New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-29


what is fsr average crop of the different farm pro-
ducts for that State ard publish tables of the standard
for reference.
PEACH RoT.-A disease has prevailed this year
among reaches in come sections almost fatal the
rot among potatoes 1t to have been particularly
eeyere in Southern Illinois, but it is severe upon
come sorts than others. Early York seems to be the
most affected by it. The dsesss first shows itself in
email round spot or dry blotch the surface, from
which rotten spot extends TO the pit 1t soon affects
the whole Of the flesh and renders'it entirely worth
less in very short time.
Can any ere tell the cause, or give the peach
growers q remedy
M DemoDd Director of the Superior Municipal
Sc DOL of Orleans received at the late National Con-
cours of Agriculture in Pars gold medal for de,as
of bis agricultural experiments and for his method Of
conducting the agricultural portion Of his school. NJ.
Demori makes agriculture of the bases of gener
al education His exhibition was very extensive, and
be has published in pamphlet the result of his expert
meD's. He fret endesvored to ascertain the relative
value Of various NJ nures He owed the species
Of wheat with 81 diff rent msnures on 81 pieces land
each receiving $25 worth. For two years the yield
Of wi eat was noted and the facts derived from the
TeIinents show that the classification of manures by
EDeEfh chemists according TO the amount Of nitrogen
which they contain lie entirely ilusory 1t will be
Numbered that Le,g in bis late Letters, comes to the
game conclusion. His experiments showed also that
wheat Gown broadcast az the of two bushels per
acre Welded better than one bushel per drilled,
and that two bushels and half sown broadcast yielded
less than two bushels Gown In the way. Eight
teces Of wht drilled the rate of three pecks per
acre. gave larger yield Than st the rate of bushel
per acre. Toese experiments show that different soils
require different amount Of seed, and that expert
merts necessary upon each different variety OF coll
NJ Demond recommends the culture of the six-rowed
barley He finds the culture Of sorgho better than that
tf wheat by hundred dollars per acre. Toe generall-
cations from the experiments Of M. Demond are OF
great value Special analyses were made of the wheat
grown with different manures and they showed great
variations in its composition.
DR. Jules Goyot, at the National COncoars, re-
ceyed gold uedal for his exhibition of grapes and
volume on tie Culture de la Vin ct ViR!fcdt'on.
he SAVE that vineyard seven years old will produce
fofy or fifty times much farm OF the same sze
He advocates training the vines low in France and COW
er;po them with straw during tie winter. The addi-
III nal expenee is about $50 per per year. Dr. Co
vet had me paintings representing the operation In
the Palais Ipdustrie which hfe-like that
vss taid that after couorymen had IN vain exam
ined The floor 70 discover whence the vines derived
such vigorous susenapce OF them, seeing the wire
with which the straw was sscured, exclaimed to the
other: Show stupid we are don't you see that their
strength comes from the country by TELEGRAPH"
M George lie has publthed an article on the
yane of potash in the waste lands of France, known
40 the Landes He shows photographs OF the results
Of culture with and without potash which demoustra
thst mixture of phosphate Of line aud heterogeneous
matter has no influence on vegetation, but that the ad-
don Of potash suddenly communicates to this mix
ture wonderful fcscioufnees the potash Increasing
the crop from three to five fold.