New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-20

This Society held a regular meeting Nav Is
at its rooms-Col CLARK in the Chair. The at
tendance was slim,
Mr. Mics read atranslatiVn Of letter addressed
to the President Of the farmers Cub from the PAR.
Royal Society Of Agriculture, per Mons PAYzx, Per.
petua Secretary The Society ask fcAhe observations
Of the Club during the past two yeats on the Potato
Disease ~ Payeu states that the psysiA and sca,
tered Reports Of the Disease In Ausrcs have been very
useful to those engaged in researches % the sane sub
Jet IN France AID it Il in order 10 full under.
standing Of the subjec, that the present reques,
made.
A communication from Mr. SKINNER Editor Of
The Farmers Library, was resd by the Secretary Mr.
s treated very fully Of the claims of Agriculture to the
support and encouragement Of Governments-n regard
to he Apaeca Slcp Mr. Skinner reports as one of the
Committee Of the Club to whom referred that sub
ect that We arr in fair wsy have that useful animal
brought to the United States in sufficient numbers TO
make fair trial Of their adaptation to our cmste aad
to ties, their value a. addition u own stock Of
wool-bearing animals Mr.. J. D. WILLIAMSON has OBJ.
tanned from Government the free use Of the line ship
Ohio for his passage to South America and also permits.
sion to make use there OF any store-shp or national
vessel ths, may be in the ports from which he may wish
to ship specimens of snss seeds etc for this coun.
try Mr. w will sail a. soon the Ohio returns from
her present cruise.
An extractwas farther read from an article in the
October number Of the Journal of the hland ard Agr
cultural Society Of Scotland the subject OF tie Eec
bo. Culture Of Crops by Mr. j. TowEE, who mentions
the opinion that the poia Of ssh grass &c, at greater
distance and with ygor than metal In drars1 Of
electricity Without insisting upon or even arguing for
the existence of two distinct Eeetncies the writer
could not entirely assent 10 this definition II there be
not two powers there at least two equal states or
conditions Of gred agent the balance Of which may
be destroyed and again restored to perfect equilibrium
Whatever may be said that Is apparently proved BY
experiment OF the pls and minus conditions OF distinct
eectrictes evidence which ought 20 be conclusive ex
lists Notwithstanding admitted ocuues 70 prove even
to denomination that two forces always are present
setting In toward the other like TWO darts that meet
at center, or TO speak more correctly, that pass as
from center outward in opposite directions To ex.
emplify this by familiar example which IL open 10
every IL consists In sending werfu shock from
charged Leyden jar through a card when IL may be
distinctly perceived that the punc,ure made by the
charge exhibits the two sides OF the card forced outward
just If the puncture had been made by two points AZ
and through tho tissue of the card from lie center
About two years ago. this experiment. of the perforated
card repeatedly tried at the Conversational Meet
ngs Of the American Institute, the original sugges
ton Of Oliver Smith, member OF the Institute. The
experiment, was then apparently new to ali.
Prof MAPEs mentioned, illustration of the
pOer Of SEEDS presrs their rtaly. that all the Egyp.
tan Corn in this neghborhood originated in grains
taken from the body of a mummy dog brought from
Egypt and opened the University IN tbs City Those
seeds necessarily, must have been 1000 5000 years
old.
Prot. lander, of Germany, has been expert.
menng on the Potato has ascertained 10 be tropical
plant solely, and By peculiar system Of planting be
entirely preserves Il from the disease while all around
bis neighbors' crops blghted. AZ the Potato Is
tropical plant, according TO Prof Il. and as tropical
plants will thrive below certain degree Of tenn
peTaure, he plants the potatoes, In the Spring OF the
year in hotbed and in May mot sooner they set
out in the field the plants being then several inches in
hight They thus run no risk OF being chilled-nor
they feel the cold, says the Professor II the
farmer wishes a good, sound crop.
The Secretary read a list of Premiums to be
awarded BY Judge TALL1ApGE and SHEPHERD KNAPP
the former the exPresident and the latter acting Vice
President of the nstitute-oyer and above the regular
awards of the Institute proper for the best family
wagon harness, double and single-esch gold medal
The subject Of DAIRY Hus5andry coming up,
Judge VAN WICK and Aid. HALL expa,iated at length
on the various breeds of Cows the quantity Of milk
butter cheese yielded by each mentioning several in
dlvdua and very extraordinary results, such 81
quarts OF milk day from for the greater part Of
the year and pound Of butter day from the milk Of
one cow The gist of the two gentlemen's remarks,
however was that in this country there breeds of
Cows fully as good for the dairy any in Europe
A Table on the results Of Planting Wheat at dif |
fzent Depths read by the Secretary. 1t was pre-
pared by H. MonEAU of Paris who formed 10 beds, |
each Of which was planted with $50 grains of wheat
different depths and the following are the results
Depth. CamsuP. No. Of Head'. No Of Grains