New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-17
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUE.

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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.
TUESDAY, Jan. l5-President PILL in the chair
Secretary Mics read All article from The L7nioH
oaraai Of Arts art Scieuces upon new patent plan
o r, serving meats and vegetable substances used for
food The plan i 10 dip the meat into composition
of gclatine and treacle heated to moderate degree
and Keep it there till the gases are neutrazed and
when the competition cools The meat Is hen'ticauy
sealed within its casing without the aid o' any N's7e'
To contain the substance preserved.
may not generally be known that smilar com
position II used 10 make printers ink roDeIs, ana tna
II i n. hard and tough almost, when cool, IA inia-
rnbber II seems reasonable that piece oi meat
covered with this substance would BE- hei7netic@ly
seq ed ana reason why II Should not mus Dc
pr.served. II il easily dissolved IN hot water, ana
has no flavor injurious TO the meat. ibe dtis oI 'he
process are gwen IN The J0sT1a. -
Among tie yisitors Ia the Club to-day was lAeut.
Gov Blows of Massachusetts, who mad. short ont
very interesting address On the SUBJECT o. swamp
Muck aud Salt Marsh"
r. W. Field Of Brooklyn introduced fhe subject,
and gave some items Of bs own experience nthc
value of muck as u deodorzer and fertilizer.
f;oy Brow y said he found great encouragement III
thus meeting a Farmers Club in large city, since
throughout the country the farmers interest u NOR"
neglected than any other. lie thought II inatt.,
worthy OF especial notice, that in city IKE ths ana
all the busy pursuits OF life, club Of men can be found
devoted TO ih. purpose Of discussing eni bringing be-
Cre the world such useful matters RS emanate rom
this Society for, however little these matters ay DC
studied the CITY, tn' are ~ '"u"
trv and commented on and acted upon by those most
deeply interested. He had often repubshed the mat
t.rs discussed in thH To the advantag" and sss
faction of New-Englsnd fa1ner-. Mr.. Brown IL edit
or of The Neu-Enclaad Farmer, Boston and owns a
farm at Concord. He thought the subject that had
be.n lust called up, upon which Mr.. Field had made
som, useful remarks one that could DOT DC taiheu
about too much. The people need Line upon hne 70
awsk. tn. m q the importance of swamp draining,
and the Of muck as fertilizer. On the sub
iect Of salt meadows he said that their influence
IN hsssachusetts upon the farmers was anything
ALT meadow they would be better of DOW. In some
parts of thai State the ismes resort TO such land tor
bay and -ell all from the upland thus the iarns are
drrorated. A. "a the Of muck a. eiertiZer not
one man in ten knows the value Of s or fresh muck,
or how 10 Use il. 1t II q very common pracuce, but
AL en0r to carry muck direct from he '" amp 10 the
upland. because thence comes an almost irra1lcabe
lot Of weeds and grasses. IL never Shon.a Dc sp-
Piled to any land in its raw state. The ,elne
of both salt and fresh swamp muck N but utte
known, and some who have used It m iis ra"
state have ever suce Condemned il, because IL sour
p,ss injured rather than improved the crop Tie com
posts il with oyster shell lime, and fndsit Of immense
value for all crops lie knew Of one man who made
pile q large surface two of three het u'ep, anu
composed il with lime and stable manure, and then
-owed it With herdsgra seed wsch yielded hiIn ron
three 10 five acre, which be cut away from The
oil, for manure. for herd crops, and grass iand
Mr.. Bows said il ought TO b. more generally known
that muck is perfect deodcrAer. Hc never saw
buy- all tho dead animals that he can get and cuts
item up and covers them over with muck, and thus
obtains a manure Of the mot valuable KIND al very
snsl co-t. Hc finds gr al beoetit 10 frut trees rom
putting a wheelbaroY-load of composted muck 10 tue
Fail around the bole., and spreading abroad IN the
Spring. Mr. Brown poke OF the great value OF muck
in stabe and barn cellars for manuro-heaps. nc
thought good farmer would ever be without suppy
Mr. T. W. FIELD Of Brooklyn, said all tba; was
wanted to make swamps productive WA TO relieve the
surface Of sagnaut water. The general use OF muck
as commonly applied has been deletenous, ana II
difficult TO induce m1n who have once nsne such .
nitnke to try again in proper manner. But ne mas
nothing 80 valuable TO mix with guano or potash, or
apy other concentrated manure, as decompog.o muck.
He suppces there i. thirteenth pant OF thi- State
now lying idle as worthless swamp Here good garden
aud near hew-York l. worth $500 or sfeo ah acre,
and vet the svamps are everywhere lying idle.
There millions u loads 0i muscles within inie
of Brooklyn, not one pound OF "hrh Is eyer aseuI
while all around complaining of the fsiure OF
crops on ght candy and.
Mr. FIEID gave the following formula tor forming a
cOmpOsth,a ap with substitutes for swamp-nuck:
COMPOST.
There If nothing within the whole rsnge of hls
labor that gives tic z, nuine lover OF fruit and veg
.tsblc growth such complete sstisfacton a. the NJ
cease IN size and excellence Of his compo-theap. In
i the imagination has hidden the subtle essences
which viii np.n into the golden pcar, color the Diash
Ing cheek Of the melting peach gave ulster 70 'ae
green foliage and beautiful growth OF tho trees On
which his care II bestowed.
For il the cutyator is storing up the chemicals Tor
Natures Laboratory and 10 thus prepared TO rstor. ~
h-l the clements which shall reappcar IN the perest
gold. Untold wealth es hiding IN its dark and IN
seemly mas; ard at the magic touch OF the wand oil
the great enchaHtre,s shall burst forth in blaze Of
glorious beauty.
NosiDgie substance or kind ofrnanue contain, ell The
virtues n,nuris REGULATES for tree or fruit growth;
and compost which skond contain ali or us,-t OF tho
fenlLing agents hsv. found in prsctice ~ produce
the hn.st growth Of fruit. Ny own grounds DO not
afford good eyidouce or the comparative r'suit1 OF
particular manur,s IS al pars Of them have been
highly f.Ttlled to the depth OF three and even f0nr
feet but the best resu.s have been ODt2iEed uom
compost Of snsnp or pat muck.
AZ on. time ,s.s difficult 70 Obtain a. ta season
of the year heap made in the folIowingInAnDer:
An old po-t aud ra fence removed snds layer -
feet square Of the tough pongy 7ods OF the hsadand
sd down about .iX eight inches thick, and on this
layer Of leserhGvings, three or four inches; soo'e
tbs inch Of refse brine 10 portion OF tbs was orDe
hom hide-vsts. where Il bad been ur.d 70 depnve
skins Of es, ~hsh last formed perhaps, one-Ih Of ~
bulk. To every seeond layer Of s@1s one ncs OF
b.nt meal va used Instead Of the mid hr.pe, and
twice layer Of eight ,ep .cches OF frssh sosse-
nsnare to aid in starting The ieru@r.s;ng ssst Ios
whole ~ss enessse and covered VIII ssesI With If-