New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-10
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS. CLUB.

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Judge ScOTr presided. The attendance small.
SUBSTITUTE COFFEE.
The Secretary Judge MEIG read paper upon the sub
iect of substituting infusion Of coffee leaves fr the
berry tea made Of coffee leaves IL very nutritious aud
refreshing and better than beverage made from leaves Of
the plant The leaves roasted in the
we roast the berres The natives Of prefer the
the berries and only the latter when they
Another paper stated that the climate Madrid il much
moro changabe and more cloudy than here.
SUMNER MANAGEMENT OF MANURE.
The subject Of The summer management Of manure
Prof MarFs-The great loss of manure the dissipation
Of the richest portion of the substance in the atmosphere
The best preventative Of fire fang in the heap by keep
ing continually moist. Mako csern at the lower side
Of the pile and pump the drainage every day for thirty
days and all material will decompose Add 10 the
cisteIn little suphuic acid and drain all the soap suds,
&c. from the house TO the compost heap. Add 20 the
animal manure swamp muck, decomposed by lime and salt
mixture. and that will take up all escaping ammonia II
will eventually follow that the drainage of the heap will be
taken the field in the liquid FORM and that s the most
economical manner in which manure ever be applied
Tie solid must be dissolved before II be used
by the plants il it is carried to the field in dry state
Liquid manure 10 dissolve The ferizng por
on Of the soil TO which may be applied Liquid manure
may be applied with less labor to the land than solid
nure for be pumped into the cart and spread upon
the land by it's own specific gravity Potash SO valuable
manure, should be always applied in solution.
but little use TO apply any manure tc land that Is not
properly prepared TO assmate il 10 the OF crops The
land il stirred the better il will produce.
Mr. Pet tells that he found eight plowings more prof
liable than less number The plow scarcely mixcs tho
manure with the soil by one blowing. Simple water ap
piled by irrigation adds 10 the crop than dressing
of dry manure The water isnot fertilizer in itself but
dss0lves the particles of the soil urod for the growth
of plan;s Tie water however, of some wells which we
call pure, contains some very valuable fertilizers The
fluid of two horses worth the solid excremnt
Of them, and yet most farmers not only waste that but all
that be washed of the latter by exposure to rain in
open b0nyaIds. can increase my barn-yard manure by
muck, thriysx times. The volatile portion of liquid mq
nnrc does evaporHte Manure does not reach down
into the earth beyond the reach of plants One of The al
vaniages of blowing IN green crops that 1t so soon be-
soluble IL IL my opinion ilnt guano would pro-
duce greater eject by dsoyng II than by any other
method of applying II.
SoLoN ROBISsoN-I have 10 doub Of that fact vet
that is mpractcNbc large scale, particularly where
forty tuus year, some of the Virginia
wheat OweB do, the neat best way apply is 10
II broadcast and pOw or harrow II in. 10 thoroughly
incorporate il with the roll at the of 200 10 5005 per
There ia need of mixing IL with anything, except
il hc as divsor the earth Will take up all that volatile
For garden crops apply il in solution and take tha,
you do not give too strong dose The best way To pro
oil mOnures If in great tank in liquid orn There
is waste then and loss when applied. The solution
sinks into the earth and is ready at for the issue of
the plants. Mr. Meohi of England washes all h stables
and yards into the tanks and sends The liquid to the field
by steam force-pump through conducting pipes.
IMPROVEMENT IN FLAX FIBER.-Dr LEAvIr, of Marcel
lus exhibited specimens of flax in all its varieties of prep
araiion. He said 1t is broken by machinery without rot
ting and of flax straw will make one-fouh tun OF
rope ten tuns of straw will make tun OF fine FAX fiber
1t from the machine in form of rowing. Flax, wet
oI Ill lTONtsS VI hNVs "i"''
in tow. This process takes away but little tow II costs
ten cents pound 10 prepare the flax ready for the finest
hncn II is very white and looks like silk, and Will run to
the finest numbers in spinning. The bleaching Is done and
The hber dried while in motion. IL much finer than
roCd flax The hhers Of the best Irish thread not
two and ahat long In fine spinning the long flax Is cut
up INTO snort lengths In process we make into the
proper length aud thus almost all the fiber, that
we have no tow of any consequence and the tow that
do make is suitable for mixing with wool The great points
that we have gained the European plan in produc
ing manufactured article much cheaper than by any
other known process.
AhoSt 800 ihs of the fine prepared fiber bleached and
ready fer spmnng can be produced per II is he
heved that of the cultivated land the North
States TO flax would equal the cotton crop Of the
South ana that the expense OF the fiber the anuac
turer would not exceed The average price of cotton in this
market
Hemp Gber be prepared in the same manner as flax
but the hax crop viii probably be the most profitable
account of the seed the fiber from rpe flax is inst as
Naludbt as that ho the straw before it ripe FLAX
far more valuable than cotton to mix with wool and the
latter l. mNed 10 an enormous extent have seen 100 ms
and 20 lbs. wool cOmbiued and the cloth priuced
called woolon goods.
Ii such faN fiber this were used il would produce
article far valuable than cotton. Here Is a pe
cimen wool and fax mixture Ii is very stout kersey
You cannot oar the linen thread Here a
PIE of German flax great deal of which Is mpOr;ed il il
worth cents pound. Compare il with this prepared in
our establishment az Marcolu )Onondaga County n "
and YOU will say the imported article j. not worth half
much as the domestic for fine work In process
il useful In roited fax much OF the fiber lost, aud
all is weakened.
The Club will meet again next Tuesday noon.
BOARD OF TEN GOVERNORS.
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