The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-16

of agriculture which proved that the fever and
which formed nearly half Of the diseases Of the popua
ten disappeared In consequences Of tho general extsn
sion Of On efficient drainage through the country dis
trct OF keso 10 Scotland while AZ the same time, the
fatality OF diseases or the comparative number Of
deaths from hundred of serious ament had
diminished in the proportion of to proving thereby
that draining changes SOIL improves the climate and
adds to the public health besides, deepening the SOIL
dis.paipg the ws;er, and clearing the subsoil Of
profitable ingredients Mr. Pel three years ago, made
~ miles OF stone under drain in piece Of bog land
containing two acrss. The bitches were dug to ths
depth of thee feet snd three feet wide the
tom wall WAS lsid at each side IL inches wide and
~ inches high, leaving II inches opening which
aat stones were placed and the ntersces filed up with
small stones, the whole then covered with dirt.
Shortly after the field poughed narrowed and seed
sownrye, clover, and red Top Tho rye waisned sixty
rye was harvested He then brought the drains to
point and then formed the basin of pond 500 feet In
leugth and Ii Ia dcpth which is stocked with tho
frrst sh of the adjoining lakes and rivers On the
cond subject Of DISCUSSION Mr. Pell expressed his views
climate ike this Which il blessed With an abundance
OF water in the growing season. il still OF hSh mpor
lance as means Of watering lands In nm artificial FORM
with View of increasing their productivenees. In
Eastern countries lands otherwise barren now fertile
sash be rad in figuring deaolaton, described it asa
garden that hath water" Cato one hundred and
fifty years before Christ requested the Italian agricu
tnrists to make water meadows II they had water Tho
Pc and Adige used for the purposes Of rrigaton
and all the country contiguous to them from Turin to
Veniso is capable of being overowed they rrigato
tropical climates irrigation Is carried as the most
esctual mode of inducing fertility. Even In the neigh
borhocd Of Edi surgb, Earl Moray has lands irrigated
by the waters Of thu city, yielding six of grass In
year. These lands rented for Gl9 equal 60 sos
per acre, dairy lands, fer the city supply OF milk
Mr.. P Of opinion that the large tracts OF sandy
dry and Improbable soil upon Long Island, could by
enterprise be rendered profitable by the Of
irrigation, by which land not worth more than So
acre, could be managed 20 produce $780, by proper
and uaicous irrigation, while he believed that in this
city, upwards of 900 tons OF valuable frtlsing matter
lnds its way daily nto the river; sufficient to enrich
10000 of the poorest land annually, and In such
be capa eo producing 1870 bushels OF she'll
ed corn to the The length Mr. Pes remarkspre-
clude from extending them beyond our present
limits No doubt the Institute will request their pub
location at ergh In the interim the foregoing out line
is too valuable to withhold from the consideration OF
those deeply and professionally interested in the enlarge
ment Of there two important agricultural subjects Mr.
Pel before the adjournment Of the club gave notice.
that he offers premium of 500, either in cash plate,
to any farmer who will produce steer, weighing 500
pounds (say years old This received as ought
to be by the club when after few unmporant matters
adournment took place to the frat Tuesday In March