New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-03
Report Of the Farmers Club Of Slabbviile

We select few items from the report of practi-
cal Farmers Club which we find ia TIE Rural
Mar Y0rker:
July 80 869--The Sabbvlle Farmers Club met
according 10 adjournment, Mr.. Slmkoru IN the c0ar.
The CHAIRNAN-Ihe question which has been
adopted for discussion this afternoon Was not slcn
AN one az he thought ought TO occupy the AT enton
oil this Club. II of altogether too little conse-
Guence 10 take up tn lr valuable time. lie must cay
il he had been 10 have stated ~ he snould nave ia!
1t IN an Affirmative proposition at once, instead OF
making IL lnterrogatory and ne believed that All ih-
ieligent farmers bad long since come 10 TIE same
conclusion that lie lad. The question was, 10 Mt
manure u hniRbBg I" and he should cal on negho0r
okmitt to open the discussion.
Mr. SKGNITT-liad rather some other person lad
been seeCted, for the subject was not Que that ho
thought much of. However he would give BIZ, ex-
perience which tie GLIB might take for hat II was
worth. Tie farm which hc now occupied he had
taken from the wilderness. When the land was hrst
cleared up and Tor few years after, he mad been
good deal bothered by the ransness OF ms crops.
Ills wheat had been 80 heavy thai It gave nun
grea, deal OF trouble 10 harvest IT, aud z corn crops
were often 20 large that he found II Impossible 70
secure them before the Winter set III. l-ait-ry, no
had not been troubled ia that WAY. lie found no
trouble now in gathering his crops III Sooa seasoh'
The CHAIRMAN wonld ike 10 know II Mr. sAunits
had used any manure on his land
Mr.. SKINlTT-Ihe hauling out q manure. spring
and Fall rad always seemed great waste 81 Tine,
and he had therefore never wasted his tune ana
strength in that kind OF business.
} Mr. BOKfFRMa-Will the gentleman tell us how
be gets rid Of his manure!
NJ. SKIMITr-NAen tue manure gets 90 Trouble
tOme that 4 cant stand IL any longer, move ny
Darn [ nave already moved II three times, and
shall have 10 move u again. unless some man VIII
be- fool enough 10 come AID draw the manure away.
Aud he would stale tact now, lest 1t might shp MS
mind which he thought cCLcuslyely proved manure
to be a nuisance. lis barn had formerly stood on
IN. opporitc side OF tie road, and IN front 81 ms
buu.e: and the weeds haC grown 70 large o. tne
u.anure piles and had looked bad, thai his wife
would give him 10 peace ill he moved them down.
he fsct was hat ull MS experience Lad convinced
bin that manure was nlsance-s iesuI4f NUM-
bug. lie had been compelled 10 move lis Darn thiee
tnDes on accom-, Oi IT. accumuaiIon and each iiHe
has, had 10 put new s- 10 Il, &c The othcs had been
ro,ted ont by tue manure. And he had heard 20
much catterwauling from bis wife and daughIers,
about tue Disgusting appearance of the weeds ana
bushes that had grown up Oh me od PICS, t"A' NC
had become tired aud disguised at TIE yery name VI
manure.
M. Vas Sy'sLASD Lad seen a good dea. II vexa
ton ard trOab,e this manure subject. lie fully
agreed with the gent ieinan VINO had luSt taken An
seat. Nuen lie WAS a boy. aud lived Win Dis iatheI
on the Mohawk W4ts, the oul way they lAd 10
dispose o. their manure Has 10 jaw u down 10 me
in the Winter and dlmp Oh the Ice, ano let
II 20 down stream IN Tie SlrBg. Ihey cOuIl not
move their barns IS they hao 10 place except 'Aey
went up hi with them. " lien lie came on 40 us
present arm be regretted there was DO riSef bai no
hs, thto,yu Tho r.nuufe down n bank into Lille
brooa that run past his barn. But lie bal not got
ri of the nuisance; il was than 10 rave lett
il IN his ward aud moved bis barn. iLe brook ran
through ii lot OF about ten acres, below DIS Darns
ana he used 70 have very good grass often rs mlch
As tun 10 the acre. and easily cat and go IN
But lately he had hal great deal OF trouble WIN
that of Even this year lie had been more dlsgdstea
uau ever his grass had rown so stout ana tlix
that re could not get any machine through II, ana
mad been compelled 10 NOW i with scythe; and ne
had almost given up trying to set done haying. For
his part be agreed with the ot.er geutie Ia say.
Ing il wac = most consummate hunbug.
after some further discussion il resolved that,
in the opinion OF majority Of the members of tho
5 abbville Farmers Cub, in lis broadest and most
conn rchensive sense, manure is hrmbug, aud that
where il viii cost more to move the baTn than the
manure il Is advisable 20 move the manure, aud not
Otherwise.