New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-18

DO shel per head Of what France does. This she ae
G. smpIisbes solely by Of the manure FURNISHED
on her grass lands Every acre OF English grain land
receives the manure from three acres OF grass lsno
while in France the manure Tor each acre OF grace
land is spread p acres Of grain land This tell
| the whole story; shall we prof, by the lesson
| Judge French Of New-Hampshire gave his last lee.
tsre on drainage this afternoon, much TO the regret OF
the audience, II may Judge by the triple rounds OF
appliance by which he was honored on taking s leave
Of with kin dly expression of good viii. He COM
mepced by reading an extract from letter OF Gov.
Hammond Of South Carolina 70 Levi Bartlett recently
received The testimony OF the distinguished Senator
ia 50 directly in support Of thorough drainage that
must give il TO you. He says: -,
st have been in immediate nsishs2rhood sysIass
years the las. than average Yet with me owing to
sb,enes far concerned they were not I
productive ss Ny cIn i mainly srGwn On sSs NJ. g
1887 about 10 burbe per acre in 1883 80 Duahe and in
1859 This looked Ike exhaustion; but know was
the bitches bad thoroughly cleared clean
Before e home in December had the matter fully tested
and all others In proportion Such the and MAJ
ss,snce Of those le in charge inausu,ated new ocer
70 bushels per on these lands
This very ,500-acre corn-feld went through IN
1857, and fully corroborafe what the Governor
says about his large YIELD and the depth OF his drains
In fact his great outside drains looked more Ike ca
malls than anything else and were, ct the time OF my
visit, abur dantly filled with water Two acres, II
cOrn-nclu medsufcu 20 Durhos
escb and the plantation crop amounted in the sggre-
s ate TO about So 600 busbels Mind you, this was
rsised on swamp, just like many thousand otner
acres IN SoDih Carolina, but rendered thus fertile ny
open ditchng. You ill not fail TO observe how Gov.
Hammond's experience goes TO confederate what i
told you yesterday Judge French said against
open bitches. In one season only, because OF
neglect clean them out the bitches filled up so that
on the /, 500 acres the crop was shortened 10000
bushels and in one year further loss OF ID o0o
bushels was experienced Let things 60 on at this
ratio and in 1863 our friend Hammond might az well
cave his seed for he would get no crop at all.
Judge French adverted TO the fact that plant roots
cannot descend into soil filed With stagnant water for
10 has the deeterious effect upon them as does
holy water upon a certain unmentionabe gentlemen
of sable hue All plants need loosely packed SOIL
and some of them great depth of it. The downward
travel of roots be proved by the observations OF
Mecbi Goblet, Downing, and others. Jethro lui
ancient doctrine that by extreme communion OF the
soil will furnish abundant food to plants without
needing TO much for manures, and although OBJ
solee for many years, is of late coming into vogue
again; and we certainly cannot work up our heavy
soils we should unless we draw OF at the bottom
the excess water, which renders them sticky and
tenacious Evaporaiing il at the top VIII certainly
not avail for from q wet soil the more we have
eyaporated the colder get it, and hence the less
fertile for plants like warmth and plenty OF air as
well as moisture. The several advantages which
follow thorough drainage were seveIaly aaduceo ana
very clearly and agreesby explained by the Judge,
who has pleasant conversational way with him That
interests one vastly. In England it has been found
that draining makes % per cent difference IN the
amount of work which animals can perform on farm
in given time. That is to say, three horses will do
as much blowing drained farm, asean four on one
UNFRAMED, fol their strength is correspondngy less
taxed. can't spare space 70 tell you all the pronls
of understanding, but I should like 1t if our New
Hampshire friend would make himself sort Of Peter
the Hermit, and first enlistiDg John Johnston as
coadjutor, preach up the glorious truths OF under
draining throughout the length and breadth OF the
1ox.A T1xrx aha xxax-
Mr. Joseph Harris, editor Of The Genesee Farmer,
having worf ed on the farm and in the laboratory at
Rothamsyead, ~, not strangely, asclpie oil LarVes
and Gilbert, and has written many ape papers 70
maiht in their doctrines, AGAINST the lo9"ers Oh the
"ereat light" Muncher. His lecture to-day was pro
pounced by all an instructive snd practical one In
every re, pect The first leading idea enforced was
that American farmers are pursuing bad policy IN
taking several successive crops OF gram om the same
field; and that they will never improve or even NAM
tain the fertility Of their farms, unless the make root
crops alternate with the cereals so that no TWO OF the
latter shall follow each other In England, long ago,
il wac and at the present time Is feature Of farm
eases that the tenant shall not take two white grain
crops in succession. Our country " new our farmers
poor, and hence they may have excuse for raising
wheat, rye, oats, and corn III Succession;
but don't let them cs this rotation, for 1t is not
worth the name. is only turning into your treasury
thief after another Of varying dexterity The
great loss caused soils by cereal crops, that of
ammonia and phoephoric acid but especially the latter
and seeking 10r special manQree or preparing our
farm fertilizers we should aim at having in them
much as possible OF this great crop ingredient good
WY TO add il 20 exhausted eXhaustng farms is to
feed penifnlly of oil cake and coon-cake to the ami
mails, for their manure will be vastly
icner II ammonia than if fed slmp,y OH s'ra~
or timothy hsy. Look at Eugland's enormous croP
of cereals And how they produced WY
evidently by decreasing the breadth Of land sown, ana
increasing that devoted to root crops; for feeding
these TO animals they get more butchers meat, milk
and wool and srest an increase OF manure TOT ap-
peaiion to their cereals that their crops are eontn'
nlIy maintained at "A maximum The turnip crop Of all
others is regarded by the English farmer his most
valuable auxiliary, and 10 make this good he will
spend often $50 per acre for labor and manures. IL
NAV be that we cannot prohtably follow the
came rotation az they do in England, but the
principle is the same. We can vary the practice TO
sut our own easily. In districts where ilsh are
abundant and used az manure, it il good plan, in-
stead Of applying them directly 10 the soil, to cook
them ard with little meal feed them 20 hogs. The
manure thus obtained will be Of superior excellence,
and is in better for application than If its ngre-
dents were in the form OF fan. The lecturer de-
sorbed the very different appearance presented by adj
Joining corn-felds on the Western prares, and al
rbuted il 10 difference in the cultivation given By
the Beighboring farmers to their helds.
The Convention received to-day with loud applause
yonr announcement thar DR.. Grant had suffered no
oss from the gale after althe paragraph being read
to them this afternoon BY your obedient servant.
FIFTEENTH DAY.