New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-20

| "a fhe crop was worth IN extra manure and labor
| Mr. GFbpi A good deal defeDts upon what
call bnshel Of corn: believe nat corn WI -hriok
| from ID. elnl,er TO Blay ffteeu Pr. cent. think /
get good cro when raic sixty bushrt ~ corn per
/, acre. Corn premiums are often IEaried 70 very
rough manner Of measurement hfNcf tonn' my
crops mt cell them, and whate'~f they measure
then make nv estimate per acre weld uIrIu.
I. ". FiILn-Thc cost OF corn crops ,hn, measure
over one hundred bushels per acre o'en co-'- IN
manure and labor more than Its value.
Prof MAR The yeld OF euru In IA! nelghborhCod
is about GO bushels per have raised 10 bush
els per acre with the same treatment gwen '" other
parts az the fnrm-that IS understanding and subsOi
blow jur and specin maturing. nave no dout that
los busheis Of corn have been raised per acre, aud
uerhars the much larger crops published. loon think
fou can find poorer soil or better -oi than 10 to be
found in the State Of NewJers" II viii not all grow
such crops Where we get UD bushels OF corn upoa
AN average we cannot get 100 bushels OF potatoes. and
rarely over twoiuns of hay per acre. From some New
Je rsev soils that to would appear worthless, the
owners get 80 bushels of potatoes by the use of green
Ap,lcs and P,1rs--T. W. FiErD-Near New-York
City cannot grow apples to any profit SOFT IL with
every crop; it must be adapted to suitable soi and
climste Within radiance of % miles around New
Yosk the pear grows TO perfection, with the exception
of few kinds. The pear tree here has great lon
gcvity. Thepeach is ephemersl Apple trees endure
in scrsggy form, but nnProductiVe. Cherries and
plums are short-lived. White pears are found every
where about here Of great size and age
SoIos RoBiSSos-les one in this city, still 10 bear
ing condition. 30 years old.
Brncfts of CbGyconI.-Prof M,PE,-Obe Of the
mot productive fields in Mar, lind celebrated for it,
great crops for many years, s one where an immense
number OF coal-yi had been burnt. | get all the
railroad cnders at Newark and find immense benefit
from their use, applied directly 10 the soil or upon
manure heaps in the stable and pig-pen. Use this
charcoal dut as divisor Of super-phosphate and
wood ashes. Ii s not a manure, but 1t Is chemist,
constantly at work in the earth. where il ia placed for
our benefit. II is great absorber of noxiofs gases
lint rnpHar cttl. NH mas
important aid to thc farmer.
Fine rs. Coarse u col Nop.-SoLoN Robinson
One of the most important que stions e the day has
lately been called to my attention in saion with
a gentlemen who speaks from the book-the cash
bOek-whO states TO me that he is confident That he
can raise more pounds of merino wool, such az -Od
the last season at 80 cents pound and more pounds
Of mutton per acre Of that breed, than Of The long
wooded variety. Now, as know that the statement
from the gentleman himself will be interesting to the
Cub, again call upon Mr.. Geddes.
Mr.. GEDDEs-Such wool IA | produce is not the
very finest. but the real merino sheep that produce
to . lbs. per head. such sold at 80 cents Of the
last clip. The result of my experience is that can
produce more pounds per mere than with the Cotswold
variety. small sheep lives upon less forage than
large ones. The rule is about =, per cent of the
weight If sheep per day of hay Ia Summer the land
will carry MORE weight of small sheep than
of coarse wool sorts. Such sheep as like grows the
wool so compact that it cannot be graspe6 on the
os most esteem in the dark, by the feeling. The
wool feel almost as firm on the back board. This
class of sheep live better through drouth than the
larger variety; and have doubt through series
of years can produce pounds of mutton per acre
of this brted-that is, the Vermont mernos-than
could with Cotswpld sheep. calculate that my sheep
weigh 100 lbs. each when they 60 into Winter
in the Spring of greater weight than they came from
il in the Fail. suppose as Mr.. Robinson says, that
these sheep would dress SO lbs. each. Such sheepas
mine are usually estimated at the rate of three per
acre. That is farm of 100 acres, that grows per-
hsps ten Of corn and family vegetables, with
pasture and moving proportional to tue stock, will
carry 100 head of sheep, with the family COW and
necessary team.
The Red cutie Of Ner-Eng'and.-A paper was
presented on this subject, and laid till the next
meeting. Feb. 9 when that and several other subjects
will be discussed.