New-York daily tribune., 1865-10-28
a,..,;.,u Institute Farmers Club.


., a.. .r,ar attendants and some strangers ~ 'ne
ola ,Isoa q, me,,ing IN the Cooper Institute to-day
A., NV 4, the ohnir The first business was arrans-
IT,, 81, tim. for the committee appointed Al rf@f''S
m eating IN visit yineand and other portions oil West
ror..v 20 "suy ont the land" and when they return
eno-t whether Il ie Gt place for people u I'VE, VI y
IN as has often been aledged TO remain Ii "n'''
mes C.a;,g and Cooking Cauk Fsed-Mr: BucKLEY,
Orange County n. y iaguros whether tne Si"1 % J'ra
recommend HIN to cut and steam 'ho b'oi 'o' nm '
cows. "A - ~, n,;rio, thet n de-
rends uoon 40 many circumstances Wbe'ner IL Sou'u
nav 10 DO So that II Is next TO lInpossplo w
sny general rule II certainly would not pay ~ iiV @
70 cut cornstslks. nor 10 grind the corn uca G,d
cook it. IL hardly pays to gather IL ao" ana iahor
Wbere bay, straw, stalks. 3c re aesd, ., %
cheap IL viii pay 10 cut oil ieedi but win my al
,irS and labor at 81 20 day. it Will not be pront@D.e
! 10 cut feaJ by hand - e.ao.oo
Mr.. RI cKIEY remarked that he had sono my acres
Of corn stalks 10 feed ont. aud that labor was o' ""
| ante as dear as had been stated -, -
P,CUiss who superintends Prof MalTss iusul t nvdi
Newark n. j. said they were in the prac;icc o eu,.H
all the stalks with horse power; that win tnr'e uou
VII. cui onough in half day 10 last fortnight ana on
account OF the increased value Of The mhuste, n,u
saving Of labor In handling it. he thongt eneng ,u
stals economical work. mink II WI, pay a. .,"
Lay when il /. $50 tnn. II il done with power Mh
chine We do not find Il econ Dmica 10 NIX mea Win
ont cut feel Stalks should always he Ted out III 'he
PIoe BArrrETT-I shoull Ike to know whether any
body actually knows whether it any real advah''ho
10 cut any Hud q feed ,, p,r
patented Ly Mouroo Brothcrs. Iitchburgh Mas slices
! apples very rapidly any desired thickness. ,.,
| TlrasAiss Bitioa TansiiHs &rdr-s EDWAHrs
TopD in answer 10 IN inquiry whether 1e,e J., s
lny the straw said lat he bad lately seen fame u
ttrashor in operation "a Hudson, New YORK; and 1t ae,
ooDIohes the parpo3Se ~ "dpPno oynSeT and enlre
between futed cylinder and nuted concave o1d,
MI Tie grain IS efcctu ly rubbed oui. while mo straw
IL passing rapidly through, without being as Uuqh me-
NJ r. thinks IL will thrash twice az fast as an Ordinary
! suisol machine driven By the same power:
| PrUl TILLNAs said be had been nssured that straw
from his machine sells third higher than hat ircE
! ordinary machines. . ,,,,.
Ir,eet EshiJt tior.-Nr. B,EILYTT saii an exhibition
ieli 10 Pars IN September insects ,uflo. ah'
beneficial flrues, aud he suggests the lropney oi
recommending similar exhibitions al AL asreu'''fai
| fairs.
draw the line between njmIoas and beneficial Ire1
TO think there we're Two casses. bat begin to doubt
| do certainly 10 regard TO birds. have been suohg
protector u birds particularly ore sort eshno, give
| IL. nAme-which has leon very eoEmon about our
place, or Long land but doubt the proprefy OF o'
tscting 1t any hrger, ~ they destroyed proba6! 80
worth OF sTapes for ne aud peighboIs tnis II' We
have heretofore talked pretty stgong Ia THIS CuD about
| protecting birds, | remember bow Nr. Robinson las
stood up for u CROW. Insisting that lie did more 5000
Dr. IEIxriy-i have shot scores OF BIRDS within n
,esr or two aud made note ~ contents ~ tbeir
stou.cl, sud fonnd them generally mren more hhed
with insect. than fruit shot oat oisd a,ex oiJs
since upon grape vine, expecting 70 md 10 ios ded
with grSpe, 6ui found on'v single seed:
K,ancly Birs Grd,.--A letter iron wayne Count
Ohio, gives the opinion ot % professional sn turne.
