New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-24

v,,h tns, asaal market prcs, cId wheat m1fe taa'
tllf The JsUs market prIce. ara cvnnvs
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c. )yc, bav. crred a: attempted to describe TO the
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- lhs uio OF small machines f9r "
ore bons power and managed by Two OF ''Ioe ~ nien:
n sN,Tn ssid that although il might eppesr SIN
eula. for a. Englishman to tax 70 AtnsIoHn lareis
about thraaAing yet he had some experience, ana
80. -; faxo- ~ srnall one two hoTse power ma-
Cbaes as kayipg proved Very '"'''e''"i o'' ""o'o
labor "a 20 cheap as II IL theie; IL. .,,
So,os RonIssoN-I have fno doubt OF the advan-
-" nr thrssbing by machinery but there IL one
.,ssss 10 hfsshing by fail that is not sufficiently
sSo,'sbt of-that IT, the muscular Improvement Of
ssbc.Is engaged in that kind Of employment during
Winter. man thus employed would be much more
"a rsbie in Summer than one employed in any seden-
ta,v woyk or one who spent his Winter in dleness.
Prof MAPKs, T. W. FIELD, and Mr.. SMITH OF Ct.,
advocated employing men in draining ana other farm
improvements during Winter, instead OF thrashng; Mr.
SsIrH advocated the preparation OF swamp iands Tor
g-oviog cranberries and spoke Of great success in
Counecticot IN growing cranberes ooth upon wei ana
dry land 800
Prot. NA5a-In a southern region II IL not difficult
% xeep hands employed in Winter, but it is here.
VIZ SuLIsAs-On my farm of l7O acres IN West
chester County, find no difficulty in employing men
in Winter but do find difficulty in getting as much
YORK done 10 Winter as wish TO do.
DR.. UrDERHILL-Digging muck for manure is an
enpoymeot that should keep thousands Of men busy
In Winter / have used over'30 900 loSAs and can
6od no substitute equal TO swamp muck.
Prof EhsH-The thinking farmer, il ia true,
fDd work for himself and others in Winter, but the
mach lsges class the unthnkiDg farmers cannot and
il is this want of employment that is the greatest det-
rmeat to farm improvement in this country.
I-vitoti1r 10 Meet The Geogro ph'col S0ciety.-JoHN
JAY l. vited the members to attend the next meeting
Of tao Geographical Society, at the Univer'hy, on
Thursday evening when agricultural statistics Will
undeT discussion.
TIE Cranberry Culture will be diseased at the
nest Cub. Mr.. SMITH gave some interesting IN,
formation Upon the subject to-day. A plat 0,
crsoberres are growing in Connecticut from seed
which be e0wed years ago, and he spoke OF
man woo p anted sixteen tuns of vines obtained from
Cape Cod and be is so well satisfied that he will plan
ten more acres. The plan that proves most success
A ia to strip of the whole turf from marsh land AM
aet tbs vines and if the land s not sandy add sand as
ths only manure. The muck can be dug for manure
from swamps aud the ground then used for cranberry
culture. -,
tn. (,-indstone among other subjects, will be dis
crssed again at the meeting next week. Gratis, cut
t,gs apd seeds are exchanged at every meeting
Our reports of these meetings give but mere out
line Of the many interesting things sad and done,
and useful information developed for all persons en-
gagged in the industrial pursuits of life. Among other
fbinys not noticed to-day valuable paper to all
pear ouurists read by T. w. FIELD Of Brooklyn,
WAC i, very capable of giving instruction.
Pof MAPEs stated that he had sold this morning
hpnjred pears grown by him last season upon dwarf
t-ees. for $l2 so, and thought il decidedly more pro-
htsbc tan growing wheat, whether thrashed by
fsi or machine.