The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-22
American Inssitute-Farmers' Club.

Juns 2l.-Dr. Nathan Shelton. of Jamaica. Long
Island, in the chair.
There twenty members in attendance among
whom were Prof Mapes, Dr. Endern, Samuel Allen,
Messrs Robinson Scott Atwood and Or. Church, Judge
Van Wyck, and others.
The Secretary read paper relative to California three
hundred and twenty years ago-it originally pub
hed in the Philosophical Transactions Of the Royal So
ciety Of London in 1891
The paper states that the population Of California at
the time above specified, great and inhabited by
lively, witty people; the climate described is now
remarkable for its health and the soil for its astonishing
vegetable productions its valleys aording food the whole
year for both arge and small The Jesuit
missionaries carried horses sheep and hogs there.
The Iatves did not like the hogs account of the dam
age they occasiened, and consequently destroy
ed The aboIignes lived in perfect abundaDcc without
care and without the slightest interest in working
mines although they known exist 1t also speaks
of the pearl fishery the coast and the abundance
vegetables fruit and grain OF which there fourteen
kinds. The vegetables that the missionaries carried
there, grew to an immense size and great perfection
With respecs to Long Island lands which had been
SO much talked OF at the two previous meetings. when
discussing the subject of ''ssndy soils the folio Siag
fact win johnson from cue to two
thousand acres on the south side Of Long Island about
AZ miles from New York where the land Is better If
good as about Lakeland station. He has this year
grown carrots twenty two acres beets eight acres He
etn the carrot crop at eight hundred bushels per
acre worth from thirty to forty per bushel or
from Fix 10 seven thousand dollars for the crop. Mr.
land station sells better than his
Judge MnGs. the secretary, then read paper the
disease in vines being translation from a report on
the subject preented to the French Minister of the
ror by Victor Repdu Inspector General Of Agriculture
This disease had Its birth England where 1t first
noticed by Messrs. Tucker Berklev 1t concentra
tee in lS45 in some bohouses at Margate, popular
place of summer resort for bathing the
OF Kent. and from where it sooD spread In 1s4S the
Conservatives Of Baron Rotnschild invaded py
it, ard in the following the vineyards of Puteaux
and Surenpe in France attacked 10 1850 all the
Italy and the South # FraIce In the ighbot of
Paris it destroyed alDo Wy crop H. that wear
the naady aggravated by unusual TEN pera ture
and Piedmont in Italy forced to to France to
seek portion OF her wine Ia the spring OF 1852 cry
OF alarm from Mont Ieer aud Marseles large cities
IN the South OF France, heard which echoed
from The Eastern PyrDees, and other departments Of
France ragged less in Italy and destroy the grape
vines of nearly every country in Europe algeria and
Syria likewise ia, AIDED by 1t Mt the time Tae
white grape suffers most aud the finest vines the
fret attacked the disease attacks both high and low
viz es inoiscrminaely The subs tnuce that grows upon
the vines is myeeuma foculeDt fungus 1t has beeo
examined micros copcalv by Nuremberg, of Berlin,
6res 1t OF peculiar character, Su phur and line Ia
many fc'ms have been tried to bat with
Int success. The Of ths nssdy unknown, but
il not contagious The only remedy of any success is
the fy ydro osulphate of lime.
The discussion Of the day afterwards taken up
psmely Econ omcal Irrigation" winch was ably and
fully discussed BY p ofessor Mapes, Mr.. Samuel Allen
s1lon Robinson, Judge Van wyck. aud Others. It ap
pesred 10 be the general opinion that
pracsed in thousaros of places in ouutry where it
is not at present even thought Of proaoy always
Mr. II BINsoN descrp Of the irrigation of the
rice fields Charleston, 5. C., where one hundred
bushels are obtained to the He mentioned in
stance Of the raising Of s sberries BY of it. in
gsvelly soil b. Mr Peabody at Columbus. Ca giving
lbem water every day that they bear abundant
ly for six months producing ten times fruit than
leaves.STb sort grow is Hovey's esdling.
Professor MAPEs adveried to the methods of eevating
water by means OF economical machinery, such the
by drauhc and instanced the windmill ss quite as
econon ics and perhaps effective for the purpoe
Mr. SAMUEL ALLEN commented the OF the hy
urat ~ "A ms hat cnsfa poth
tires working night and day, and sh,ch sends up
eg;h OF the water that works il TO height OF several
feet. lie mentioned instance in which there
water The surface, and the of the pacs made
drains ard by that led the to depth
by which he mace slight fall aud ~hch found suf
fcent TO work that furnished sufficient
TO supply his farm ard farm yard abundant, with water.
The utility OF vndnis. for moderate drainage and for
lifting water was likewise discussed, and the system of
Holland, with its numerous wlDdmlls alluded to.
The next subject TO be treated upon BY the members Of
the club will be the Utity of Railroads to Agriculture
10 the United States
At earlier period. paper flax, by Professor vii
son, of the British Commissioners the Industrial
Exhibition. and for which be received of thanks
from the Society Of Arts read by the Secretary
Professor Wilson unable to TEND pc sonally hav.
ing left New York tour of scientific inquiry for
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