New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-08
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

TUESDAY, Jan. Judge LIVINGSTON IN the char.
Judge MElGs, the Secretary read several papers
lated the French Jo~rHai Of ne Society w.
,ertal One was history Of the Ostrich, and state
mt ut Of the succese nccmatiDg the bird TO France.
I ms that the best feathers from the Aeppo
ostrich ard that their natural color is white and orange
color The Cspe ostrich feathers are black and the
bud the lary If oil the Sme OF the African
tribes Keep 0suichee for their feathers W. do pea
cocks in u dome site state.
The DrO,cOrtd ~ FrGEcc.-A paper upon the SUB
ec' Of the Dlosccrea sta that the roots y I'd through
the inter the ihe ter going down to 10 Fahrei-
cit apd spr, uted In May, and the tubers grew to
three ft.t ~ ltn.th. The paper states thai TIE taoers
were no, injured by fret IN the Kingdom Of Hanover.
Jdpan Potatoes appear 20 be like our common po-
tst',s. from samples imported into France
CLtwie Sugar Care 1T 10 stated that plan has
b,.n Invented IN France that proves u'oessul in
,kirg sirup BY cold mace, alton. The cultivation OF
tie plant is progressing F-noe, and meets with great
favor Another sorghum has been introduced from the
Wet Indies that 10 20 De resptcts IA superior 10 inc
other IL has yielded 80 10 100 bushels per s're
nj one la tie wssb t Of the stalks IN sinp. The ne
sus in France show that the rtPenlng OF The scsa OF
cor, hun does not detrect om the value Of the JUICE
G,otriyg Mushrooms ~ Nee. rJfk-Mr. BLOT
Fr.pcb gaIdener, ttates that he has garden at Har-
lem rbe,e be can grow eighty q one huDdred quarts
dsy Of mushrooms upon an acre. The beds are nsio
The bottom Of trenches three ct dep rounded up
fifteen inches bisb the tIebChes being covered over
With boards. bed viii lat I've or SIX mDbths with
ont renewing. Tie plants come naturally Ton decem-
po.il G borse manure bat he hastens the growth by
lautrg n Q spawn or seed of the mushroom, wbioh "
10 be found ia ell old beds or horse in Q suta-
bic state of decomposition. The plants continue
growing In the trenches Sumner and Winter, and are
raihtred daily they come 10 perfection, and sold 10
resaurabts ard hotels at about cents q quart
Tie supply 10 very far bohind the demand, end In
oonst qu.hce large quantities are imported m pre-
tervea state. MIR. Bot states thst there Is nothing 10
the climate to preveGt growing ia this csy all that tho
city cond consume. The following ejaculation wiz
show ite profit of growing mushrooms;
To cultivate an acre two men and two horses would ~.
be- required Expense OF hor'es, say'''''''''''.' tfs
Rent Of N ..te Of vacant c,i, lo,. .......... 90
TsL...........................
A sale of w quart, day At SO cene will produce
s2S 80 pet day, or slO,5l2 per annum. THIS woad
give g. $50 ne the net profit Ut one acre OF We may
vsosDt one, lying Idle IN and about this city, and We
are assured that It would take many acres 10 supply
TIE demsnd at the price stated.
Orehdrds-Hop 10 Gror asd Preserre hsm.-T.
w Fielo ssucces-fal borouturist and cul'ivator OF
dwsrf pears in Brooklyn, made most valuable and
interesting address upon the slbjc OF eulttyatin<
orchards, Of which we give the following brief sy-
nopei-
Mr. FIELD said that II 1, often asserted tha, the
gebeI ale which plans trees is not the generation
which eats the fruit" He thought that depended upon
the way they plant Beyond all question the form VI
tree best sdspied for al tie functions Of growth health
aid prodaotive0ess the pyrsmdal or cOnical branch
iDg from the ground. The produced by seei
dropped into cultivated ground or ground IN open
D.aily model than the artificial thing Whitfield up
10 y single shaft in the nupery.
