basket in which they we're placed at that
urne-made By the Psupcrs OF Bellevue The design
OF them IS very excellent for the purposes OF eXhiouon
discussion sprsng up rather annsiedly between
Nessrs Watson AID Hall and Dr. Field, the relative
virtues OF yellow pedesas snd I'VE toes on them sid
the fances OF John Bull and Brother Jonathan "a 10
white and yellow fowls. the alderman reInaikns ina;
he would 20 into the iaucles OF others-he would
20 into the flows. Much desutory conversation was
then had principally going 10 prove that ~ the Razor
srop man would say. If tho=e not good fowls. they
would nj san they good fowls. And so the case
rested without any definite conclusion being arrived
The rnonotony was finally p.easinsiy varied by Judge
Megs passing round specimens OF the Meadow Pear,
and Spanish Melon OF delicious favor. Accompany
ing the latter were twa the bags in which they
are preserved III Italy and spain mentioned al pre-
vous meeting OF the Club The braided straw OF which
they formed IS frequently used as cordsse IN Italy
&c.
The regular .ubiec, at la=i up--Boad. or Pastel
its uses and culture. long communication was read
on this subject from Gen. H. a :. Dearborn ofRoxbu-
ry Massachusetts is OF great length that even
dges; would far exceed limits. Having received
from France lew OF the Woad seeds the General had
cultivated the Plant and produced specimens OF the col
orng matter by following the directions contained in the
French Treatise. lis first experiment was detailed in
from paper Of lsl6. communicated by the
General himself. piece of ground was sown IN the
for part May in drills three feet apart ana at the rst
wedding he hinncd out the plants so to leave them
six inches apart ON the 18th OF August the General
cut II part OF the leaves which covered the sXeth part
acre he then pursued the process as directed IN
the treatise before mentioned ana the experiment sue
ceedcd admiration. Tbe ternen ation perfect at
the piTatlon OF forty eight hours. The liquor being
drawn from the bucket Vi lime pre-
pared agreeaby 10 the directions contained in the Tres
use added 10 the liquor and then sgi:s,ed with
small wooden rake for fifteen minutes when cupious
white roh TO the surface which soon assumed
bright blue cuor,-this iFoth was carefully skinned on
and put into esrtheu bowls 10 dry and produced qua-
uty OF feytt The green aaccUli deposited IN
hours The superintendent yellow liquor being drawn
on OF sulphuIic acid 10 every bucket OF liquor
diluted with water poured into the green precipi
which instantly changed 10 most beautiful ceru
lean blue. Cold water was then poured into this mix
ure and il then violently agiste6 for minutes.
Twelve hours after, the liquor drawn Oft and the
blue deposition put into cloh filters 10 strain in
tyfour hours IL perfectly drained taken and put
into box furnished with linen bottom which was
placed in airy situation under cover At the expirs-
ton OF seventeen days it had become tenacious paste
then taken with wooden knife and pressed in
10 small boxes 10 dry. In two weeks il perfectly
dried. 81 the expiration OF twenty days. the plants
which. had been grown sufficiently large cut
sg2nihis would give OF course three cuttings year in
this Northern climate bu! II sown in September, there
might Be four II not Ave cuttings year As the plants
not injured by the trosts OF winter they would IN
this way be III 10 cut in June.
From this experiment Gen. Dearborn satisfied
that the following quantity OF Indigo could be made
from OF ground One cutting from the s!xteth
part OF an acre gave Of indigo halt pound one cut.
hing from whole acre therefore would have given 80
pounds four cuttings 100 pounds The price oil indigo
sl6 was ten dollars pound therefore one acre OF
land cultivated with pastel would produce to the farmer
two hundred and forty dollars.
4 correspondence the same subject between the
General and JOHN :. SKINNER then OF the American
Farmer given n; length IN the paper after the
conclusion OF the reading OF which another paper on
the same topic from Wa PARTRIDGE read, giving 4
detailed statement OF the cultivation and preparation OF
woodruff We have above recorded the method as
told D.; Gen. Dearborn. have not space tor any
tracts
Mr.. HAVEN said that in ls2d he commenced Wooden
Mandatory Nashua y H. ana made every prepare
ton to dive wool hu found that Indigo would make
fast colors and hearing OF the virtues OF WoaG he Oh
tanned the reuisite SID from the propTicor> OF the lac
tory 10 examine into and gain what information ne WAS
able 20 the superiority OF W Dad over Indigo f!acln
another person in his situation superintendent: he
forthwith nGGe dilizcn inquiry and learned that DAD
essential 10 produce good blue color. Some seed
obtained and in sol! that had not been used
for long time and was very rc, The plants UP
looking Ike horse-rAl!sh leaves than any:hin,
else; OF deep green color They cut and dried
under shed, where the 90. in and destroyed
them He then tried the green sialks-pul them into
the with indigo and fermentation produced.
while blue bubbles aos;ed On the top. The wosd was
then dried upper roo-afierward wetted and put
into the with lime The effect produced
with the green. The value OF this dyeing material
verified il the astness OF the color produced
The woad used for several years.-Atter other
remark the speaker observed that IN the culture OF
this plant gres; adv antages possessed in the facility
with which be raised factories and kept in
/ barns ike hay.
Mr.. WATSON followed in similar remarks and alto
geiher it finally concluded ,hst Woad Is much
! peror 70 Indigo for the purposes OF Dysins.
On the subject OF the Cranberry letter received
and read from JoHN J. GARDINER accompanied BY a
SOD OF the Upland Cranberry for the purpose Of exhib
ton He though, that the SOD would give 81 idea OF the
sversce yield OF crop which will average ever one
bUshel 70 the rod. liz instance he had gathered
bushels 70 the square rod ba, this unconnony
large crop Tor the upland the vines being shorter than
those growing III swanps- The cultivated Cranberry
darker colored and richer Favored than The Wild fruit
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