New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-17

rsl ingredients LIBERAL applications Of maaure are
netdpd and hey do no, affect the quality of prodacs
20 il tho case with tobacco. Beside faru yard duog
wool hair bones pias CT, lime, am ashes are all ue'
full iertzers. In England, the Kent and Sussex hop
growers e-lcua,e aPVn sPendiDg about per acre Tor
speciaI mapures ia addition TO what OF the Ordinary
Mid they make On the farm. Win such care, they
h.ve hs D plantations 300 years old The ground must
be lrsncb.d aud NO led deeply About l. 2O0 bills .
the proper number PER sore ana ior easn IoV nn
bere Al oud be one hill Of ,le plsns. IL Is bette 10
pam In iraugpar form rather than square Ina, NO
say tie hills Of adjoining shonld alteroate and not
be- rel oppu,ie each other When picked, the nops
should be at ded and this ID bet or done by P-
inp current OF hot air them than in placing them
in 70, where they get only the radlated heat frl
q stove. Lebg recommends exposing hops ~ .ne
fumes of sulhnr thus the upultn, or active pTin-
ciye may DO preserved from one seas IN to anotnsr'
The practice is opposed by some, bat adopted by many
of the best Munich brewers. The hop'crop varies
from year 10 year 10 snch extent that the price IL
very huctuatDg, and even IN single season month
may make difference of 100 per cent Ia conc usion,
he detailed ,be Casualties 10 which the hop is snbec
luch iIseete weatber, &C., and gave practcal d-
rect oDs iUr liz cultivation.
Mr. Brewers v1ical connection has been mistated
in me Of the papers lie 10 Professor Of Chemistry
sDd Botany in Wash neton College Pennsy wanna ana
Professor elect Of our State Agricultural College, at
Ovid.
In the bare hope that this letter may under the
eye of DR. GRAM, wish TO notice the very kind and
appropriate asoD Of the Convention when the ne VS. OF
Lis nmetse oss by the INT gale weIe commanicat
I'd IT, Prof b. Sllinan, Jr., adgerlng 70 the cir
ouneauee offered lie folio my timely aud appropn-
ale ,sou ion, which wac ADOPTED, not only ~ tue
votes Tut with he feelings Of every one present VINO
bad sten heard and, consequently, esteened aod al
mirtd DR. GRAFT: ~, 49,. n.
the deep regret and sympathy OF the wnie
49, ,sh of an 1mpoant part hs grape houses and plsu
rneureI disas hich all tho more distressing 10 u.s. "a
M ahst ON hi, gu-st snd for our benefit oon
buus by truly valuable Instructions TO our enjoyment
ard mpTos-n.nt
III the estimate of 900, 900 loss, as given by The
TRIBUNE be not an exaygeraton, the good man IS en-
III I'd To our warm sympathy. Two years ago HI,
NJ -houees were Destroyed by hfe but win the au
OF friends lie got upon his legs again, ana up 70 Tue
p eseDt time had realized enough from sales OF nus
s.lepdid Deaw ana olher galee to make himself
C. mforsble just at this )ubcture, nights gaze
makes the laterng prospects m-lt Ike the oaSeie
fsbIlc OF dream.
Judge French gave his third lecture on Draining,
tskiue up this tme the subjects Of the Arrange net
AND tie Cost of DRAINS He spoke of the necessity OIL
sysiem aud of accurate plans. HE described ana hlds-
ira co The biaek board the methoos Oh ayins OUT
d,aus with reference the shape OF the Held, pre-
ferrpg a direction up aud down TO a direction acroes
or dss onalIy. He spoke also OF the Importance Of
securing lets agsinst frogs and moles by means Of
graps and Oh making the outlets lew ano permanent.
BacsWaler certainly does 10 harm dams, because
il vccms oDjy hen the EARTH az well as the streams
are iul and 40 there a strong current through the
pipes which will prevent any obstruction. as wa or
cannot back up INTO pipes already fail. Toe cost OF
this this conpiry is twice as great az u shoud De
Al ! les are L IT $40 NJ. re, a O0O, wnich is
u CO the cost Of bricks In England tiles cost aud are
sod at ltss ibsn The pce Of brcgs aod will be sold at
50 per co here as as tile making understood,
and theIe is a far competition.
The items Of the cost Of drainage are, let. Engineer
ing. Employ Compel. LII engineer 10 get the levels,
ana loca q The dri and make q plan, 90 that tue
drains may he readily found. o. Excavation, which
ia ees this any other drains. 3D. The cost Of
tiles and freight AT 50 feet apart $50 pipes wit lay
40 acre. reckoning foot 70 each pipe. 4th. Gallons,
if useo 5th. Buttes, email but necess .ry item. 9th
La, ipg the pipes small cost, as man IAN easily Lay
100 rods III III houis.
The total c. 4 draining feet deep, with tiles At
$40 per go, estimated 1T 50 ceuts rod IL the
excavation is but feet deep, wall assess the cost TO
@ cents, as il costs twice much 70 excavate ditch
fleet as feet.
1he comparative cost of stone and tile drains was
piysn the cost Of tile drains above that OF stone
Grains at more than twice as much, the excavation
beng 81 inches wide, AM two loaos Of stonee AZ %
cent? each, making the cost Of these two items 81
q rod. Then add % cents per rod for laying the
stores and we have 81 IS per rod for stone drains,
sghipst 50 cents tor tiles. Judge 4. concluded With
an exhortaOn farmers 10 drain with if tiles
bDot he procured but not TO be satised with their
operations Until they have ued tiles AZ feet depth.