New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-19
Farmers, Club


LEWIS q. MoRRIs, Of Wcstchester, in the chair.
Bus few members were present The Secretary. Mr..
Meigs read paper the Raising Of Turkeys reported
by him from conversation with Charles Henry Hall
E.q Of Harlem The directions Of Mr. Hall are The fol
lowing
Tske the turkeys eggs and st them under hens for
the that the young turkeys delicate and are
liable TO suffer the moment they out Of the she'll
Hsns vlglsa than turkeys and give notice OF
dsnger and hide them under their wings.
The young turkeys not TO be fed the first day sser
the Matching bu, KEEP, quiet with the hen under coop
The tops Of the young turkeys heads must be snoinied
with oil with the hnger-tonch the dowDy feathers
lightly with feather dipped 10 the oil. around under
the wings aud down the backs 10 protect them from
and Ice Then 10 stimulate their crops give tnen
Two black peppercorns then prepare Ihoish
pnd5ing well boiled and then evspOrated 70 oryne"
Cut CAiocs very fine wash and mix with the pudding be-
fore II IL dned. Sprinkle the food thiny 90 board
and another board adjacent sprinkle coarse sand
This process be continued for ten days and little
pure water may allowed. The hen In the meantime
should be- led with meal mixed with boiled potatoes,
with water 10 drink. The object Is TO keep the birds
from the wssther though they may be allowed TO roam
with the hen after the OF and before the damp oil
evening proceed until the birds gain sufficient fesih
ers 10 protect them from the weather After this there
will be very little Danger 10 the birds they seek roose
cut Of the reach Of enemies After oiog duck the birds
in water This mode is also proper for chickens Young
ducks should have the down sheared of irom the bot
tom about the tails TO proven, the gathering oil mud
letter was read from ~ Guilisrd, relative b the eK
cursion on Long Island in which hs suggests thst
coarsey puverzed carbonate limeinstead OF the or
binary burnt and Stacked lime would be most highly
| bent hcial 10 that soil
Mr. Meigs then read q communication on Flax
10 IfeandFIa1 being the regular subject OF the meet
ing. The linen manufactured IN that country had IN
creased from 65574 yards 10 l7l0to G096592 in 1885
The imports into United Kingdom In lsi5 amounted
70 70 42f of FIBRE worth $4,000 600 and Of seed
nearly 5O000 900 bushels. worth $3OOOOOO Total SD
0O00C0 drained out OF Great Britain Tor crop whlcn
could be had at home.
Previous 10 1895 linen 10 Ireland was made from hand
spun yarn. 10 1899, there we're in operation 40 fax
dom there were 10 ls45 four hundred and fourteen
linen factories Of 10 900 hOrse power Is coo persons and
capital 10 the amount of 100000 900. These mills con
sumo annually 10000 tons of hSx
Improved Mode Of Dressing Hemp-A letter on thi'
subject was read from Lewis Sanders OF Kentucky
The letter ststes that four hemp shirts will not last
laborer longer than ak made OF fax Overproducton
had reduced the price below the cost Of production and
Hemp In 1886 sold for lees than $50 per ton The
consequence is, there will be short crop In ls4I-
lie communicated Report from the superintendent OIL
the u s. Ropewak at Chsrestown (Msss) where all the
Cordsge Of the u Navy is made, showing the great
strength Of American Water-rotted Hemp, (4,2OO lbs
being the REQUIRED proof and the very little injury
sussns by tar II IL believed that American Hemp can
be prepared good that OF any quarter OF the globe
and 10 any extent
Mr. Sanders sent to the Club specimens of Flax
which had been subjected to a chemical process by
which II could be prepared for spinning with loss o.
but one per of Mr.. Megs ssld that the gentle
man maintained that the common mode OF rottDg and
breaking the fax aud hemp the cause OF much Of
the tow and that the usual waste was MY per cent The
process by which this great Improvement Is enected
saves the rottisg aud breaking The tre obtained by
this mode IL stronger than that resulting from the
/ old way OF preparation
Mr. Wakemsn announced that Hon Nathan Burchsrd
of the Legislature would deliver an address on Agri-
culture at Mechanics Hall, the 9th Of September
Committee appointed 70 make Report oil the oo'
servsons made during the late excursiors over Long
Island. $500
hanson presented 10 the Farmers Club some potatoes
be had procured In South America for .he purpose OF
introducing seed from distant country Tree from
disease, where they grow wild. The white potatoes
were cultivated on the plains of Bogoa for
and large pigeons eggs and the red ones from
the paDi of Chsco, $50 miles from Bogots were OF the
same size quantity OF these potatoes were distributed
to the Club with request that returns should be made
of the success of their cultivation. Mr. VIM hent oil
Prospect Hill Brooklyn, took some, and at this meeting
presented fine specimens OF potatoes grown from them
Mr. Kent ssee that he placed the seed In seht hot beds
the st of May, and when the buds got hrec inches
long he broke them off, and put them into pint Pots one
IN sscL pot On the i's q June he put them out out y
manure. The potatoes exhibited were the produce Of
the young plants.
Mr. Van Epps presented specimens of reeled silk and
cocoons from Mr.. Stiles. Savannah Ga. The cocoon'
were the largest that has been raised in this country
and were from eggs from the Island OF Cyprus
Corn the stalks OF which were IL feet hign, and
large squash from the garden farm Of Jordan L. Mott
at Motiville.
It was resolved to issue invitation for the Long lei
aud people 70 exhibit the facts and reasons why IN
lands could not be cultivated for Mr. Wakemsn SAL
the BROOKLYN Institute had asserted that these Ian.
could be cultivated. DR.. Peck said be had by expert
ent ascertsined that these lands could be cultivated
Edwin Williams said that some OF Mr.. Schuye vast
lands In Saratoga County were deemed as worth
less as the lands on Long Island, and now WORT
from $50 to s75Per acre.