New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-01
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

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S.cg-g S.,is.- Catttcu " Jobrsou found Tie
be- 4 stosp- ;cr seeds ~zs pare sst7f he tired
. yer ogs cIe,b.cei sub-tascss, se1 ie-a'' loSe'H
Ee4t, that s1u.@ s-eos era k'.!ec.
I-..oas cf HIsat -B5usitgsn gave rs opinion
tho so ,usje or copper ar steep was pte'eci1Ve
Il ~ Cd sId o'tsr di-easeS.
C1roda Tt.s'hs-NoLCS R2nINS'N-l nNNe re.
ceiyti -i.s % et'ers upon d.r'1yiog tAis Pc. OF
ACItf Crn f.fuerT Eni as u road seen iTou letter
from Frederick NJ, Socthrrn Gees too. L. kilas-
forr Ut tlst p.ee s6ys Re BAD - 6cie % Iiod oNiy
io5 ct.4 vi Canada tts'ies which be if5a'ei by
tsrc .ab,r. 1--WE empl.y - tTo nee, who Fer! over
tie RrOuad With ghOAs, aud took out every
pout 5l1 root, ;tey suPPosed, eaVtng tlein ga
de suli-ce. tie groHnd was az ers4ri rsS'd'
AZ Tlow.c End mixed sEs.n, std s'ttTWari tae
"sTIUu kept Gu: III with linE CHS t.
n VIZ. p G,'ss writes ffom NIrd1G n, Com taat
ne tstrs stsd the th,t'es by posing planting co,o,
ard sartfu boeng forthree yess anu then sowing tue
L. Ssrko OF Camlus, y. u. Whites TO he same ef-
\ ftei III says # you WI fTeVett tie grostn oi caves
Y the plant must die:
N "Lsrye patches nav be destroyed By thoroughly
powlg as titen ss tue plant appe,rs above TIE ear
face Small ana scattered patches msy b. KILLED With
4 tie ioe With tie plow / hNve kils many acres OF
tirnoo pure C.1adt 'his'ss ADD qnsck gas:
QrGct G-ass.-T. W. FIELD-I have Il li'te story
10 tell stou, quack grass. la filing in a hsloS [
buried arsst grass seveis feet deep, sud II lay bur Ell
five ye5rs en- cug up aport ou of the ground aod
tOut tLe awe arc lthLJ - 5ttW a. sgJE aS 81
posfd 20 tbs atmOs pierre,
ADUfss BgFcES- By plowinc ard hoeing contind-
ally may eN'irpate and keep coTn ~eels there Is
DO ether Vsy. We have great variety oil See1s on
Lote Island, s9a / don't know whe We get them,
e1ct pt Il Is from CITY mauures. We are oompsIei TO
keep -'iIiSg cur lad to keep them nnder control.
4. W. fiELD-lf tue land IL stony, 50 a It The PloF
esuro, move them, it "a nearly Impossible TO XII
Canada iLl-es by the plow. II the top i Kept cut l;
VII rot a,ssys kid toe root. Boz II ett tiu neary
ripe, srd then cnt at time 8h7n ra,n happens to
follow, The most OF them oil die.
Br GORE OF ew.Jersey said that lie had sue
ceedcd in eNirpsTtire Canada thstcs by eating tiem
in August and .oio sug II mp the next year.
w LAwros spoke Of tie value Of the common
thistle Il compost heap. an v-Ty glad tatt ths
question vss, IN measure, un'ntett ooaay orou5,t
90 sace u has eci Ell SO much valuable ntDrmaipo
QBanftfv ri H0V PER Acre.-SoLoN ROBINSoN-l
hold letter f'on Charles Taylor OF NLntg.on, r,
Vlo wants 90 know What is the greatest nuAesI %,
tuT. q hoy thst has been raised IN one acre oil ltad
ia Etglsrd during one year and wnat kind OF hay
wGs ~ Perhaps the Chairman or son other per-
son here will give lin and the Icst Of mankind an an
RoryRr l. PEtI-It hiss beer published that, upon
tic E.rl Of Delbys land field Of 100 acres w,s VA
tered los liquid manure by ste 4n-engine sal pipes,
ano ryorhnt snc hose to each ten acres, aud th'
land "A moved seven times, AID gave upoa one acre
100 tJns wtt' Of grass aUG estimated 40 average OF
IS trrs u.uu es.h scr.. The nesoo6s rear Edin.
