New-York tribune., 1870-09-24
AGRICULTURAL.


noon by the reading of note of inquiry from 5. b.
Starbird. Plattsmouth, Neb He would know the
cheapest and best way of saving rain-water Tor lam
lily use. .
William Lawton-I have on my place, at New
Rochelle. cstern made of cemented brick which
has been in excellent order for several years. and
with which am much pleased
Chairman Ely-I have had the pleasure OF paying
for no less than three different cisterns during my
lifetime so far; the first was built after the manner
of Brother Lawton the second was Dull OF common
rough stone cemented on the inside This has been
standing for no less than ~ years, and ls still per-
feet success 1t cost only half as much as the brick
one The third was constructed AZ SUI Mss c9S,, d,,
| barely quarter that Of the first. a hole was dug
with soping sides in q stiff bard soil and the cement
was applied direct to the surface. This was done IN
1853 The csteTn has been IN @ Gons.aS nver use ever
| Frank Curtis-A good cisten can be made in
solid clay SOIL if not IN an exposed SITUATION Dy ee
mentinG against the sides Of the ground. where the
| ground freezes would not recommend such a prac,
tice hut to lay wall of cobbe-stones IN mortar OF
| cement and face the wall with thick coating OF
| clear mortar Great care must bo exercised 10 get
good cement and mix it with coarse sand: Fine sand
will not do at all. One part cement ana three parts
sand is the usual proportion, TO be used as soon as
| mixed Every part of the wall must be lana below
the reach of the frost This can be done, ana an
iron or wooden pipe or throat lead to the surface
through which the pump can pass cheap ana eA-
cellent cistem can be constructed OF wood III the
form Of "a large ca5k tank, made OF pine or CEDAR
plank When sunk into the ground. and being kept
constantly wet, they will last Tor years s beter .
way is to place the tank cask in one corner OF the
cellar with faucet in the bottom, from when tle
water IL easily drawn when it is desirable to clean
out and when wafer Is required IN the cellar a
cellar with open cistcrn in it will rarely freeze.
| TouNToEs DIsCUssED-M. ID. Wilson, Rochester
! " Y: have been much interested In the attempts
that have been made and the success attained III the
! Improvement of the tomato. Great quantities are
now used and considerable land devoted TO the cnl-
ture. Among market gardeners there IS cOnsdcIaDle
strife who shall have the earliest rs few bushels
! in the early part of the season decide, IN good
measure the profits of the crop. Among the earliest
rpenng varieties that have been introduced, Hub
bards Curlcd Leaf, sent out last season Dy MI NlCh
| proves 20 be one of the most valuable. Ii IS quite
! dwarf in habit and NAV be planted three feet by
two feet The fruit is solid, contains but few seeds
| and ripens well up about the STEM Some varieties
| of tomatoes will Iipen a few specimens very early,
while the general crop holds of for some time. lhls
sort brings forward its entire crop with great rapid
| ity. My experience the present season has been
with 175 plants on a sandy soil but with no protec-
tOn being fully exposed to the wind in every dlrec
ton. | planted the seeds on the 2ith day OF April
! in mild hot bed. When two three inches in
hight the plants Were put into colo frame ana al
were transplanted into the open ground, having at
tained about eight inches in hight. On the 2oth OF
July picked half bushel OF fully rpened fruit, %
days from the time OF sowing the SEED My plaals
have never received any check since they came up
| and when transplantcd into the open ground were
carefully removed, with balls of earth attached.
consider il absolutely necessary TO raise early fruit
that the plants receive no check. cold ram, sue
ceeded by few cold days immediately after trans.
