New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-10
PUBIC MEETINGS.
p,c.S ,SSrITTrTE FARMERS CLUB.
AhEhItAN fNSIEI 4 u
Meet. At the Cooper Buiidius.I

a. Chairman, and Judge Mkl"s, 'he g,
several raTsrs upon miscellaneous suoe''s-'1. III
OF the two hours being always appropriated 70 Scei-
", ol,,~ests Of 4gricuhnre.-The Engish Journal
of the Royal Agricultural Society speaks IN li' us
terms OF our great advance of ali other naiions III a'
cultural indictments, we'll ~ other laDor-sEI"s
tools The Journal speaks particularly OF tne AneiF
can ak and its IN the hands OF wood-ehoPPe,,'
I'm short the Journal says, every American tool eNees
the English. 80 do the American faTn-horses eNcei
those Of any other nation.
I<arnfBg FarminQ.-IIEBlG says that nothing Il 20
he gained BY combining scientific and practical ms'rHo
ton in agricultural education
frut resembling unripe grapes, winch grows n
shrub and affords wax IN such abundance tha sniP7
get cargoes of thousands OF tnns. The wax - oo
tween the vegetable tallow oil TINS country anu -
wax IL il used in candles as substitute ior oeeS
wax. - ,.,.. ,,o,v
Dr. KsieHr.-I have one OF these wax plants no"
growing in my greenhouse. We have had one s''rso
OF the in this city. Ii Is entirely Unlike Va! "e'
tallow So. -. CaI;
a A Big Bse,-Wm. Lawton read letter from oaii-
forpia. which speaks of beet that was as oiS az
mans BODY, aud weighed 40 pounds; imnlsnse
punches Of grapes are spoken OIL anu a''0
rios in abundance in October. ~
MsceHaaeous Matters-By SotoN RoslssoS'-Ar.
Cu.,Rs,s; | have a whole budget OF matters 20 iay
before the Club which have been accumulating shVs
our Lac, mee,ing and will pick out few oil thein anu
give as follows: - .u: i.,..-
me Fynits OF DiscussioR.-The following let'er
gives such a true picture Of the fruits OF discussing
inch matters az are usually talked over AT rarhers
Club meetings, that VIII READ y 70 To-
formation and discussion Of subjects that are eyu
lated 10 awaken a disposition 10 improve. III also
nduces persons as il has he writer Of this letter. 10
ask for and give information. The letter is written oy
s. A. Duke Of Keokuk, Iowa. and Ine writer Say q,
~ am constant reader Of THE TEsvSk, an9 Oh W.
receipt always look for the proceedings OF ths s
Club bat very often not to ind them even ~n-h .n %
nj Of meeting would TO Indicate tha ere
had been Now, Is with the Ciao e. WIN , -hy 81
gatherings. that occasions nothing "a done So1s h
note or DO not The great Of TsE TRIBUNE readers resn
sue" R mi. may assure you any valuable information
on b. various that before your Sluo meets con
d. msnd with thousands o. ihe rgsa o. in iowa are
either lust beginning think OF fruits uo~ers Sc OF are
,r,v destitute OF them every word Of favorable expert
snce practicable timely warnings Is taxing root
aud will in due Of TINE bfins i9h Us us h
veopmen Of horticultural tastes m the ms.-es o tne
and thinking inhabitants Of this new and fruitful country
know Of my nehS0 and %y;e ra n 1s to the results
reported in 1BE TRIBUNE OF the experience Of en0e' " ~
sTbn saw give us the reports; surely You puoh many
things that win interest fewer people than these ana noe
tsi p ~ ~ Bo,ts there any way TO kill them esectusy
without picking them OUT have done this, bat in cutting
sirded my better to take Oh al the outside bark
and SiPs 6TSe Jouted Clay when picked Paded
falls into square particles varying from quarter to three
,hehs qIaIe ana ssTs tb earth dusty below the soil Ii
Institution .o all this county lLee AZ least shu
state so my inquiries have extended there Is I'M
medisiey under the subso rather continuation Of IN
ioined claw contain much lime which In very dry sea
,Sa Se I.t " III y 4 the stroke pick hi: hs;
s S e. E0. oe Bush Alpine
will they cost per ooplants !" ,,,, vo,,.xo,, of
