New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-16


siyeiy occupied IN the cultivation Of the All ~
Iearly all more OF less directly CONNECTED ~, p
With such materials for passing & pleasant A..
the country, among corn fields and 81 the pr,oa-.J
an advanced agriculture, IS wonderful iha. ae
veDience of ie~ Summer showers WAS hard, hi, ~
every body Quilted Epfree az night more taan ~
Tor bis Wilt BY all that be bai seen Al ! heard 49,
the hoartiues OF the welcome he bad received, Z .
OF could be permitted 90 form an es,imaa 49,. y
10 the country al lars from Mr. Mechi fam IS
prou led most abundan, harvest. Ills grain 10
oats snG barley well ss wheat-arc suoerh =,
leave little be desired, except that they a-e po.b
fortnight more advanced. Experienced agrisapr3s
present calculated that his oats would we'd -
twelve 10 Thirteen quarters per acre in some PAR. -
his wheat from hve 10 six. His Italian rye-sas. :.
der the imuatIg effects OF suano washed iAto -
soil bv liquil manure, shows az tas, a eppo-.o,'
exuherauce; and bl- mangolds, though not 49,
excellent. are far above me1oc1ty. The only hi,
back in this agretabe picture IS the lateness II ta
son. Tie chances are always sgansta hGnestts...
not early. and Mr.. Mecnls crops would seen o ~
cate that we are rearly fortnight behndhaAt n
took his guests ususl into the heds with hlnoaSr
urday and there for several hours Oc upied issssl
ana unused them by his periDstetic Lectures tee
everything connected with the cultivation Of he -
This is Biz forte, and the most remarkable ea,ars
n ese GATHERINGS. The persuasive tact of he cen.
tracesman an d his advertising skill seem TO fntass
ard splendid outlet N this ciani e. tie extos l NJ,
crop, ard artificial grasses with the same cay and.
resstible compiacency as If they were dressing ca.
or cutlery IN Leadeuh6l-st. Ii his visitors hal b.
customers intent on driving hard bargain with h,
be could have been more communicative 10 then.
more anxious that they should know the outs and Z,
of everything, and more ready and fecetous IN 4
REPLIES No couRtry bur one Of sho0keepes "a
supply such a spectacle a. Mr.. Mechi, with hsvt,
bat, taking some three hundred peoolo by invita-,
through biz fields. and sto. ping a. hereni poras
tell them what he has done and what he has 0@ o.
what chemistry teaches and how he conforms IN
10 in bis practice-Nhat rlpip was as compared v
its present state, and what he anticipates ESce
will be when every farmer in Il follows bis plshs,
spirited example, Men who talk good deal al rlo8,
about any subject, however wei up Ia t. viii ;
always be wire snd PRUDENT OF speech, but the pas|
dludgery of the crowd extracts something even n,
these eNBgl eraiOns aud eNtravagancies. II il 50
Mr. Mech and his auditors. They do not sFsb'
everything be tells them, but goo'i Seal goes tcn
nevertheless, and tar more than did IN the Old laU
Protection when the trad, sman farmer wss denouns
as a charatan. Then Il was very painful tlia,t
receive il stluctiOn IN ones oSn business from such
Quarter But the instruction right in he main N
was volunteered with u buoygnt good humor and kin
ness the edge Of which, Ike one OF toe Leadeahalls
razors, no amount OF illusase could turn. Noreoys
men of r, cognled intelligence hasten 70 ooun;enan,
the instructor who taught by example as well as D..
cept and now he has his reward. Prac 'ical Ineu =
ten to him attoniyely, and respect if they do no
WAYS approve what he tells them. lie IN his turn T
comes Il IS of an adventurous eNperlmentakt a II
more of tie man of business intent upon p-cuuisl
profit. lie declares that he made 900 Of clear rlrlf
from Tlptree lsst year, aud that hs balance sheet cc.
