New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-09
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARhERs CLUB.


and usually Gevoies hour 10 mi eeAaDeous business
and one hour 10 the discussion Of sCme one or more
queeions agreed upon at the previous meeting
To-day H. @. PARDEE, Of the city, was called 10 he
c1air. The meeting was not very fully ATTENDED,
though tbiE C1y Brooklyn, Long leland We te.ester
County, ard Newt ersey were fairly represent The
first subject introduced was:
Be.s and Bce.L,ycs.-H. Steele Of jersey City eS-
hibted box Of honey, TO show he plan OF wo KING
movable france. An ordinary box, with glass ides,
euch as are nsed four TO eel, on top Of live hs
three light wooden frames that iii in the boN the apr
sass OF which ciCse the top Of the box ard N eoh OF
these the bces make sheet OF ooub, abo1t elk ln'
across each way which can be taken out separately,
and proves much more convenient than where the
e0u,b Is attached 70 tie fides Of the box.
bee-.Joh Pr0tectorS.-ar. STEELE also showed his
pln Of ke pGg moths ont of beeiyes, which We have
heretofore described, but the plan has proved such
good thot IL ia worth calling attention TO u SSin
II i frame abOn! inch aD6s hall deep and Twelve
inches long with six or eight halfinch holes through
it, Ia each OF which hargs Tin deer, one half Opening
out sud the other opening IN, whi'h haig 20 ighuy
ta! they do not Interfere with the passage Of the Lees
icr they directly learn bow to puh through, but tie
moths pace an addition IN tiis, TO rive venla-
tion, be has name several inchee "ide under nc
edge o. the hive GTond tbe other tbr,e sides, VIII
large openings covered with wire gauze. Some recon-
mend instead TO have hole through the bench under
the hive, sgv Elk inches EQuaIe, covered With Tte.
cause and then x the little frame that holds the trap
entrances in the 0e OF tbe live that can he
taken out II necessary 40 give iiOV IAS...oS AZ
bees, when moths are no dangerous. Inc cost o.
these nothtHps is only 10 cent? each, and one might
save hive worth SIS
Dr. InIMBLE, TIE special en.oDOloeist Of the Club,
eid lie bad II. moth trap iu operation, and biSi-
Is conn ended It. ne al5o gaze The Club the benefit
OF Il somewhat o-repeaied ~ sorauon upon the sub
jet Of tie vslre Of bees in ter.iHing 1owers de- ar
log iiat many o. them would r!uaiD bGrren out ior
bees and other iDseeis and that tie reason Why NE
fret clover blossoms were barren, becense there
were at that lime humble bees &c fe'tze theu,
they alone have tongues long enough for The; plrpote
Tie CHATrGAH intiniaied that The sent!em,A. knew
rot whereof be spoke.
AYDHEw j. FULIER-I want TO know If this
Club viii s9ncion tie remarkable dOCtrire about
bces fertiii1ing towers. Fit dces, ID eent. dent
believe il the necessity Of bees 20 ierpbEo clover or
anything else know, all other gardeners 90, that
NtuIe hGs oiber ways TO eiec! llis object VIII
olt having recourse - lees.
&r. BEFGEy an old gardener: certainly lees do not
fer,ilne wheat ~ Carrying tire pollen iroa ore lead
20 another, becnee tLey do rot work upon II. don
believe it Is necessary ior the bees carry pollen from
ere plsrt 10 smother 10 eriize ans Thing. ID IL true
that their sc.s 60 hybrid1e flowers, and sometimes
very much ~ Tic Injury o. gTdeners, but that parts
world Loo be fruitful, iii was rot for bees, emit
teiieye
M,os IN Ree-Tystes-Wg. S. CaRPKsTTR stated that
h lid lost moro becs om The mice getting inside than
from moth. MIA. viii preTent t-er dsI5edsiionsi
CsTtsmly nOt It's moth TIP. They get IN the hive,
whether 10 eat the honey cannot saw and make Deoe
there, which 6naly destroys he swarm.