burg, w.teiea ~ith sewage water gre" II teet OF
I otss. p ,csr sLcp cat a, general times, weighed
U
aces land has enabled lis owner to feed 100 cows
Prof NAsH-l have two farms IN Eoglaod con-
Quoted this principle. Mr. Mecois farm Is 10
acres with hgdran, a. each III acres Win hose -
feet long by which al crops watefed with quId
/ manure. Tie rtspts pay vel, but, from wha' saw
am not prepared tc believe that luO TONS OF grass
were ever cut from "a sore Ia one year, except IS
wcisl 90 V ~ ces o. water in T. The way tho grass
is JeuCIted t. have been weighed 90 the Ayrshire
meacoWs showed thst half the weight must have been
gafor never have scen anything 10 iEd2ce me TO
believe that eight uns of Dry hay have ever bsen
JeGee FRr,;H Of Nex. Hampshire said tina. he had
reyer -een anything to inouce him To swallow those
big s'Cr about great y crops We onl sometimes
in New EBs Land three tues per acre OF dry hay. L
have averaged that upon sene acres a. one cutt nS
Ordinarily a second crop is msde upon ouca l@an'
With rrgstion perhaps t~o tuns could bs Guy at the
feco1d moving Perhaps the rye grass, which Is che
kind gro 81 10 Ecgand and weighed very WEI may
weign lOO tuLs, ard perhaps would not make oNer
twelve tuus ell acre OF dry nay. doubt II ~ would
Prof. MtPTs. / suppose that Twelve tuhS can %
grown in this country by irrigation with beverage
water MI Lincoln OF Worcester tas done something
Pot. NAsu-I must dissent from all storios about
grass crepe that produce over tans oil dIy nay Pf
4. w FIRGD-I cannot believe 10 q grass crop that
weighs than tue rsin-wster iilUg upon tue lana
il oLe se,lon. The weight OF rain-Sa.sr taat tsLs
upCp az acre IS - tuns. IL IS true more than that
GusutIty cen le put on by irrigation, but don't Know
/ about growing moe than that weight OF grass
Drainage This question Of the day beng tlednp
Prot d APE, aked lodge French to state what he La
see, in ENGLAND about tile draining The question OF
the necessity Of tba5ps important ana also aolut
inserting small tiles into leading or1ins. Tue Eng'isl
engineers say that there is osd equal to the nature!
coIditiJn ot the earth for laying Down tuee. Ihey
open little cavity at the bottom Of the ditch with
tool fit the tile, where IL rests easy api nf IN
We hou.d Ike to know what depth EnSlsh ex 1cr,
ieDce az found it beet To lay drahs Judge FrerCh
has lately Travelled in Ecgland md examiner the sob,
eet Of draining in all t5 bearings and IS Lo~ engaged
10 putting book to press, containing his views upoa
the subject, and is therefore undoubtedly competent 70
give some information uron this the most inp,r-
tent question of American agriculture.
Judge FRESCH-Tne best depth Of drain, 1t Is
thought is four feet and til At is so according TO my
observsiions, though depends upon circuInstances
Where tiles dear AMI labor cheap, the less tiles
We can use tie better. Drains three feet deep, 81
forty feet apart, are not effective at dve feet
deep ard fifty feet apart Tles IA this country must
DO laid beo fIOst AMI sub-so plOss and that should
b. al least three fest deep Nobody cOnterds nov IN
T., gland fer less than three feet depth OF drans aud
tboe ho advocate three feet are called shall)E dram
ers. As general rule, II costs as much TO dig tle
fourth foot ss /. dres the other thee eet tOnr-lo)t
drain is opened in England Only ore loot wlhe at tue
top AM Ust vice enough 70 ny tn5 Tile AT the oos-
tom. | open ny draics four Ecnes vide a. the ooS-
tom, because that i nanos as can Gig WITH a
nick TIE digger mus, have room Tor hl3 loot q, .le
bottom 10 work with that tool ard our soil 10 80 hard
ths. nothirg ese Will Do As to the SIZE oi
ules, 4 never WOlld use one lLsn tIs, 10
cause DO not believe il % sufficient 70 carry OH the
erest amount Of rain water that falls 10 this conttry,
which is much gres'er than falls N Engi-nn, ana Il
does not come in that gentle driZzh's way Dat WIN
ruih, juft We de maIy tbin8s, and Toe pipes must
. b~ large enough 10 carry IL all OF. We nave no
sofics 1t tables as yet but are getting posted up,
ara from shat have seen, think We nave gos 70
Prov e sgsiLst rain fal Of - !DcIes year Ou
New. Egg and showers son etimes httle driu81''
w $50 W had y irct = in one hour. Oxen We ba'e
or r. IN j