New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-30
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

soL0S RoBrssos read the following letter from
Westcheste, County farmer:
WEsTcHE5TER Co.. y. Y, 9Th No., 81 1855.
FRIEND RoBISsoS: VIII thee please % rad this
letter, which address through YOU 20 the American
Institute Farmers Club p and thus oblige absent
though often interested reader of the reports which
FIND in TEE TRIBUNE of tie savings of members of
tia, body concerning their experience IN the business
Of 1iming, well also in other ma teas which are
sometimes talked over by the intelligent persous CON-
posing the Club. am an old farmer, having cult
waited The earth, or as suppose you, my progressive
ends would say tie surface Of tie earth, TO the depth
of from SIX 10 ten inches for about forty years. con-
time in that business in that odfashonei way, not
being ablo 10 adopt your new method Of plowing
ea zen inches into the clay sub soil N the e1pecta
ton Of Increasing tho yield OF my crops. IL j not be-
cause ! am unwilling to adopt new methods tia. do
this. ] Gm always ready TO meet al Improvement IN
flaming with generous welcome. Experiments |
often iIy: not only such as ! chance 20 fall upon
~ / pass along in tho quiet pursuit Of my own
lsbors but | not unfrequerly am able TO bene-
ft largely by adopting the suggestions ami dis
coyories Of my observing neghhors. Indeed
gratefully acknowledge m!eef indobtci TO Prof
Mares and others of your Society for many very val
uabIe hints / DO not therefore consider myself how
ever much you may difer from mo in that opinion 20
prone 10 discard everything but personal cxp'r-
''ouce." Nor do wish 10 be understood UNDER
vauirg in The least my swn or others personal eSpe-
renee II is a very thorough and efficient teacher
Il c most 20 PERHAPS of any other. Ii may no doubt
be greatly aided BY Scientific Agriculture" but it
should not be condemned totally ii It occasionally ox-
Mode the teachings Of fancy farmers or even sOnc OF
those who are rtyled fscientifc ngrculiuris's Nv
"persOnal experience for instance nay, my observe
ton, reason and common sense ali combine to utterly
explode the idea Of " eghteen-inch blowing with the
view OF improving the land whore 1--we and iacreas-
ing The Weld of crops. do not wish u be under
stood however asserting that there may not be 10
ca.ites or districts OF country whore deep blowing
may not be beneficial. Where lands have been worn
out by long and constant cropping It i not unlikely
that they NAV he aided very materially by turning up
The lower sol TO the surface, aud by man1rng the
evil eff els of the exhaustion may be got over n due
tne Land thus circuusiancod requires rest. Thor
Ough seeding h aso very beneficial and the grass
should not be pastured too closely. But where in
this country generally, the surface soil IL good, the
land not having been oveTtasked, Elk 10 ten inches
blowing contend Is fer better than fifteen or eighteen
Al all events thi- IL NV personal experience II the
matter, and shal. hold that to be good against all
'Ecieniifc remark merely until some one shall
practically demonstrate that the yellow clay is better
than the dark loan for The production end growth OF
vegetation.
In conclusion, ! suggest seasonabe subject, viz:
What is known az the Gaps, or chicken disorder,
q disease which proves fatal to at least onehird Al
lot one.half Of oil the broods brought of on every
Iouliry-yard in this country. The trouble is ooca-
siored by n little knot OF red worms, as tsink,
which may be found in the windpile of every chicken
30 troubled These worms increase in size and work
up toward tie head until the chicken il suffocaei.
have found thee worms III every instance out OF many
examinations which have made. SoEetimcs have
cured tie chicken Wien IN YER ay s,so " ,s on g
the outside OF the neck pressed pretty closely against
the windpile, thus forcing tie worms dowl into the
stomach or crop OF the chicken. Al other times It
VII Iii .he chicken Immediately. The best remedy
| know, however, is To feed with dry iced-whole
grains of corn buckvheat Is best from tho start.
Give them meal or other ground iced. Ii your
corn is very large crack . between couple Of stones
for q while until the chicken il able TO swallow whole
grains. This treatment viii have tendency to keep
lie worms described above out Of the throat. Per-
laps some OF you may know better remedy.
The most profitable fowl is the Leghon in my opin
ion. They lay more cg-s and require les feed than
any oiher variety. They small bueish birds,
with their combs Topped down quite on one side, AMI
often heng over then beaks. They were called Leg
hons l,y tic person from whom | Oh aimed them. But
eny fowl requires to be well fell TO lay well. E'pe-
cialy should this be- the case in winter Meat scraps
are excellent occasionally for fowls. Ted my fowls
well through the winter and they commenced laying IN
February aud have paid me handsomely IN cOlse-
auence | hopo your Society will be frequently en-
ehiened by useful contributors, that il may do much
good IN the way Of disseminating sound instruction IN
farming.
Prof MArEs-Our Westminster friend writes
pleasant letter but he Is mistaken about adYoca
lion Of plowing-that is with a turning plow-ls
inches deep Mr. Waring stated at one time that he
was blowing bis land at Chapaqua TO that depth.
hnuy sois NAV be plowed IL inches to advantage.
Some prefer TO 60 down half an inch at time. Ny
idea is to run a subso plow IN al clay land before
benefit uness where the soil is repete with sulphUret
iron But the atmosphere viii change in one year
the sulrhuret Into sulphate Of iron.
The Root Cr0p.-Dr. WATERBURY went on at some
ergh to show tie amount of pro.en,c in va
rious substances Carrots cOntsn a per cent of pro-
oin; Nlont OF per cent. He contends tina, roots
contain sufficient Eusce producing matter to compete
with grain as articles of food. IL Is wasteful prac
tee 10 feed stock on kind OF food. Carrots are
suid 10 esist dises,ion it il not then much all
-grte a raIf-
ing roots i upen par with the argument that water ls
Necessary he advocates the selling process for oil
kinds OF stock. We have gross feeder TO use our
manure in Indian Corn better than manurng roots as
they do In Europe. ! recommend that Corn should
precede all root crops AMI that the ground be manfred
sunicieut to produce sixty bushels per acre. Root
a Lorsc-hoe Cullen says parsuips contain the most
m rmepi OF aHy roots. The root crop ought not 10
take the same reeti'eposton in our agriculture ihatt
does in Europe.
tie Eastern portion OF this country; they cannot
CENT etc with cheap grain et the West.
Tie question Is what does q root crop cost, a1d
what i, the benefit TO the groWerl Roots require
ricb land free from weeds. COW may be kept on
Two scrs Of land by raising root crops aud song her,
when IL generally estimated that two acres Of pas
ture are necessary for the summer support Of one cow
a reverend gentleman whose name Is forgotten, said
Le was much interested In the Inbgnc's rcpOr. Of
cIors but feared wrong impressions had obtained in
ria non to insects iliurng wheat want 10 state
few wor.s in relation to what | know OF orr harvest
rrospccs a. have lately been in seven States, and
iaIen notice Of the growing wheat. In this State, IN
the southern tier of counties the prospects are not quite
so good as | could wsh. In Pennsylvan and Ohio
tie prospect Is almost universally good don't think
the wheat N Michigan Is as much injured az has been
represented by the papers, In Indiana, Illinois Iowa.
| never finer prospect for wheat On the whole
The pIospcct excellent. And tie increase Of acres
planted to every other product, Is very great.
Mr. JUDD. l did not intend to be understood in my
remarks last week, recommending killing potatoes,