New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-22
Meeting of the Farmers Climb.

Mr. HoUcHToN Of Nsw-Jerscy 10 the Chair
Agriculture of Old.-In the first edition OF Dry
denis Virgil printed as long ago as 1863 at Lon.
don, tho Preface by William Walsh, speaking Of
Nrgils Pastorsls. remarked thus We figure the
ancient countrymen, like our own, leading painful
he In poverty and contempt without wit OF courage or
education But men had quite different notions OF these
things for the fret 1000 years of the world. Health
and strength then IN esteem than the refine
ments Of pleasure aud it was accounted much more
honorable TO TN the ground keep dock Of sheep
than TO dissolve Ia wanonncss and caeminalo sloth-
Pity IL SO no longer
CsrAg Ci0ra Hoy-The Chairman made few ob
servstions this subject the substance Of which was
that srap was employed at the rate Of six inches clio
yer 10 an inch Of the straw arranged in layers HePui
IN his whole crop Ia th,s way when he came to feed
out the result was found fully equal 10 that formerly
'ated The cattle ate u greetily not distinguishing
The straw from the clover that being thoroughly o.
vored by their iuNtsposuon in growing Rye and whes,
straw IRE both usedhe liked he rye best but there
some who would contradict this statement preicrrnc
Tie wheat lilo believed ryo straw the best lor the
Of cattle
Mr. Mri@s observed the Hay crop OF the United
States Is worth three times as much A. our Cotton
Hence the most rainuic crranrement,o s,yo b the
farmer IS Of vast impOuance-osen that Of per cen,
n worth consideration Hay crop a,no,,,.s ia ,s,,
% about hundred millions OF dollars Der snns,n
Mr. SAMUEL AiiEN transmitted from Morristo,yn
n J. an account Of his procedure with field of love,
he mOws only when the grass is perfectly fee from
moisture either dew OF previous rains the hay "a NM
INTO cocks of conical form bci fore the dew bcsins n
sn on he same afternoon that is cut Tie intended
IS way OF experiment, 10 few Of those cooke
With cotton cloth, painted one side yard square
with small hole worked in the center, through which
10 iron rod hrcee ghths OF an inch thick sharp
pointed with ha head the size OF dollar rtvctcd
re Top and two feet long these he should let stand
several days perhaps week or until has undergone
sihorough heating and become cool again lie Is then
10 open and expose 10 he air and sun Tor few hours
after which Il is hauled into the barn.
C!oyerhay has been greatly underyaiued, OWING 70
The bad management OF the crop. Nh Allen thought y
sPoper subject or frequent discussions, and trusted
would be taken up by TIE Club Al : future meeting
hsporf on NaGoros Germ Dygo.-IT. sickies present
"a hong Report from The Committee 10 whom thi5
subject referred The Commit'Co remarked the
subject was Of great II not inlthnte extent The Re
Dryer
PokiAa Mach a, VLie Plaias--Dr Underhill trans.
nued invitation from the Nostchosier Agricultural
society, 20 the Institute, 10 hold the Annual Flowing
YORK
Other business Of en- unimportani nature was dis.
posed or when the Club adjourned Next subjects,
SeH Mick, Hay Crop and T~rHip PioHiiSs.
FArAL AcciDENf.--Mr Mason Eastman OF Sau
quot \. Y. with his death few days ago from the