New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-20
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1860.

Mr. GALE lid that he had known good many per
aons grow eat plants by towing the secds in suds
and keeping hen in a warm place in the house unit
time 10 plant hen on'.
Mr. WRIGHT-lu planting musl -melons, sre
pretty lure 10 euccc9 with the seed planted after the
csrth becomes warm Bat am able to get them for.
ward very early by usin the turnpe. The great error
OF elonprowtfs pm Their seed IN The ground too
early If the weather is ei'ly the plants gee hight
from which they never recover. Tbs Is 0bvlated by
the hot.b bed culture aud the nnips add very much 10
the couvci cnce aid safety Of trausplaniIng. have
been able to construct a cold graprV mach cheaper
than enoh buildings ordinarily built It's OF WOOD
with aih and plaster, and tan-haIk filling.
Mr.. QUINN stated that he had been very successful
n growing Lima beans, planted in sods ~ boibeds.
and OIL plants; also in small pots removing The ba
Of earth with The ri ant when set in the garden. In
trirsrlsI ting cabhagts tomatoes, and other plants,
tim he roois and leSves. All ap.rooed plants should
have the tap roots Oft at trauspianlipg. Oucp plan
of fansrlapiing in Tie beds has this adyantaye-it
haTdeDs The plants, which are apt 10 grow spindlng,
and gets them into better condition for setting ont in
tie garden or field.
PTeserTing Dried Frmt.-SoLoS RoBIssos-A
Michigan bous keeper say that the best way 10 pre-
dried fruit from gelIi. wormy is TO pack II in
hae or barrels, and in May or early in June, before
tire II sect are astr To lay their eggs TO store 1t in
dark dry cellar where will keep for years perfectly
sweet.
j. W. BRIGGS Of Maudon n. Y, sends us a speci-
Of Nectar" made from the 'lionolau Nectarine
ana II appears though 1t would keep well IA any
dried flmil, and will make good pumpkin pies
without eggs or milk, as il presents rich pleasant
taste quite ssochane sweet potatoes. This sPeei-
men wus tasted and much admired. We hope Mr..
Briggs will send US few reeds.
A toriuac for .ome5ody.-SoLos RoBISsos-I have
hsd letter some time hand from DR.. Fred. Bucka
lew, of New Brunswick, N D., who wants somebody
10 make fortune for both, out of several inventions
Of his; of which is for a home mill that ia cheap
aid effective, for grinding grain al the farm lie says
II Will excel any thing heretofore offered for che far
mere use, and if so | should Ike to "a fortune
made out OF IL, for the world really needs such mill
and Tins particularly desirable because the
power of man is equal TO the power OF horse upon
any Other one ever invented. The same msn has, so
br says invented o plo~ that will do things that no
Other plOw ever baa done.
Having made the truth known, leave II FOR the
world to appreciate if j. VIII.
Corn-Meal Ignorance RoBISsoN-To show
how much in the dark half world in relation to
the most ordinary things, will read letter received
this morning. Here is citizen of this coTneracking
COZ utry who wants to know 8 the node in which In
dian is prepared previous 10 grinding It into meal
II kiln dried r. Nov, this Gully demonstrates favor
tie motto OF mine-lhat nobody knOws anything about
anything. Men here sometimes refuse to talk about
matters that are so common that every bOdE Knows
them" II is not ~. Here is who does not
know that Indian is ground in all conditions "a
IL gruws-soneiimcs on the cOO--sOmcilmes she,led
OH uhile in an almost uuripe cOndiii0u-certainly
when IL IL quite damp, and sometimes When II IA only
u,t 70 dry # naturally would he where the ears are
exposed TO all the influences Of the atmosphere aud
only very rarely after il has been kin-fred. For
shipping long keeping the should he dried
or else pacbed in the patent ventilated barrels. For
everyday use no preparation of the corn, after once
dry cnOug III in Autug grind freely, is necessary
The next meeting will be on Monday next at noon,
v hen the subject of hOi-beds and cultivation of early
Spring plants will be further discussed and it ia ex-
I6c.od that paper will be read by Mr.. ROBINSON,
upon the uses and abuses of iron 10 agriculture.