Dr. TRIMBtF sid that the common horse mice
never trout led bee-ivcs. X IL sort very rTe in tus
county. II il tcmew5a, Kangaroo shsQed, with a
lcpg, slim tail
quelion, sd tat tic italian boUey-Lee that lie had
Re did not think eoud cHric; honey from red clover
DIR. TkIap<E doubted N statement abOnt tie Italian
oney.hee being aple Ia extract honey nom red oser
lie DON'T know 0ny iuaec; that has torseo long
enough for tlia' csCslt TIC humble lee.
stngsskf Be6s~-Itcs 81 H0adBras--A atrersaion
IRON Ills "a 81 = beer enFued brought ahcLt ny tie
crcuns tance CT ir Gore of Ns1Jereey, who IL about
% ensrais 10 that cOgctTy IN company xito about ~
persolis 10 form colony Ar. Gore slia Le bad been
Told thai H. bees q thar giOn do rot store up honey
Solos RcsiEsos--ThGt is undoubtedly an erroi;
else why do the Inhabitants keep such qusniitios Of
teIu around tLeir dwellings,. IL is true, they GO 10,
store il Ia wax ccmbs Ike our bees, but in sacks soiDe
of which are as biz as hens eggs and these at
tashai all around the sides Of the hiyes.
Mr. Gore was Teq Uested by the clnt to procure and
give information upou this and Other agricultural mat
tiers in honduras.
read long letter from John Bruce, one Of oar men,
her. who hiss latelY gone 81 California He speaks
highly of the beauty Stockton and il. ADe gardens.
Ill made fruitful by irrigation rom wells AID NinC-
mills TIE harvest time he found TO be In May and
al,o found tst wheat 10 often cat in green stats 70
feed cattle that is, q eoiling crop. Everything
grown in Summer is produced by irrigation. The grss
mon the plires Is syp,neily ead IN SUMNER IL is
here in Winter yet cil5 eat this dry grass AID iaten
urop H. Tie talks Of the climate at Marrosa ~ the
nnrest in the world Flowers a California, contrary
10 VIZ Las been asserted, ar. Bruce says, not
o0Iess bat really jus. iragant flowers ~ IN ibis or
ery oher part Of The county Brds, too, ore cong
sfers MOI " ithsidiDe The assertion OF Vim. k. Prince,
Tat oll California birds were mute. Fruit production
sAoI, sDythipg that NJ Bruce Jag ever before,
but Only in orchards that are irrigated. None others
ar prodn tive Mr. Brace ia esgaged in making coll
lectons of plants, Towers seeds, de-, which he holes
To Do able 10 frIifh be Club hereafter tosssher with
a.. ado rfa,gg ffi 40 .f.G
Saed Corn 90 Dr0uL-MR. CARpESTrR called
attention 60 the great advantage of sowing corn 10
furnish feed Tor stock in sUeh dIouh now prevails
10 Weaobeeter county. This green NJ equally
valuable Tor swine. Hogs wiz eat corn stake with
sydily particularly sugar corn, aud ;a,ten upon u.
ApHIAS bgECEE Of Long lslnnd-l aiwsys feed corr
In the gree state to niy hogs At this season, whether
have plenty Of o.heg iced or not, becsuse my hogs
thu sc better ayoh il thaa upon snY otber food.
CroDs IF LoHg Island Barrors.-Hr. BlRGHS stated
flat he has just been visiting The region called the
Barrens of Long isiaht, and found there snen fine
crops tha he hs become convinced If the great adyaD
tage % oul,ivating taen 70 thor Jul extent IL no
NE 10 say that .hee ands capnot be pnoitby ":,Ii
v,tsl because our fatners aud grsndfetbess have said
90. fhe proof too etlong against sueh 81 erroneous
Ge0irg Plqats from CaG(ornio.-Mr. FULLER
thought il was not worth while !OT as TO 80 70 any *
pense procure further collections OF pinis Can
ioruia because We have lad several good botaniss
travelling ia that State and have obtained and tried
nearly al, probably that worth trying. an glad
TO be able 70 state that Seqsos GgoFtsa grown nom
eeds OF the cones Of the mdrnmotb tree Of California,
has proved very hardy with me, aud In England it has
grown 50 large that ,ns young trees le reported as
now having cones growing on them, 30 that seed may
soon be obtained from the seedlings which Will ui
dubslly produce hardy trees. We ougbt 10 GIT seeds
Of ali the Cal iornis ooen since the public taste runs
80 much in favor % eyeTgFcens.
Mr.. CAnPRsTgn doubts the hardness Of the Seono j;
at least they did not prove hardy WITH han, where
many other rther tender eyergrecns stood the Winter