Shrewsbury, y. j. says: Set flower pot in the CEN
ter of each hill and every wash day have the suds
saved and poured into there pots and left full to grad
ualy soak the roots. He first used stick 70 make
holes in the hill and filed them, but thinks the pots
better and that either plan is better than the usual
way of watering garden plants For strawberries set
in ornamental mounds, this plan OF watering by a
flower pot will be good, but 1t should De hlied eacn
day instead of once q week. ,
A Cure for Blight.-Chares +. Raymond OF
Norwalk Conn. thinks that he has discovered very
simple way of curing the blight OF peach trees pear
trees, apple trees, and perhaps potatoes winch ne
willing 70 communicate 10 the world for moderate
consideration. Ii any s disposed to investigate
the matter let him address Mr.. r., and If the remedy
is valuable to the world there will be no difhcuty III
raising sum tor a suitable compensation ior su'n
old OrchaTds-Caa they be reno1ated The fol-
lowing letter of c. S. Green of Ralston, Penn, VIII
read in full and hope that some OF his questions
can be satisfactorily answered, since great many
others are equally Interested. As it ID dated 9Th mo-,
9th, So" suppose 1t s from one oil the Society Oh
Friends.
having anything the discussions Of the Fsmers
Club that exactly hits the complaint wish TO ask you what 70
do IN order rcnovae old apple orchard we nave an
Tke @ mostly seeding and worthless We th; Spring had
trimmed Of dead limbs and suckers and 80 gratis set IN
m. tor. of the threst in doubt whether TO have
he sround powed and manured put the stable
and shes around the tree. on the sod IL mas not been
and since the trimming have again P1 out & 20
and limbs that have them The trees still bear little
but probably oneentb OF what they would produce we
eouls do Just the rsh thing would that this hr
well. A little lish, on the subject will much oblise"
DIR. KSIcHT,-In the first place he must get rid OF
the old moss BY scrapng and also by burning what he
scra es oil lie should also plow the ground and then
manure it, though it would do some good to put the
manure the surface.
ADRIAN bergen thought cultivation and manuring
would remedy tie difficulty.
THE CHAIRnAs said that he would lime, ashes
and cold manure dug into the sod late in the FALL or
after il had been dug and frozen. L am told that the
Germans the sod TO let frost Affect the roots
! use strong caustic whale cal soap and COW ordure,
aud sand as wash 10 remove all NOES, &C., winch ID
very important.
Dr. KsIGHI-I think il important 10 break up the
sod and also clean the tree perfectly before manur-
ing with anything.
Mr.. BERGEy-In young trees We may manure too
much but not in old orchards.
The CHAIRsAs-I would not have young trees
branch lower than six feet of the ground.
The Strawberry APpie.-A sample of the Straw
berry Apple was presented, and spoken OF variety
worth consideration. The fruit Is Of small sze and OF
a strawberry color in the flesh.
WUmy Pears and Qumees-Is there any Remedy
Doctor Il. III. VASUxEM OF Shrewsbury, y. D., has
tried the sulphur remedy-that is boring hole and
filling tin pear tree that produces none but wormy
pears and bas also thrown lime over the blossoms all
TO no good purpose and these published RENE
dies have repeatedly failed, he wants to know what
next His ounces are also effected like the pears and
he has tried the sulphur and lime, and also salt and
urine at the roots, but il does good Can anybody
tell what will H. 30, let them send in their story of
how TO do il.
Tkny.tour Sorts Of Beans from One.-H. j. Fin
lev of Davenport, Iowa, sends what appear 10 be
tbrty-four sorts Of beans which, he says all origin
ated from the early China bean. The first time he
planted the China the product parts like the
iced and three parts pure white. From second plant