New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-15

bors corn almost entirely failed. That month was
far worse than the prese,to ore. uo,
ASDREw BRiDGEnAS-Itis is my opinion tne ta' az.
mo-phere OF Long Iand assists some vh@t IN kees h.
tire crops froW saIrting In drouih, and pave Nv ~
that the use 1I salt ~ a manure by larueIs, - 49,
ly assist them In c0unterac'lpg the cne'e II IL ~ Ii
~ tie natural tendency OF small dosee VI rs,ta
II 70 yIcduce decay and veee'aoio a"0
So,oy PorIysoy-Tbe remedies proposed TO conhfer.
ac, n effects OF drouh oil eood ana apprO'eol
ell bu, all are insufficient In sncn afo 'u hs we arc
row ste,ine in the lower part OF Westcheser Ioun-
~ wI;cb also extends into Connecticut and IN mar.
row belt through New-Jersey into pennsylvania. IL
Affects portion Of Monmouth County very severely,
while another portion has suffered but nue. ana bIi
fnrher South the crops good II sthe most severe
of apy place have heard of, in the lower part OF
Westchester County, where we have had no rain
worth noticing for two months, aud the surface mas
become dry that frequent stirring has ceased TO pro-
duce any good result though believe the lit cropof
corn and potatoes that sball have Ii principally owing
10 the use Of the subso plow and the repeated stirring
Of the EARTH also used sals Literally in tne Sprng;
NV potato ground was powed and subso plowed and
the rows marked out with subsoil plow aod salt
sowed in the farrOw and the seed covered pretty deep
and believe IL has never beer thoroughly wet since
pan,ed yet shall have small crop Of good potatoes,
while some of my neighbors, VINO pursled the OLD
System, will utterly fail ! shall aifo have niue
corn but neighbor who planted two bushels OF seed,
tells me he shall not probably have cart-oad oil ears.
With all of our talk about remedies for dronth, we
have not touched upon the most valuable ONE aud one
that think shall yet have to come 10 III ths eoni-
try, and believe it will prove the best paying I'M
provement ever adopted by farmers alldd u M
CATION Mony farms situated that much OF their
land could be irrigated by the natural descent oi
streams of water, and others could be by cheap
wnd-ms that would pump mp wa'er INTO
a reservoir on the highest part Of the farm to
be let down AS wanted in a tine ike this. In
California tie farmers need no other ierhlzer bnt
water, and l believe here that water would be the
Ill .ha forfi M we lf
and the necessity for adopting system OF irrigation Is
becoming moro ard more apparent every year Irne,
perfect system OF irrigation st be eo"nected WIN
perfect system Of underdr lring. But there ls an
abundance OF land that would be mot prcitaoly ifr-
gated in its natural state. For instance, the Long
leland lands that aro spoken CT naturally uuoer-
drained could be irrigated With great diNahISe, III
truth there is farm tina. Is SUBJECT, as All nave
been Of late years snch drouths as the present. h'
would rot pay profit on the expense OF irrigation.
Water in my Opt ion is the cheapest and best Ter
tizer that we can While II Is destructive 10 al
cultivated crops, in state OF stagnhnon IN the
soil, IT is also The great solvent Oh All
substances peceesary for tho growth of plants. when
applied as the waters Of showers OF iTItatlon are
usu4ly applied and it s the thing needfal for the
success Of farming. Look at the great crops OF Cail
fornia How are they produced Not by 'he extreme
fertility of the soil for that i better the aver
age than is the Alsiic side. And there drouths
are far more than here; bat there, the same
intelligence that EXITS among farmers here hss been
forced by necessity apply its energies e. irrigation,
and the results are the luxurious crops In the
world. Here we have not adopted irrigation as the
great remedy for drouth, because drouhs nave been
less severe, and we have been able 10 get along
without it's aid. Is such getting along 60
economy ia f.rning The greaI lesf0n needed, aud
Que which hope d present dIouh will teach, Ii the
advantage that we might derive from systcmatlzed
irrigation. let US thiuk OF IT.
/, was agreed tia, tnis sub ect should be further dis
cus.ed at tie next meeting in connection with TIE
fruits ard flowers Of the reason.
Jersey Mar fer DTodh.-Dr. TMMBLE told Tie
Clnb that The only real preventive vi drouh is green
sand nar-that where that il used most OF the crops
have not the least from the effects of the drouh
From appearances tiis statement Was not fully be-
lieyed.
John G BERGEy stated that Monmouth County
which uses more mari thun aoy other in hew-Jerey,
has not been exempt from The elects OF dronth thus
season; that part Of the county has suffered severely