Nature needs but little assistance, and that lte IN
the III hi time and place. single terminal bui
pinched of the young shoot 10 I've first midsummer
growth will do more toward offecting the shape
wbich nature herself continually reproducing
than all the bubsrOus surgical operations per-
formed by pruning knife, saw and axe. Tue con
tiDus longevity of fruit trees Ia with
out doubt accelerated by the oontnu a, y-increasiog
fetal structure. trunk sx 20 ten feet high u no
Dece,spy 10 the perfect structure vi tee Ian
a neck Of equal length 10 mar II s quite per-
hUous 20 tee gut'a pefcoa tube 10 feet lonx to
n human being TO draw all his sustenanoe through.
The advantages Of low structure Of ute are:
Fua. LoGgevity-by conforming more perfectly
with DatDIe b. !ess exposure n accidents from storms
uno by interfering with less violence to its org .nm
IL heavy pruning.
Second Hsftcnine Of the production Of fruit Fruit
ing Of the pear aid apple ID lessened to ak years instead
81 tNtCe, by not waiting long period IN pr Jducag
useless trunk by not curing an eIce.s # sap; to
provide fol the waste In travelling up long, naked
trunk, expoted TO surface evaporation, In tue fer
vat beat Of nneI; aud by quicker maturity VI the
fvit-besrDg brsnches f,O no. beiog early deprived Of
ssI-breathIg leaves The grouDd IL muqbed aod pro-
tec ed from the p1ching hest Of Summer by the low
branches, and generous and connu supply Of
fun zap provided
Th,d. much larger number Of trees may be
grown ara fr1i,ed on given ara Of gro md. The
rome amount Of foliage and fruit beNing branches
c'ndeIs.d into loS pyramid will not cover and poison
~ith IL shadow one quarter of The ares, 10 large
struggling growth elevated on Il uDk eght feet high.
In order TO produce large "a iDtlty VI fuit then,
plans larger number Of trees n small pot of ground
cultivate eBd Danure them well and fss apples OF
Pears fion ach tree will afford large " al Plant
80 trees acre iDstead Of thlr y, twelve feet
spsr each way, instead Of forty ga if the geoe
ration 6Dd ibem too thick sfter having afforded the
planter fruit for twelve fifteen Jears-~by, they
cot il nothing 1t the lucky generation cut down the
excess.
In ny OVID grounds have three Thousand apple and
per trees branching from the groand, planted ter set
by i've. Most of them 10 bearing in their III I'd
sDo fourth year, and only when wdlng too closely
all evtIy alternate row be removed. Thus IN sy the
le GRAFTON which plants e., the fruit VI its labor and be
sai.fer.
Dr. WATERBURY coDplimsnted NJ. Field upoa HE
et'ey Oh tie theory Of wing trees Al sail in hs
'pLloD that the great want of this country
agricultural theory man may practice a, his f.taar
DID but # be does so withOd any theory, he IL like
uacbiDe, ano does biz work without q thought ~hs or
wfret1e, or ~kstb,r be might EJk ia a diff rent
DsIIer and gain greater prodact Upon the saDjeot
"f gnviag nees how fe~ beu have a6y theory apon
The aI OF LGtUre that IL tbsm grow No tree can
tie judIciorsJ pruDed without theory, az TO why and
Tor sist purpose tr, e thoDli b. prDGvd.
Er FiRpkE reid thai the re lson sh, Wayne Coun-
y, New. York, gave more good market apples taaa all
III eohh'iss wtsr Of It, beoau-e the a. ners COM
upoo rsh', with well planted, grated tses, intro.
duc' d b) family by the bsue OF Foster, ho we're
IIon''ts N lie int set'emeut Some Of tbe sopls
'r' sb'eo bir'y ysars tgo prodace from ten 70
i~1 barre- a year
for,,U HAPEs gave bis views upon bad hog md
htaluig. Llisad VI mieriu.g he bad In Ne AsIk ~