New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-10

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v;,,,o, Ia there mo- some German in America who
sor,,., Won with III If not, you should Con,rive
=. ito communication with our Patent Office or
IN NJ, secretary Flint of Massachusetts, for the
'h.-oo n seeds and agricultural publications.. Your
to~ss,er, ,oo ought to experiment with American
5rcosi, chm hickory, white oak, sweet chestnut
and sugar maple.
Pref R.-Ah, If our Ministry would only provide
IA with means for purposes Of this kind
Visitor Our Consuls aud foreign agents of Govern
ment collect seeds and pauts, and war-vessels
bring them TO America. I think your Capt. Kuhn
would Re IN better business if he bringing sesds
and American tools Germany than in becoming dis
patch-btartr of that wretcbed King of Naples.
- In toe large lecture room hang puuber of draw
ings Of cows inquired what breed they kept at the
institute.
Prof W-Our COWS are ola Dutch breed. Az our
osiee, lie quantity rather than quality Of milk we pre-
fer II en- they being in this regard the beet mixers
Trey are rather large anpss weighing from 600 TO
1900 p mods.
WHAT s the best breed in Germany for butter
and chsete
Pro-. W.-Wbst we call the Algaeuer (Algoyer).
The breed comes from the Tyrol and Vorabetg 1t is
small averaging in weigrt but from seven 70 Eight cwt
The milk ID the richest of s from eur German breeds
for butter and cheese and in quantity stands second
only to that Of our Holland cattle.
Query. Nature lie great st adaptation and COM
pensstioD, aud the cue ton arises, Whether these
small neat imbed, muscular, active animals, pecu
IaIy ftsed for their open air life the Alps CLIMB
ing mountain nights, and seeretiDg smaller quau-
tity of richer milk rather than bearing large, dis
tended udder from the ehort rich Alpine grasses and
fragrant plants would not lose their distinctive quail
ties transferred the plains and kept Sammer and
Winter in the stall p How would this breed DO for
the White and Green Mountains Is it known in
America
V-How often ard how long are your COWS out Of
the stall
Prof. W.-Once a day only, and then but from one
hour to an hour and half Here, where land has a
value of $500 or $500 an acre. ia impossible TO waste
1t by grazing cattle upon it.
We then went into the Anatomical Collection
This is not large but very practical containing skele
tons of all the domestic animals with preparations If
muscles the venous and srerid systems OF the limbs
of cows and horses, aud many specimens of abnormal
hoofs and shoes fitted for them. There nothing of
particular interest here
Another room contains models. Here, too, is but
htle which for an American or Of interest save
rs showing how In the matter Of tools Of AL sorts and
lsbor-savng machines, century in advance OF
Germany. This remark coDine 10 instruments for
labor, for in general in all instruments pertaining to
srt and scientific investigation, the GermaIs are ahead
Of us.
The instrument for testing the amount Of cream in
milk was new to 1t is an invention of Prof.
Krccker of the Agricultural College At Proskau, aud
ia manufactured and sold by Buohler in Breslau The
specimen here is for making three tests at once. An
iron stand Is 20 inches high, has three arms each
with ring some four inches in diameter like chem
ss stsnd for hs email evaporsting dishes 10 each of
these rings glass dish OF perhaps pint 10 capacity,
and Of shallow, tunnel form, w, some what
Ike this, only a little more so" rests. The point
below is, in the dish, however, tuoe,
sliehtly eopical, an inch in length, in.
ternally ground, and closed with ground
class stopper inserted from above, ssd long enough
10 project above the dish IN inch two, for
convenience of handling The edges of the dishes are
also ground and glass cover with hole IN the cen.
Ter for the ha die Of the stopper to pass through lifted
10 them The form of these dishes Is such that com
plsta separaion Of cream and milk soon takes place.
The graduated tube in which the fresh mix was meas
ured about an inch in diameter and foot 10 hight is
now ret under the funnel Of the DISH and, upon care
fully raising the stopper receives the cresmess MILK
TIE mea,uIe of this, subtrscted from the Original
quantity, Of course gives the amount OF cream Inc
Professor assured me that he could thus separate and
measure tbs cream and milk TO the last, single drop
NAV "a well mention an implement here as any
where which Prof. Wentz very heartily recommended,
and which il in common in weden 1t often happens
thu, field wants smoothing off, bat the roller CAKES
tle surface and the harrow Tears it too mucn Inc
Swedish instrument is for Csses OF this sort. IL con-
sss simply of eight pieces of four or fve-inch JoS,
.obt feat opg with the chsmped on thus get
ting an oc4sRoual form These strung together
mn three chains and fasteIed 20 as TO he parallel,
about six inches apart. The front under SIDE ID Shoo
with STRIP Of iron To give the instrument grea'er
freedom Of action, Prof. w has divided the Blk inner
;os tbres on each side tbe chain joining them
again by TWO staples playing In each other IKE nge
Tia most important results of experience, exPer-
meDt and observation obtained by the professors OF
the Ponr4,sdorf Institute are recorded in an occasion
al publication entitled Observation-Disclosures MEt-
helurgeD, Of which the fourth member Is no" Id
PREPARATION. 1t is published in Berlin. The contents
OF the third number, lent me by Prof. Weniz, are;
Experiments with various mineral mAnure' by O"e''0f
a Hartsiein 60, ,.-... -. -
ii Composition Of large RqqeeI of solid substances IS '0
IN On ou species Of the weed Cusos.s and the Of
~ Ett1Ies aids h the destruction Of various injurious in
w IN. aIvs and worn Of tie Ntdus lines, an insect do
s,rpc jy. 10 The rspeseed oil plsLt LschInAnn ,,A
vi RsusIs upon Lebis theory Of the method by winch
bsnu cbsiu susieualce. LsctmsIn II. o.. fo5d., n,
VII On the use Of Acorns aud bsechnuN 't i'uu'i H.
VIII Tsrr,d paper roofs and other purposes sc9u0s
TX The Feuiop Deun onis at PopPslsdot A s'neH'
On tbe ca inc Il Clover, &. Wentl. S..
II Pbosphorous certain vegetable ola A Keeper
XIII fuerce Of Agricultural Associations on the progress
Of civilization. Prof haufuann ,tsti
NV. A few words upon the foPpelsaOH S0N'0''