planting, viii often defeat the chance OF an early
| crop, and delay the Tipening many days. Many
transplant Immediately after rain while the ground
and air is yet cold. II is better TO wait day or two
as the plants will suffer less from willing than from
cold. August 6th picked the first ripe Trophy toma
toes and several plants had one or two nearly pened
specimens each: Just 80 days served to perfect the
| plant and fruit. The vines are heavily loaded
healthy and vigorous feel confident that tins to-
mato will prove of the most valuable varieties
we have had. hope to hear all about it from those
| Win have tTlp ed hp L
| be paIdOncd little enthusiasm; next to dish OF
blushing melting peaches present me one OF well
j. b. I.yman-While we have these high and prob
ably deserved praises of the varieties named and es
peciay that sent out by Col Waring, wish to refer
| 10 the tomato introduced last Spring by Mr.. Lowe
He called it Testers Perfected took his seeds and
gave them no special care. The tomato find in my
garden this Fan is large and smooth of pale red or
| pink tint, and remarkably solid The cavities so
usual in this fruit seemed filed out by the flesh, and
| find the flavor delicate. The habit is thrifty, and
it bears twice much by weight as the common red
OF the York. find that early ripening is not quail
ity that gives great value to tomato My late yar;
ETY. sell about well as the early, and have gained
little or nothing by buying hOt-house plants. Those
started in the window i'll a box or on turf, fruit
about As fertilizer | want nothing on
light, sandy soil but a pinch of bone-dust. When
| the plants need pushing in the Spring, we water
with liquid fertilizer made by pouring hot water
| on a handful of bOne-dust.
| H. l.. Reade-I had seeds enough of Testers Per-
fected to raise five plants. The vines ran from seven
| TO ten feet. We have picked all we wanted for use
Eastern Connecticut we regard 1t as the best variety
| we have ever cultivated.
Mr.. Brggs-To show that Testers does well in
different localities may mention that in course of
| recent conversation with George NJ Joy of TOMS
River, n: j., learned that he cultivates several
| sorts, and regards this one as superior.
| Frank Curtis-I have some notions about tomatoes,
| in general way though my experience with vare-
ties has not been extensive. Tomatoes of any kind
can be made earlier by clipping Oft the vines as soon
as one or two settings of fruit are made. The Iro-
ply is good so is the Tlden. These the earliest
and eaTlness is great Yirtue-in fact the most es
sentia think il is good idea TO start the plants
in hot-bed, and transplant them two or three times
IN the bed before setting them out in the open ground
In this way rootets developed, and the plant
gets "A more stOcky growth Frequent hoeing, If
only to stir the ground, will hasten the growth.
Plaster is good. With most farmers in northern
counties tomatoes difficult to grow, as the frosts
| catch them before they get ripe.
A GOOD CHANCE TO GET SOUTHERN HoMEs.-John
| Rodgers wrote as follows from Valentine Anderson
County Texas: There is great want of labor in our
| State. My object in addressing you is to know if
some 100 TO 200 families of Scotch, or Germans,
| Americans, could be collected in New-YOrk. 1t is
proposed here 10 make a club of 300 farmers that
| VIII put IN the amount needed to charter a vessel
from New-fork to Galveston, and all other expenses,
and send an agent to New-York TO attend to it, Our
county as you will see by the map, about 200 miles
north of Galveston the east side of Trinity River
and Is as healthy as any upland of the South; Land
is cheap, ranging from 81 to SO per acre. and be
had on easy terms. The rate of wages will be $l5
| per month, specie.
| Frank Curtis-There are 10000 families in this city
| who VIII see tough times the coming Winter and
Will always see tough times, until they lose their
passion i0r the town. and make strike for the open
| country; Any one who helps to convince them of
the truhfuness of this statement is doing the Lords
work: Let some of them 90 to Texas, and they will
lind Sl5 per month in gold there more than equal to
S1O here. After while they will get wisdom and
experience enough TO strike in for themselves land
| of their own.
j; b. lyman-This is an important subject, and Mr..
RodgeTss proposition seems to have special advant-
ages move that a committee be appointed to help
| him in the enterprise
Chalfman-Nery proper; and will name Messrs
work. ~ W.
j: b. Lyman-As chairman of that committee, /