New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-24
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

my sIaupB uh' ds Lltblg says 100 parts OF human
urine are equal to 1900 parts Of the fresh dung of
a bore and 600 Of COW, it ia Of immense import
ance that tie Corporation Of the City of New York
should be induced through the action Of the In
situte TO adopt method of preserving the large
quantity Of that liquid running to waste in the little
temple In the Park at the rear OF the City Hall; also
suggesiiI that premium should be offered to Induce
tie prop'etor Of omnibus and livery stables 10 adopt
me ans for the preservation Of the liquid manure which
now runs 10 waste.
Chinok Bpg-Judge MEIGs also read a comnuni
cation from Mr.. Stacey Of Pennington, Henrico Co..
Va, With soecimens of the ckpck bug which he SAYS
is committing great depre5Itions in the corn crop
The bug II similar TO the common bedbug and emts
similar odor when crushed.
The Golden HorviBg Apple-Mr. JoHs III. Brush
OF Browsonville q miles S. +. Of Wiliamsburgh ex
hibited fine specimen Of the Golden Harvng Apple
gathered from tree which he imported two years ago
from Rotterdam. II has red skin, and the pulp is
light cream colOr. The flavor is excellent.
Fail Operations Wheat Soscing. g.-Mr. JUDD had
received 100 letters more on the subject Of wheat
wheat had escaped the ravages Of the insects 80 that
If he lNr. j. were going to SOW he would give -
busb for this of wheat rather than not use
il. In the preparation OF the ground he had found no
better plan than plowing in clover, which in certain
sense is equal 10 guaDO. He bad for number Of
years grown alternately wheat and clover without any
other meDure, and the wheat crop improved every
season in which It was grown The clover plant ap-
peared TO contain all The elements required for wheat
growing. Planting large seeds in wheat as well as
with all other crops is always the wisest plan On
this principle large potatoes are preferable II was
beet 10 select potatoes not smaller than hens egg for
SETS lie would reject the large Overgrown tubers,
which be ccnsioered TO he more or less diseased.
Mr.. Field spoke Of the use Of guano, which he said
vas understood 10 contaia all the materials for max
4" ing a wheat crop" But 10 apply it 10 soils desti
tute of alumna not of much benefit the essence
Of the would escape before 1t could be taken
up. He considered that super-phospba'e of lime, nitro
gtriZpd the best manure adapted for our soils.
Prof. MAPEs referred to the fact that as the
wheat plant touches the cold soil beneath it 10
" filler" As TO the question Of manures, lsad the
Professor,) / will mention two incidents. When the
National Agricultural Society held its meeting at
Washington City George Washington Gusts, the
adopted son of General Washington, stated that he
owner Of the Arlington Estate. containing some
900 acres of land several hundred negroes. For
several wears he bad found it necessary, in order to
pay his own expenses and those of bis family nclud
ing the negroes to mortgage the estate lie had an
analysis made OF bis SOIL with view to ascertain its
deficiencies for wheat crop and under proper In5tr
tioIs he bad those deficiencies supplied and "now,"
said be, "gentemen, can say instead of mortgaglng
" my estate, am continually essening the mortgages
had previously obtained, and this year have ten
thousand bushels of wheat for the miller while until
/" the anelysis was made never able TO sell siu
" gle bushel of wheat above what was used for the
/" hanos' Mr. John Jones of Delaware, the largest
wheat grower within 200 miles of Washington, said
he bous farm for $40 acre. which he agreed to
pay in small nstalments and on a very long mort
gsgethe owner being glad to sell at that low price
and on those easy terms. When he commenced opera
tions bis first crop Of wheat was some or bushels
to the acre on The plan of cultivation usual in the
neigbbOlhOOd. He sent bis soil North TO have 1t
aDaly zed On the basis of the analysis he planned his
oparaiions and " Gentlemen" said he 81 raised a
Charger crop Of wbea, than any other man will the
" ga distance of Washingfon The Assessors thus
"year valued my land at $40 an acre calculating from
" the value Of the crop OF wheat These cases had
come under his Prof ~ supervision, and the prep
aratOn Of manure which he recommended after anayz-
ing the soils, mixture of guano with bones dis
solved by sulphuric acid. They had added sulphate
OF ammonia, which had cost them only as much as
the cnriing of barn-yard manure had usually cost.
The soils of those gentlemen contained rather more
potash than usual. But he had yet to find the first
soil which is not capable OF being benefited by the
&C dtOn of the super phosphate of lime.
The L0srfon Blackberry-The SECRETARY an
nounced that Mr.. Lawton had kindly presented the
Club with crate of his large blackbenies. lie hoped
Mr. Lawton would say something On that interesting
subject ,.-...
this annual tribute of Ibis humble fruit the black
berry 20 this Society for number of seasons past,
because this Association n accountable for the distri-
button of these plants almost every part OF the
United States. Tn y have taken upon themselves,
also the responsibility of giving II name aud as
things are well known by their fruits have thought
il proper TO give them specimen that they may see
whether in indO sing my statements tney nave oeeh
sui sequeuty sustained by fact. am happy 10 say
that am not afraid that this Society will have TO re
history OF the plant eau be soon told am satlshed
that the plant discovered some thirty years ago
by a man who transpanted IT from the highway INTO
piece of ground in New Rochelle. An Enghshman
settled upon the place. and il was supposed that be
brought il with him from England. Even upon this
ground il was not introduced TO garden culture. III
was suffered TO be placed In the gardens, people sup
posing that il merely the common blac toerry ana
they omitted to take much care OF It, am informed,
and so believe that at t1e sale of the estate the plants
were, of them, in the garden, and they dlsap-
peared Some years after them perhaps IL or 10 years
the plant heard of, and although have resiied III
the place and my family have been there since II was
settled they never heard of II until very few years
ego and being a member of the Farmers Club and
anxious to contribute portion OF interest to our meet
ings | called attention to that plant and by some
Others hearing Of It, oh aimed 1t, ana then IL was
not uneer cultivation. i saw about dozen against
a fence of a neighbOr of niue; some OF the plants
! found in yard where il was not cultivated io the
least In 1851 or SO a neighbor of mine introduced
an active, intelligent nursersm man upon my grounds
and showed him my fruit supplied HIM wuh ms
stock Of plants; but, although he had lived IN the
peiphborhoOd, he had never cultivated them hiul-
self l first introduced them at Washington, for
patent, as the New-Rochele Blackberry ,
IL was an indefinite name L never discovered
the plant growing wild in New-Rochene, nor 40
l believe such plant was atterward ever as
covered; therefore the reputation of the name OF
my village being applied TO the berry was ? lrely
matter of choice on my part. But 1t was an lnden,
mite name because any inhabi ant OF the village OF
New Rochelle might impose blackberry plants upon
customers with that name. Other WISE shodld have
been happy to resist the compliment which the
Club designed TO pay me for the distribution OF
this plant distributed about one third OF the nrst
planis which grew, gratuously. cold some a. hrst
for % cents and then raised them 10 so cents and
from thar to $40 Dozen determining not 10 sell less
than A dozen. The demand for them increased so
rapidly that was under the necessity OF sking TINS
course until could produce them IN larger Quantities