farmer" upon The vercd question Of shat IA Kentucky
blue gra,s he says and roy too. that no wors r9ou
agrlcuturc or botany describes ,hs gfh'% "hich -
Poa rOsgr'a 70 that novice e1nd aisths1sn Irvi
spss- sfaSs bloc grass green Rrn's snfine grass oa
pisiurc gruss natural srlss, etc. nnd oteh taA"u
or Pea es-p-,,,s the reel Kentucky bre grass. Very
I often tie $50 GTe found growing IN the sano sod
"PoI yrtiease u oftbe very earliest iassca. 10
wet growing Spfrg sprinfs Gp e'eiywher. ny roau'
.lde and cld ald by the middle OF Juu" or earier
it has covered the earth with coat nesre A. tau
timothy but 10 tss sooner maturrd than MS seed
stalk dies completely wheat does when 10 iipeDs
but the rst rain, after this briug M thick tu Of
blades from tho root aud tDofs cobthEo IN spring up
Gbundnnty ur'he Wiofsr frosts. But tins grass Is e'
dcntly NJ al IL stages ofthe vhcry Washy ORDER ana
from The lct that go soon the seed stalls ripcn and die
they become euti-clv unfit icr feed. IS shortnyed
pasture have not known ah instance II any OF The
! Poas sending up seed stock second time tae
same season. timothy sometimes does have known
struggling gtss 20 mature and come 20 seed en~r
It's on. si, ihe june rams bot tn rue H. that
the entire crop, within ep days mostly In the last o
June early July. natures its Seed die OF aud
sufdcny d.appears All yog see no moro o tieE that
wear crceut IA, .od of green blades above MENTIONED
IN any old meadow or pasture Of miIed grasses
about tie tine " little lcioie tDe mGiagiiy oi tho
Jane grit. observe crop o' spears or ICED tafs
not more thnr three or foCr inches iong when hrst
noted above the sod and spIareutly just up and nearly
re-, mhng the former except that ttey ARE darker
green aud the branches Of The iced pod stand more
erect than th0sr OF tte former These the
June grls. dies out and dlappears and about the tine.
or little ahor the wheat and timothy have ripeued.
this latter grass bas also mGturei aud rpencd s seeds
but now comes ths marked dilereuce between this
latter grass and n. timothy, ledtop June grass aud
most others, that while all these, when tbc. seed bGs
ripened die OH To tho seed stalk ard So ar cease TO
be- feed this latter POD stiI continues green Ia
i Low sfalks and tho middle Of OCTOBER
when the Autumn frosfs are fast -ti ppng tree and
field the seed stalks Oi this grass shoh eTeiuly ripe,
early IN August at latest just green and JUICY
when you lint saw them IA June o. JHiyi ana 'ery
c,idenily when the Winter ro.ts shall have blcaohCd
their stalks at list their quality for feel WIZ be but
lttie fans. imp red; this then say - the true blue
grass Pod oapr,,'a 1t is said Ot this grass. and
say II too thnt sends its baees bat feeby. com
pared with other grasses after its seed stalks are
p1surod on or cut fr hsy; but when We come con.
slider nature. this iact will be properly nppre
oaied for In this always green seed stalk lies It's whole
value pasture hay. From the time II first starts
| til Winter II Ii never wa1eiy or wasiy but
duriog the whole season II Is as available for fat.
tenirg any grain. And herein lies III great
/ value: tAst While most OtLer grnsses. when I'm.
matuie uIe too vasby to ilten ana when mature
be pgsared cut for hay at once. they VIII die and
become worthless, this latter grass may be either
pasured OF for hay for 80 days uiter s maturity.
tGus also giving ie farmer full time TO !atten his stock
upon !t foi the market, without tho expense OF bay!ug
IT, distinguishing characteristic Of Pa eor-pressa
Is that whe The seed stems u the june grass &c.
oylindreL its stems hat that IT, . crop section
would be cinpticAl IL also be safely said that IN
the regions whore II hourlshes IL IL the hardest II all
grasses and also account Of It's hne. plabe stein
and deep (most buc) green. II IL the most beantiiu
IL is short grs never reaching more than twothirds
the h2hih o the June grass This much have written
only for the purpose Of calling ont something more
the subject from who understands Il, beli,y.
ing that the matter now stands the difference be-
tween Pos Pya.shs ard Poo cor,pressa are not gener
ally well understood even where both most grown"
This Litter elected good deal II conversation. and
gave great satisfaction for the lucid anlorit described
the two grassa Pos Prsi.ns and Pgr ooiaprtsd which
a. sn uftyers,lly AL I.ysrnl