New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-08

,;,.op listen The writer has settled
@ ~ r;cb land Of Wisconsin, and nn1s ina tne
clmmon wiIk weed lAsclepias SyreGal m5 be
''s, farm pest driving out useful PahlS, an" u.
eec =. End,v II any here can tell him no" 20 5e'
We or even partially suppress the nuisance, .,,
~ rnr CH.lRaaN--I know of nothing bUt Hi''"
..,dainc and hoeiug TO Kill that pest.
Mr. ANBLER-In Connecticut II ohiy grows "''"7
fe,'' S"fox RonI>sox-A the West all the land is nch
enonA, to produce it all over the hed.
pc7cl BbgLf-Now here i a letter ihat gi'ss. uSe
81 ;,forrnn.,u George Forshew OF Hudson, - T.
sav. tha, handful of fine SALT scattered ON IN
sInnd n peach-irec in June, has ooth preNeh'o' anu
cured the peach-tree blight. .t,
CHAIRNAN-l put several h"i"''' ~ ~"
mine aud il killed them. ... .o
so,Ss RoBINsoS-That j, the error-you put 700
,orcb This letter says one handful. mere = a"''"''
le,ter Of inquiry about r , .
C1srcy,iaig SfTair iato M0HHc.-l VIII Iead an
e,,roc from letter from lee County H., as iouows;
Thrash hing our grain soon amer harvest W ~ n'''
n.de II our practice to burn the straw each year
Bm, now we wish To REFORM We WISH I" conE ~ & ioo
o,,,,e Thrown into great stacks, It d a long tihie
in rotng What shall we do to exPedle lne
Viu some one who knows give us ibi"rna''on A.
For one | would answer that Wouh sPieau 'io
.a,, ,,on the surface mulch, ana lei 'h'e Io IT,
a. = ~ be rotted in pile the process can be greatly
eypedied by simply adding sprih"ls y" t
salt which viii increase the ,o,tuiei '" iod oC
decay SO would mixing in with the PIE I1" ioaS % u
r.;rs soi-pnrticularly that from slough, ana 80
would nuv coarse succuent green herDaee Aoo.e
all add al the waste animal matter pOsslOie 10 oo'aii
and frequently that is not nara matter 70 and
a nrniri. farm, where cattle de IRON eAPVsu'e, a
,,Ib,rs frnn want of the straw that has Dcen Duihcu
DIR Ploning and Heak Sfra~.-hefe - a ie'1er
from Providence, Luzerne County, fehn "ln". a, ~
lame. Anderson, who says be IS man Oh great az
and much experience We will see directly what 1t
has profed finn. First, he says overseeing Is the
cause Of weak straw. / say, not alway7. lie says
king birds are destroyers Of bees and proves it to hs
satisfaction by killing the king birds since which the
bees have prOspered. say one swallow don't make
il Summer The last half of his letter contains proof
in sen how sadly may be mistaken nOtwlth-
standing his age and experience 1t reads follows
Notwithstanding all the requirements Of Prof.
Mapes, from nature, experience and learning, must
beg leave to make exceptions to his plan OF deep
blowing. | know that about the nelgnDorfOOd of
kew. y Urk the sandy and gravey sands will bear
blowing deep, particularly IN jersey. But here IN
Pennsy sylvania there are many parts of snch clay land
that il they plOw below the soil into the yellow earth
their crops will be proporionately less according to
depth: this is marked by the head furrOws and the
dead furrows the first produces full growth, and the
second small and IN vain may you deepen that dead
furrOw to make II produce more. Ii the deep earth
always productive then let the banks OF railroad
earth testify to the same"
Now, instead of Prof. Mapes's land being sandy, it
il naturally one Of the most compact soils | know of
breaking up in tumps like stone. In fact, it was tt
solid rock not many long ages since. Ii is clay In
stead of sand land that needs deep powing, and 1t Is
very poor evidence against deep powng to show that
" dead furrOws' are not productive. Nobody IN this
Club ever advocated such nonsense.
Moies-IIere is another letter that criticses Il state
ucnt made here about noles being insect worms,
instead Of grain He says
"Ihis kROlr from every day observation to be very
erroneous. 1 do not know but mOes eat insects; be
that as it may have no doubt their principal living
is seeds and roots and other vegetable notes. In the
Winter time when the snow Is deep and the ground
not frozen have known them to destroy whole nur-
serys of apple trees and young orchards that
have arrived TO bearing"
Now this man is mistaken. He is talking about
mice, and not mOles.
The CHAIRMAS-We will now take up one Of the
regular subjects.
CuHiration of fFlowers.-ASDREw S. FULLER, Hor-
ticuturst, Brooklyn, exhibited basketfu of flowers,
which were distributed among the females present,
and much admired by them, particularly some seed
hngs, Of various sorts.
Mr. Fuller gave al interesting statement ofthe great
labor of producing seedlings worth saving. He said
i have 200 seeding phloxes, and not one worth saw
ing. Yet all improvements come from seedlings.
But the handsomcst and best of all Summer flowers
roses, the best Of which seedlings. The Sou
venir dc Malmaison is one of the best roses known.
The bybiscus is native, and ali single and
course, aud some day from seedlings shall get
double flower equalto double holyhocks. As yet,
have not been able to get double out of vast
number tried.
To get double balsam flowers, keep your seed
for years and the flowers will be more likely to
double
Here is hybrid trumpet ereeper that have made
that ! like.
ucighbor of mine has 5000 seeding Japan lilies
and only worth saving.
Mr.. FULLER held mp a branch full of green and ripe
Binkley orange raspberriesa seedling-and said that
he held in his hands the handsOmcst flower that he
knew of IT was far handsomer than bachelors but
tons, and had been an ornament TO his garden all
Summer.
In preparing seed-bed for flowers make the sol
fine; if il sifted il would be all the better Don't
plant too deep The true rule is TO cover seeds with
earth to the thickness of seed and then the
ground with u white cotton cloth. The best manure
that have ever used is liquid manure made by water
and COW droppings.
Seeding DGhlaS.-Mr. BURGESS exhibited variety
OF new and beautiful Seeding dahlias. He said-l
give dahlia plant siS superficial feet. To propagate
roots, lay them down in beds in Spring in a stu
alton aud when they have sprOucd two inches above
the surface, take up the root and divide il with
sprout to each cut and plant them in holes dug two
feet deep and two feet wide, and manured with peck
OF compost first setting stake IN the hole to support
the stalk when II grows. planted and grew year
ll775 seeding dahas and only got six worth saving.
seeding will flower the first year, if it grows well.
Seed should be planted in boxes covered until the seed
vegetables. dahla needs watering extensively; il
Ganno well be watered too much. In pottng all kinds
Of plants in the Fall fill about half inch of the bot
tom of the pot with clean sand In keeping dahla
roots, the great thingis todry them well before putting
them away. They must then be stored in dry cellars.
natural dahla, the flower from which all our beau
tiful ones originated, has six petals. counted the
petals OF one of my seedlings the Suffolk Hero, and
found 800 petals.
Tie Nert Meeting.-The next meeting of the Club
viii not take place until after the close Of the Institute
Annual Fair. Next week the Pomological Society
meet at Mozart Hail. Those who are in the habit Of
attending the Club invited to attend the meetings
1i 19at Socie,y. The next meeting of this Club will
be advertised IN THE TRIBUNE. The regular subject
will be; Fruits for the Farm, and Gathering and
Preserving Farm Crops
BUTTER MAKING.
PROCESS OF PREMIUM BUTTER MAKER
The following communication from H. f. Lowman