10 longer be considered unsatisfactory. To do aal
Justice there mere fair indications Oh SATURDAY Agf
his management is becoming more decidedly scclQr
icsl Stock which Is az present Improbable 10 fNl
Is not kept by him i'm any great quantity. >evetl Z.
his largest sheds are emp y-pigs and bdllo'ksmtt
miuish,d numbers, and the sheep IN the heidS Hs
expenditure in the purchase OF artificial manuns ~
been safely limited owing TO the hi h heart AMI c.N
-, I.s lnr l. In
seen 10 which, looking 10 the state OF the markets
most prudent farmer need obiecf Jeful or exnT
aeaut As bad times found him adventurous, got
times and high prices induce hun to realize for WI
oyeriake him in position when he IL enabled 90
So TO tie fullest edvauiage This is as it shoulds
and only shows Mr.. Me,hl's good sense. To msc
tain an advanced portion in agriculture II y not D.
cessary 10 he always making an outlay OF capital
startling novelties 10 show ones friends yet the pros
ress of Improvement is never az rest, aud al no iOrnd
gathering has appeared 10 be more alive with prone
Mr. Mech does rot like looking behind hun lie seem
afraid Of the tate of Lots wife If he did So ao tn~
fore once a principle X conceded and suocessaI
illustrated at iptree aud other model farms he leave
conteutedy 10 tune its full realization over the iseee
The country While the bulk of English agrisuiu
still strugQ, 10 arrive at deep draining and deept
Indignation Of he so at clean iel n, liberal manun
and the clear ing away OF useless lie 'serows anl e
while il il still miles away from sucn elahorheapPAf
cations a. that Of liquid manure by undergr0undpf
and while the use of steam III any torn ls still ysT
exceptional Mr. Mech aud bis coadju'ors are looking
forward confidently 10 steam drainage and steam GU
tiNation. A machine inye1ted by Lord DundonN
was exhibited on Saturday for the accomplishment
tie olDer object; and, though the rial was not CARD
10 sufficient extent 10 enables very confident oplns
TO be formed It's merits It's ingenuity aud slnphcF
f construction were readily acknowledged by somee
he most practical uen pesen'. 10 bnng aoCs
stesm cultivation very pretty little worHlng moh
WAS shown made by Mr.. Phillips, engineer 20 q
Il. q L.f.a M model
a steep embankmeDt along rough road, turned 10 a.
feIent directions with great ease, aud dug away VI
its spades in soft garden mold. IL appears 'oN
rather complex IN its parts, and Otherwise open 'oo
lection; bar, tai en- with Usher's Steam plough, a.
that sill more remarkable machiue which was eIen
tied by MIR Boydell at Carlisle it nust be ies "a
Mir Machi has fair grounds for his conviction mat"
are brought close TO the application OF steampoFas
the cultivation the soil Toward this resll; hep'
charcal treatment of the land in the best-famsdh~
ticts "a teen long tending and the Royal Ars
tural Society has AT length achnow edged tue wE.ff
inviting he attention Of inventors 10 II 10 heir gN
list. Nhie Belgium rent % the gathering al IFsl
model ste sm-cultyatOr America sup pho1 PAX
viii mower and seed separator OF very ineen0a! o.
siructiOn ard which aid lis work 'ly p
longs 10 Mr.. G.. r. Salmon OF tlgln, Illinois, ana ~
already carried of number OF orlzes IN me SUE
The novelty OF the machine consists IN the mecsaa1
grrfne emtnt Of die blast and sieve; but bOth TINS ~
fle model steam -cultivaOr were chiefly regardeln
interest as showing the increasing disposition ten
o. Ter counties TO stare in the home oompetl@A
our impleueni-mabes point 10 which ID ai'ensl
Of the hoy al Agricultural Society cannot too SON
directed. -.
1t has always been regarded as one Of ;Ae ass
eushirg features of these annual meetings Al lipl'
that Mr.. Mech has underworld 10 collect there ia
Der of men eminent in different departments u Se.
and industry. lie appears to have acted M tht Y
the principle that agriculture was every day oseons
more ard more dependent for IFS progressGP
impulse which could he given to II from Wi,hoA
own legitimate bounds. The chemist the D"'e.'
the mileraoeist. the entomolOgist and theeog1.
arr all becoming indispensable 10 the farmer 9@ -
he view with indifference The abors OF those "lo
side over the health and control the sewsgs q
ciiies. As on former occasions Mr. hecD M s-. :,
Saturday goodly muster Of such ceieDriuss' h
had beside number OF city nasnaes, i1oi
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