New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-26
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

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TUESDAY. March 25.-Judge LyIsGsros in the
ctsir.
HENRY NEIes, Secretary, read paper prepared by
Robert I. Pel upon the subject of converting food
into blood and tissue and bones of the body, showing
n. necessity of adapting the food 20 the purposes re-
quiied-that if fat the object let the food De at
troduciI substances. The tesh OF Wild animals II
psualh lean while those stall-fed mass Of fat,
hecause the feed is fatty. Potatoes produce but little
fat az compared with the same bulk of grain. ihe
proportion Is still greater between grain and turnpr
The proper way is 10 feed both lat ana none ana
Rice PRODUCES little or no fat Ii is udlcou. feeding
tIat produces beautiful stock of sn kinds Mix cor'
tains all that is reetssary for young aniinas' Ne"
oats are unfit for food for bOrses There is some un
accountable chemical change that taxes place oy keep
ing the grain a few months.
Solos RoBIssos remarked that Western horsemen
well understood this fact. Some pastures are much
more fat producing than Others; and such pastures
MIGHT not be valuable 20 dsrymen. Indeed, some
rastures will not produce cheese TO any considerable
amount ,,, .
from the Western rlit-Grower Association, formed
Of AL the estern Counties of New York which shows
TINT .twenty-three counties included and It Is as
certsned that there 40 900 OF Young uu-trees
now growing in thOss counties. II Is said THAI the
lakes in the interior OF this State nave great huu
epce upon the production of fruit.
ToDd for he Poor.-GEO. f.. WARGSG, jr, read
psper upon the tect Of purchasing tract OF and
ne the city, To sell TO the poor OF the CITY at COST l
agriculture al purposes.
The ccsign is TO get portion of the poor, who are
willing to work into a position where they can sup
port themselves by cultivating few acres. IhS SUD-
tect Wa. laid over till next meeting -
Mr. Horse. Sh0f-BESJAMIN STLLIMAN of West
chester County introduced a new kind of horse shoe
with six calks which, he thinks, will prevent horses
from slipping on the Russ pavement. These corks are
made OF steel of the same temper as rtonecutters
FscGingStocE-Mr. OLcoTr said that he had lately
refused work upon the subject OF feeding stock that
slows many experiments, one OF which IS IN avor OF
h. meal He spoke favorably upon the subject OF
cuttinr and steaming hay for cattle Mr.. D. spoke
strongly against the wicked practice Of stabhog horses
in a cellar without ventilation. All stables should Dc
carefully ventilated by fues, and in Summer the WE
dows should be open aud covered with gauze or hnc
netting TO keep out the flee. No stable should ever
be rr6vdoo with racks for horses to reach up to and
pull down the hay. -,
Mr.. JuDD introduced an article from The L0rdon
Journal Of Arts upon the wOOlprOducing quality OF
yarious Kinds Of food. The experiment showed that
peas were largely the most productive OF any other
food Rye with salt, was the next most productive
according TO this experiment.
GTo E. W .RIsG said he had but little faith in any
feeding experiments. There are so many crcum-
stances connected with alp animals, and they are so va
rioue that unless known, the experiment is worthless
lie ,thous ht salt NAV be wholly dispensed with He
had proved il in feeding horses. Ills horses were IN
good condition. but they do not get particle OF salt
except what they obtain from food grown upon land
where salt is used as manure. .,
DR.. WrLLIsGroY-The experiment of feeding salt
| to hor.es as shown in DIR. Waterbury's report IA a
valuable one-showing that horses fed almost entirey
without salt equally healthy with those ted on
q large quantity. For twelve years | was in poor
health, and used salt every day. Since have a6ured
the use of salt, am much better, and fully belieye
that salt Is the cause of many human diseases NY
patients all improve fastest who eat the least quan'
tity of salt. My father used to buy salt and hire men
TO feed it to cattle but he finally became satisfied that
was useless. The only thing favorable to the use
of salt is that il creates appetite in fattening anmss
and therefore increases the fat by increasing the con-
| sumption of food.
Prof YorNANs-We need more intelligence applied
to experiments, although we have made rapid ad-
vances within few years upon the subject OF sppro-
! priate food for certain purposes. All physiologsts
agree that system can create anything necessary to
| it, support or development.
NJ. III DID conceded with Prof Y. upon the want OF
intelligence in experiments, and to prove it related an
anecdote of Southern planter who sent HIM half a
tun of soil for analysis. One specimen was evidently
! taken from spot where log heap had been burned
Mr.. AIRING proposed series of experiments for
| the improvement Of agriculture.
! The Club will meet again next Tuesday.