New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-22
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.


MONDAY, March 81, 1859.
During the Spring months the Club meets every
Monday at noon. To-day Judge LIyIsGsToN acted
as Chairman, and Judge ME,ss, Secretary read sun
dry papers, one OF which wss from the London
Year Book of Fac's, upon the Cuirltt0a Of Fish,
which SAYS that 81. Cose has been very successful N
produoipa the brook trout and that these cultivated
tit-bits are cold in the Paris market, thiry-bree
months old of several pounds weight Toey feed
Only upon the natural food of the pond where bred
sish breeding in France is now established success
iay, ~ money -uakins business.
SoLoS ROBISSoN-l have, a. usual, an accumula-
ton Of letters upon various interesting suheosthat
H. interesting because they elicit remarks that are not
only useful to the persons who make inquiries or give
information but to many others who read the reports
of these meetings.
W,edv GTas,7piats.-Here is letter from Edwin +.
Torrey of Honesdsle, Wayne County, Penn, who
ts inf rmaon upon difficulty that troubles many
other persons. He says:
"Ihs,e grss.pa or raher II grss' pl,. once bai
The grass out fhsve rsksdt up every Spring vita sharp iron
rsse and planted lawn traseed proieJ add u'et horse
prosuss he eeeo efsct a. have rose bushes dwarf m
trees &c. planted around In Il 90 no T'h 70 'psSe u Up
chemical deficiency viii confer favor which will be duly
appreciated"
and 70 tell hundreds of others, what to do with his
ASBREw S FULLER. think the difficulty may be
cured with lime snd salt.
De
the lime and s,lt mixture" often described here
that is, lime saked by water saturated with salt and
left to eervesce in pile using the outside as it forms
into dry powder, and applying 1t Literally;
some useful hints about Potatoes. ). w. Brown OF
Brmfeld, H.mpden Co.. Mass. says:
Blows have been standard article for the last
half years. but for three bak they have
proved failure on sccount Of blasting About Of
time The Prince Albert yielded almost well tie Peach
Blow but inclined to b. sossy ,oysrd sprns Tee DAVIS
Its good yed,r fair and uniform SIZE growing better from
digging time to sPs and nearly free :@ f0. the most 81 20 i
county aied By us Woods potato and IN Boston me Jenny
d La ais ss Gn .r eaa ,s @ Hp s dSs bss
10 from esh, bills often 1t the best potato to feed
ing potato every year and cells high, within eight cents,
As Toe Peach Blow
In answer to the question from Mr. Robinson,
JOSEPH G.. FRESCH said the statement was correct
about tee feeding quality and value OF the Jenny Lind
potato.
joins G.. BERGES-For the purpose Of e1 pertinent,
planted II pisces Of potatoes last year. and dug the
crop in July with the following results The eye end
portion Of the tnber gave IL ID with the least stalks
and the potatoes averaging largest. the seed of
middle end gave Isl 10, ard had too many stalks.
The bud end gave III ID, and mad TOO many stalks
The potatoes the largest where the fewest stalks
Illinois Butter -SoLoS RoBrSsoS said: Townsend
Seeley Of Kendall H., which ia on Fox River, south
OF Anssu5le Grove, speaks Of the cOuatry as much
better adapted to grass than grain and thinks If farm
ers could be Induced TO pow less and pow better aud
seed land to grass for hay and pasture and make
beef aud butter, IL would be better for themi but
he Gays that butter makers discouraged on &C.
count Of the prejudice in this city against Illinois
butter. He wants farmers advised what 70 10.
Tbs prejudice against Illinois butter is no greater
than It is sgsinst all Western butter. Ia fact, no
greater than would be against any butter that
10 market in the same bad condition. that is msde
in a country where the water will not answer for wash
ing in the laundry, because butter TO keep well not
only needs to be made from sweet grass, grown upon
q soil where no lime sbounds, and TO be washed in
soft cold water just as surely as dirty garment needs
TO be washed IN soft hot water. Illinois butter Is,
when well made, good while new, bat the best of il
does not keep well after il comes here as Soma Of
our home made. That is one reason why butter
making cannot be depended upon for profit in that
State.
Groring RGd,sles.-Hers is O little piece of infor-
NATION that may be nseful 10 many persona Thom@
Jones Of Center County, Mich wants 10 tel others
how 10 raise radishes withou. :heir being troubled
with weeds or worms. 1t is simply tIenchinS the
sarh two feet deep and reversing the sol-thst from
that depth below the surface being free from weed
seeds and worms. II necessary, enrich the ground
with liquid manure. He says the idea occurred 70
him from seeing how well thess plants grew spon dirt
thrown out Of q well.
Liguid Maaure.-The sIlasion to liquid manure
started little discussion upon this subject, which
talked upon at the last meeting.
JoAs g. BERGEs-I still contend that sll msnnres
cannot be applied in liquid state 70 advantage.
PTotee sO< NA.H-lhe cost OF uaEBterrInZ manure
from the barn 70 the crops ia the COS: Of fuel aud 10
tefest ths cost Of the appliances 10 send the liquid
10 the field ard tha. Is Nc. over three mills per tan.
There is 40 necessity OF using manure land
well underdraned. AL weed seeds dissolved in the
vsts Of h9lid Manure ana by the OF lime and acids.
Mr. Mech told mo he could dissolve whole wagon
load Of dead horses in few days.
American Guan0-SOLos Robinson read letter sE
inquiry about the value Of "ATi.rcsn Gaano," thst
ia, the gusno frem Bakers and jarvis Islands. The
fsTnera upon Long lslsad anxious TO know what It
is worth &c fertilizer.
ADRIAS BEaGES thought It's az good ss any other
guaLo that he had tried.
Or. DoUGHIT Of New-Jer1.y-I tried this guano on
crop CT carrots against stable manure szd found the
gusco equal &c al respect to the manure. cannot
t&l the rate per acre et vLich used t.
JOHS G. BERGEE-Wo have sometimes found great
benefit in the use Of Peruvian gusno on Long LsIand
and q. ether times have not been abe 10 perceive
the less. benefit. Perhaps it is because the quality
varies.
Pref. EAsH-The farmer wsnts 20 know waa. fer
tilzer 10 worth. TIE value CT ths American gnAao is
based upon ~ pr cent. Of irsoluble phosphates.
Now, what boz pbosphst worth 10 the farmer for
some particular crop
ANDREW :. TULLER-I TIED tits gusro acd several
other phosphsdc spplsnces and found no diffsrescs,
but come TO the oonclueOn that / would not give
cent fer anJ Of them. l had rather have whole
bone than ssy snperpbosphste, and, If broken, it g,
OF courst stl better. But tho best crop obtained
upon deeply tiled l,rd, without msuure, Alongside Of
the same kict o. plants dressed with American guano.
Ors- Sand Agrt-Prof. NAsH-There Il no tun Of