New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-08
PUBLIC WEkII.NGS
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CInR

Island farmer. called Ia the Chair.
The meeting rather more than USUALLY IN
nearly at the seats being occupied many of them h
females. a class of members much interested aJ
pretty sure to attend when fruits and flowers AN. A.,
cussed.
Miscellaneous BnsiaeSS.-A great variety of m;so.,
laneous matter occupied the first hour The Sscrs,sr
Judge Meigs read number of very interesn, nans,.'
one of which Ia translation from the Journal o ~
French Imperial Society was letter from an az
Arab Chief about a highly important snbiec, -
everybody is interested in the Improvement and b,
of our most useful and important domestic animal
Tie Horsc and has OrigiH.-rhe Arab ehief cav.
of the origin of the Arabian horse that, II is helan
Arabia that God created the horse out of the wind "a
he did Adam ont of the EARTH aud that he was orei.
nally bay COLOR very perfect in form, and able 10 Nv
Ike the wind. The horse was marked with whita
star in the furlead, and was created before Aisnt
who chose him in preference t0 the horak beeansa s
was handsome and equally feet The only approach
to the original pure race are now owned by the
Arabians. The letter says that is held that some of
the leetest horses Were originally the heetest Of all
animals, not excepting the gazellr.
A good horse is judged by strong aud wellknowa
marks, and is absolutely without malice. Yet web
trained horse will fight for his Arab master, aud thas
is ore Of the reasons why he Is much esteemed.
An Arab Judges good horse by the ineness Of his
lips and cartilage of the lower part of the BY
the dation Of his n0strS. BY the leanness Of ths
flesh about the veins of his head. by the elegance Of
the neck and shoulders. BY the sonncss Of the hair
name and skin. BY the fullness of the breast. By
the large size of his joints BY the iryness Of hsef
reniles. But above all he depends upon traditi0nd
his ancestors, of the true nobility of his blood and
careful examination of his moral Indications
The Wheat Mdge.-The Secretary read an arieIs
by Judge Cheever upon the destruction of the gest
pest of wheat-growers.
Judge CHEEyER says:
Il have come To the conclusion that it is in thu
power of the farmers to rid themselves mainly if not
entirely, of this terrible enemy. II seems 10 be well
asCeraned that the larya Of this insect, after hatch
ing from the egg deposited by the Ny in the head Il
the wheat and feeding upon the milky substance ths
forms the berry until il acquires the power Of ocono
tion, leaves the wheat head aud desccnds by the
stalk or falls to the ground when it works selfdows
To the depth of inch more and there remains il
a torpid state unaffected by any severity Of frost,
through the Winter. Mr.. Amy an entomologs d
Farmersyille, Seneca County, who has studied the
habits of this insect with great care and tIIorough-
ness says they sometimes bury themselves, where the
earth is mellow, Ia the depth Of two inches, seldom
more. Being nigh the surface of the ground, the
same solar heat which brings mp the wheat n the
Spring teammates the larve, and they wiggle'
themselves To the surface just in time to east their
skins and take wing as the wheat comes 10 head, and
the female, after meeting the male, commences her
work OF destruction which she IN few days ter
inmates simultaneously with her life. Prof. Hnds,
at paragraph 1853, suggests their destruction ~
follows
If Therefore at any time between August snd May Of tie
and in such way that the furow slices lie compsetya
possible, there can be no doubt that vast majority ~
qnt pRt YIN v'''n nom ''''' 10 escape from ''"
Judge Cheevcr thinks that a general practice
sowing no clover or grass with wheat, aud turning
down the stubble and keeping il down one year, wh
eX,ernna,c this pest. The article is printed IN fulm
The C0nniry GeatiemaH
Solos ROBISsoS-The Secretary speaks OF this IN
sect as the weevil. II il not although very often
called This destroys the wheat in It's soft state
the ear-the weevil works in the barn.
The CHAIRMAS-I have heard this called the flying
wee vii. la designate IL trUn the. barn WeeyIl,
T. W. FIELD wish that could cal things y
their right names. The same difficulty occurs in taIk.
ng about curcuio. have heard talk about catching
them in bottles. man might as well undertakeu
catch foxes in bottles. think we may get rid u
many insects by the plan recommended by Judgs
Cheeyer. that IL, burylng them under the surface
think the lary@ OF rose-bugs may be served in I'M
same way tO great advantage. In relation to planting
wheat IL is true that We have often how much
better nature plants than man. Volunteer seeds Of
all kinds produce wonderful crops. have now yo.-
unteer cucumber that is prolific bearer and once
had volunteer pumpkiB-yine that gave me dont
know how many fine pumpkins
Solos RoBISsoN-I had Il volunteer pumpkin-ylH
once that locked upon rs sort Of special nterpos'
tiOn for my good, the first Summer l lived on tlS
praire II grew so wonderfully luxuraHt and bloc
so!ned 50 full and bore-well now will tell you jus
what this volunteer vine did bear to meet all my grest
expectations, and repay all nay care and culture. Y
bore not the least sign Of fruit-nothing beyond
blossom.
AspREw $. FULLER-This corroboraies my os.
experience oi volunteer seeds | root them up a.
plant my own seed, though we may learn soInet1iv
from nature. a.,
Solos RoBIssoS--I have II lot Of letters from tns
country, all expressing satisfaction with what I-
writers have read Of what il said and done NJ 'nsS
meetings-a going to show that, notwithstanding ~
of some very self-conceited people about az
lot farmers" giving their experience TO the coab"h
there are some people willing to ask and receye.
Well give information that may be useiui TO o'o..
through the medium Of this Club, which IL not enn,~
Is composed Of eSperIInenters and theorists, Dul W"
Of past and present practical experience. ...s.
Pi0HfHg n .Harka GdrdeH.-N0w TO show 'ne
fncnce oi the discussions here upon others else
will read letter from Trenton, y. j., that ps'y
clearly shows that the writer has been lnhuencV'
plant four in small fruits, by reading the rsPsS ~
OF the Farmers Club that gathers occasionally W
room. Tie letter also shows how necessary u ~ =
give line upon line, OF repeated OF the in.ursa'iy~
much needed and desired. The writer wants !" - -.
tie proportions Of the sort of Strawberries 60
mended by Mr.. Parlee for market-sarden p''~''
tion. a
X. G.. PARDEE-The writer is slightly misiak",
tie sorts dill recommend. To each lO0 P''Nf
wonld give the following proportions;
Nil,on'- Albany. Lougwortls sesdhnf
Hoyeys simultaneously Hooksrs Seeding 90
| would not plant red Antwerp raspbenler::
market the Franconia is better except in pe. r,eH
cations, Ike Million, the Hudson, where No" "A
saws an acre and quarter If land gave crop Ia
Ssth. | would plant Fos,olf raspberrics Tor P'
family :, pr;st.
ASDREw 5. FULLER--I certainly vouFi "'' -"
ley orange, for private use or market. rhee
SOLOS RoBISsOS-The writer wants Y" ai" rhasI
to yet tie plants he WANTS and the pri0. he -
would D.,t answer if could. / viii hand o'ei
ter To Mr.. Fuller. ~ ..,;nge
H;rd.-Now here j. another letter, A,rlffEIg
h.. irtf