New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-21
,Isetips Of the Farmers club.

Yesterday this Society held another fneet'ns' '"i'
WuEvAs In the Chair. the attendance extreme
ly meseer
The sfcRrrAKi read a number OF psPers-'rans'
lat.ols. etc-amoug them the following bit OF news
OF the 0lien time
Previous % the RevoluronAry War, suffolk County
% Long Island reduced fertility % yield, On
an .ver.s not more than I've or six bushels Of whsa,
psr acre The H-ssisn Fly often Destroyed even that
diva. sal 10 be a blessing Tor IL discovered
that when tie isni wss properly enriched the Fly I'D
p,,s damage 50 that mary began 20 their soil
and obtained iargs crops
Statistic. of Sheep and Wool were read they
,rs ,,kep. q. iollors from Soamsns Progress OF Ma
ions v..s..., -, osvool So, -
10 Easl.n6 and Wales r 10000 Il.,-o.uw f2S
scot and ....-..----...- aotvluo 10000 Oh,
France ..-...--.....-- as uuVuVV sSoVo.D -
Z s-Fr-e states. ---l2 l4t4oc 1850 -
slave states .-... I,loo.to e'''9.'" A4N
NJ Nges read some interesting extracts tom
the E4s5.rsi Nr, Philosophical Journal Tor January
l.., ou the Ns,irs L0aSe-ifg and sac Of Tres Inc
ds OF the writer on this subject srs 20 some ez'nI
NV He considers a tree 20 be- nothing more th'h
eoneerss of annual and comparatively 'msl''<ad ana
slender plsnt. she propagation of which from year %
wear ia Al time coming D., sf-c,uay provided Tor 'y
buds AID the accumulation OF ths an VASE oy me Nv
ug growing as parasites the resdus OF the dead ne
csssariiy keeps pace with the snnuA succession oi
plspts And II this De the sccount OF the nHure OF
trees and OF the mode Of their formation, u VIII OF
course follow that tree IS an iaairdan precisely In the
same sense as body corporate, or as ssnesiosies
tree and that contrary 10 the common opinion oat con
,sen,y with the principle before sdyerted TO- there VI"
h. NO a except from purely accidental csuses to me
,iz ;tr,sy attain or the number Of years ], msy 1--we
Thsttrees as such are naturally very long lived snd
groy IN a vss, size Is indeed certain. In Britain
there are sti sx,sni and growing Oaks and probably
Elmssbich were planted before the Conquest r. more
than e,bt hundred yesr. sgo And there are rew trees
much older still There are some st Fountain ADoey
mar Ripop I'M Yorkshire which believed H. be more
than 200 wears old two 10 the churchyad oi Crow
b,r., in surrey of $50 yesrs one 1t Portugal III
p,rtb.bire. of from $500 70 1900 years old one Ia
Bsb,un Churchyard ia Kent i ssid TO have attained
,b s, of 600 wears and another al Hedsor IN Bucks
County which is Ia fall yigor and measures twenty
seven fee, in dia-lea appears % De upward oil S2VV
years old.
Apinyitation from the Long Island Railroad Com
many r the members Of the Institute 10 avail them
.lves d the Road for trip the Island Tree OF ex
,.n.e WAS rendered through Mr.. WILLIAMSON and &C
ceptsd with due ceremony-rhursdsy next beips De
sgnsied as the day.
A groicing lore Of AgrcltTe-At the meeting
vs.tsrday an incident was merits passing
ro,ice-tbst an Agricultural Society in Canada have
sepsted member Of their body proceed to this City
where be now s) for the purpose OF procuring com
plete FARMERS LIBRARY, composed Oh AT ""tSs tna
NAV throw uut valuable sugg suons or prscucabe hht
m he adoption of tho Canadians. such an Instance
z.a in any one Is certainly prHise"or1ny ma mgr
degree.
The meeting finally adjourned til fortnight hence
.,sei,l subjects for discussion, Wool GrgViaS and
j T5,rs5u THlnrf