New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-08
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

hoo. htfRf MyfGS, Secretary.
Miscellaneous Bunness.-During the hour devoted
TO uitCe llsneous business, tuudry matters we're
brought forward among which note the 70 10 wing:
BIRDS and Weed Seeds-Upon this suhject Judge
Mrics read psper, which speaks Of the eternal labor
Of the birds IN Fall, Winter and Spring picking up
the seeds Of weeds, and upon thess they live until
grain pens before 1t is possible for them to harm the
farmer.
Antiqu'fy Of Grohing.-Anothsr paper read by
Judge MEIGs speaks of style OF grating called the
Aristotle graft, and s.so of the Psy graft 10 show
the great antiquity Of grating. The Tscduda graft IS
another curious style Of grating and by the process
tomatoes are grated upon potato vines, selecting
stalks OF the size and cutting both with knife
ss sharp as rszor-sharper if pO.sible-the joining
being bound together with Ggature, and the plant
shaded until the two unite. IL will then grow toms
tees above and potatoes below. An ancient writer
speaks Of grating cultivated grspe-vines upon wild
ones with success.
Are Tomatoes Indigenous7-A paper states that the
tomato 10 a native of Mexico. Judge MEIGs thought
it indigenous in this region.
Egg plants are treated az indgestible in pspsr
read by the Secretary. Several members coroboraed
this opinion and thought the eggplant about as dses-
tible old boot
WIN. LAwTos thought them excellent food and he
ALEC advocated the use of cucumbers a. one OF the
most dgestible of vegetables, and quite nutritve
T. w. FIELD.-The nutritive part of cucumbsr
cannot exceed half of per cent according 10 the
most careful analysis,
Mr. WHITE Of Staten Island eorroborsted the indi.
gestibity Of egg.plsnts and Notwithstanding the en-
comiums Of Mr.. Lswton upon oucumbers, ne thought
the lees we eat the better.
JUpGy MtIGs-Ihe London Gardeners Chronicle
says France had good strawberry, but England
raises them of superlative goodness; and that the
American strawberry lacks sweetness.
Garden Sol B0rren.-The same paper speaks of
the soil Of some old gardens very ch, but they fail
TO give fruit and thus die Of plethora Of richness
that only suits rhub b and asparagus it does not suit
grass.
Keeping Frun.-It is recommended never to pack
sorts of fruit together for Winter preservation
ripe npg and to uss cut straw BE-, between layers
geher the better it rpens, and netting but pure sand
should be used to pack fruit in few pears will not
rpen alone, but in contact with other fruit will rpen
perfectly, and still retain their aroma.
A Productive Farm.-Dr. PECK gave the figures of
a Long Island farm of thirty acres, siI miles from
Brooklyn, that gave profit last year OF ,3oo One
of his crops was ten acres of cucunbers. Another
farmer raised 900 bushels of potatoesthe first 600
brought 81 bushe and the others 81 81. The crop
was raised from twenty.seven acres OF lsnd THESE
crops he compared with some Illinois crops.
A. BERGEN said, that Mr.. Bennett, the fret farmer
mentioned was one of the most careful managers, aud
where be might succeed, another might fail
Improriae ETcessipely Rich Garden SolL-T w.
FIELD-I wish to call attention to the subject Of ex-
ceesive rich garden SOIL bee ,mng barren. believe
a continuance Of any kind of manure to excess
will render soil unfit for crops in general.
II. G. PARDEE-I have experienced the same diff
Guilty Of over rich soils, and have found the best
remedy an application Of lime and salt mixture. l
found some soils rich that Strawberries could not be
produced until the lime ard salt had been used The
true proportion is one bushel OF salt dissolved and used
TO slack three bushels OF lime.
Ab0m Stranberres.-I can ssy that English straw
berries and English apples not grown here but we
have strawberries In this country superior to any OF
the English flavor, though not generally in SIZE.
The CHAIRMAN-I fully agree with DR.. Peck, that
cucumbers properly treated, are not unhealthy Toe
fault i5 generally want Of sufficient mastication AS
to the quality of English Strawberries am satisfied,
49, axx all prh ran
orally smaller than the Eng isb, are superior in fsvor
DR.. PECK-I have never seen any cultivated straw
berries equal to the wild ones that used to gather ID
youth, in Dutchess County.
Mir. WHITE bore testimony to the value Of the salt
and lime mixture for strawberry ground also that tie
soil must not be made TOO rich, and that his best pros
pect Of crop at this time from vines set on the
poorest ground he has.
The raspberry Question.-SoLoN ROBINSON read
letter from resident of Brooklyn who states his geod
success in growing all the raspberes that he wishes
for family use from q small bed of the Fastolf variety,
ranured with rotten chips, and layered IN w inter:
He thinks the statement made that good s)rts will
h, bridge al run TO barren stalks that must be pulled
up and burned all humbug. In fact, he commences
bis letter by saying:
ed by your So called Farmers Club. 1t seems to
lie the few who are not unnitigated old fog'es are
uUmitigated humbugs.'
Some persons present thought that exotic raspber-
RES were about the greatest humbug of all, and that
what the writer had said in his letter was but reit-
Grafton of what has been stated here by the very per-
sons whom the writer calls foges from whom he never
got an ides
Corn Sowed for Fodder and for PlOwing Under
SoLoY RoBINSOS read letter from Warren Hutchins,
dated Bethel, VT, whi,h sage:
plow evenly sowing the seed in every third tunow aud
roll the sound and harrow lightly in the direction OF the burrows
Iun cultivsor twice between the Hhe
to BE- powed for commence about September with
the beam 10 break down the stalks % that
they will under we'll making my fuIrow cross the rows
find enrich land that lies far from the stables
IL sOwed fodder, with the
had 25 bushels of ears, beside great yield Of fodder"
SoLoN ROBINSON said have sOwed corn as late
az July !, in Indiana, and got great crop OF good
fodder sowed broadcast, and would always do 80
unless had large drilling machine to put it in rows,
ten inches apart certainly would not pillow 1t in un.
sss the lar had been previously deeply powed, as 1t
would cover the seed too deep
Cost Of UncORsin Wheat Cr0p.-A correspond
ent of The TRIBUNE has given us the following esti'
nation the cost of raising wheat crop in Wiscon-
SIM which is very fair on paper and very good IN iact
every time it don't fall
the morticed posts 10 feet apart making fence
with rails the lowest y feet from the ground making
strong eant large stack stone bsndy got from svine
and bluff IL TO undeTpin 81 leisure.
The estimate is Tor debt and credit 81 follows:
WHEAT CROP TO svNDRIEs, DR., vZ
To 100 acres o raw land at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500
To use OF team, plow. &c for same. ..:... % lis
To two months Of man making and hauling rails, at
@ . ~ 49, ia '''''''''''''' A
To two months making fence at SIR ga board SN.. 81
To 100 bushels eeed wheat at So present value OF such
whea. for ST. Louis mar 90
sowing 80 at Sc large estimated As
To hsryettiDg and shoe king 40 at 81.
To harvesting and shoe king 10 81 5o... ~