New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-17
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Meetins Of the Farmer.' Club. Feb Is
I L. PELL. ESQ. bal the Chair.

X l.. PELL, ESQ IN tue Chau
Mr. Mics read translation from the Brazilian
work he has often before quoted" The Auxiliary
Of n stionsl Industry" 1t queries What Is Ayri'
culture2 and answers The Art OF cultiVating tne
earth aud making j, produce plants grams ana
fruits suitable to and necessary Tor Man. Inc
writer ssys In civilized countries. Agriculture IS making
an immense progressthe wealthy and the wise no Longer
dA.o;.e this rs Of the Arts. Noble schools or teaching
are already Tor ought to bel founded IN which the theory
and practice OF II learned toseher-frOm this the
roron Of the article extracted proceeds 10 some Interest
ms r.a econ. on the art aud practice Of Agriculture.
Nr MICS made few remNks on the sad dearih o!
competent Instruction for our Farming population.
Mr. yAS WICK followed In observations on Draining
very conclusive ius,ancag the various methods Of DRAIN
sse Great Britain and among US. In cur coany the
chief part OF the surplus water rests the surface ana
thus Is moro easily aud simply drawn OF.
Mr. PELL made some lengthy observations on me suo
jse Of the dayDralEage He remarked that Is OF VA''
Importance the agriculturst, whose success ID 'O"Ds
erops entirely depends upon the removal Of supsin"'"
waite from land naturally tenacious and retaining con-
slant uOisure-which In nine cases our Oh eH'
nine. c,res CROPS and not unfequeny renders vast
tracts ofland entirely useless for agricultural purposes
OMEN. s.id Mr. Pe two three lsnd-sprinss destroy
acre. Of valuable land by rising over the surface and
assosndug through alternating strata Of clay, gravel
az sand until they reach a hard bottom, where they
Accumulate and form reservoirs, thence ooLe through
the superintendent, surface and keep u always wet
If surrounded by high grounds, select me lowest
,urng and dig a well the water Will then follow the
vein and thus thoroughly drain the field shoad there
se sucent descent open or close drains may De maze
conveying the from the various springs 10 ne low"
ss part Of the hed where pond may be formed Tor the
purposes of watering cattle supplying ice or even nsh
The earth sxcavaied, If clay VIII form valuable manure
tor sandy iandand rice II sand, will render clay
.oi rorous and az for cultivation IL not unequeniy
happens that water Is retained near the surface OF hed
by clay stratum Of uncomfortable thickness mus rem
dsring the soil unferte this difficulty may be overcome
Al small expense, by perfora'ing the clay with suos0
pow the water will sink into the gravel or ssnoy SOL
sth and escape-ar. Pel proceeded 70 lenghene1
.xnoyoD Of the principles Of the at OF Draining as ac-
tirsn i'm times ancient and modern He instsnced the
GOOD effect Of Drainage HEALTH as given By Dr. "isoa
10 late English Journal instances sna 70 m1'S" e
also mentioned In Stephens Book OF The Farm Df.
yyil.on has shown that fever and ague wnich ioimci
nearly ene-ha of all the diseases Of the population our
Ing the former ten years, had almost whoy olsappsaeu
during the latter len in consequence Of the geaer extern
sion Of an efficient drainage throughout that part OF Toe
country district Of kelso WHILE al the same tme INC
fatality Of disease and the comparative number Of deaths
nom every hundred cases Of serious ameht mas oimh
shet IN the proportion Of 2sefyg the good purpose
Il cointeraeng miasms Sach befthcal results thonsh
not Immediately sought for by Inc pracuca ianc yeI are
the inevitable result Of his successful exertons-DTSnage
then In the frat place changes the SOIL improves The c-
mate and adds the health Of the surrounding people 10
the second place. remarked Mr. Pell, deepens the soil
sspstes the and clean7es the s1bsoi OF unproh
Die ingredients and, In the third place renders h snu
capable OF producing all the Cereaa by the free slso
Of atmospheric ar.-Mr Pe concluded by de.aHns an
s,nsrImept by himself IN stone understanding lie has
isi this description Of drains miles 10 length on place
Of bogand Of about two acres The eec mas peeh al nc
could have wished. r..
on the subject Of irrigation, Mr. VAN WICK made few
remarks, and
Mr. PrLL followed. Irrigation, he remarked, although
of vast not asnecessay for u.s. In MS es'na-
ton as Drainng-for the reason that our climate Is
pleased throughout the growing season with an abundance
II water except 10 q few isolated Instances In Eastern
countries the heat Of the climate is such that without
flooding lands which now yield most abunoahty woulo
become sterile The smieimade use OF by Isaiah 10 IN
dicste desoaiion Is; "a garden that hath no wafer
Cato $50 years before the Christian Era, oesougnl Tue
Italian esricultursts 10 "Iaake water-meadows tney
had water" The principal rivers In Northern itay the
Tszamenlo Po and Adige are used for The purpCs.s Of
irrigation and all the country contiguous TO hem-iiou
Turin TO Venices capable OF being oveiowed they hnd
necessary rrgate only for grass but for corn ana
vines.
There are said Mr.. Pell, on Long Island, within lew
miles of this City, large tracts Of sandy sell, now worm
perhaps s. per which he Is confident might be made
worth $3.50 by proper and judicous mode of irrigation
Adjoining many Of these lads are extensive ponds winch
h; the use Of proper machinery, might be made to
irrgate them. The first expense, In many instances
would be great the profits would be Tar greater MT
Ps ed that he would respectfully ADVISE some OF
the Long Island monaires 10 try the experiment on
small scale II only requires the success OF single moi
ydual TO induce every inhabsnt 10 follow his example
aud Long Island would soon become the Garden oil New"
York.
Some desullory conversation here occurred when the
meeting adjourned, the next subjects for discussion being
designated as Draining and Irrigation, continued lhe
Care of SYSTEMATICALLY sheep and especially Landing
oseihor with Pruning all suitable TO the season In
which the next convocaiion Of the Club will happen, c.
March |.