The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-08
THE FARMERS, CLUB.
NEW YoRx, March /

U H1tBt ubtGuuhuGe,
Mr.. E. W. Shipper, Of Meadville, Penn.
sylvania, wrote In reference TO the paper
recently read before the club by Miss
Middle Morgan on "blOod horses" The
paper was IN excellent one, but he desired
10 take exception TO her remarks on the
snowy, fast horses which she advocated
He thought that what was mOre,wantel
were good, snowy, strong team horses.
During last summer he visited England
and France, partly with view ofimport.
Ing pair Ofshowy team horses, and was
moro Impressed with those Of France than
any which nc saw in England, Mr. W.
Dickinson, Of the Journal Of the Royal
Agricultural Society, Of England, had said
that he believed that there was better
class OF farm horses In France than in
England. lie had bought a pair Of
horses Of French blood, and had found
them everything that he could desire, both
in temper, willingness, strength and stay
ing power.
I'll. Charles Alden, Of Newburg, exhlb.
tied quantity Of dried and cvaporatcd
fruits, tomatoes, apples, potatoes, onions,
&c, He described the various processes
by which he prepared and dried the fruits.
One buShel Of tomatoes could be preserY:
cd and pressed down into a block four in:
ches square and six inches thick and
weighing about four pounds. BY this
mode Of preserving fruit much space and
weight could be saved. Ono bushel Of To-
matoes preserved In the old manner would
till SO cans, and weigh nearly 100 pounds,
A company had been formed to purchase
a number Of machines for tho purpose Of
preparing fruit by the new process, and In
q short time the public would be enabled
TO purchase fruit prepared by the c0mpa.
nv, A short discussion on the subject fol.
lowed, the opinion being generally cx.
pressed that tho new mode was worthy
Of the attention Of fruit growers and con.
sumers Dr.. Burbank, OF Lexington, KY,
sent for the inspection Of the club q model
of bee hive which he had invented and
patented. The dimensions Of the new
hive arc AZ inches square and % inches
high, and could be furnished with four
hives oil complete for $25. The Secreta.
nv Of the club recommended the new hive
to the attention Of bee keepers. Some
specimens of piping, made from concrete,
were referred TO a committee, consisting OF
Mcssrs. Lyman, Reed and Fuller, to report
ut the ncXt meeting on its advantages over
the piping in general use.
Mr. s, l. Richardson, Of West Ohio, ex.
hibited u model for bee hive invented by
him, and which he had found TO DO tho
best in use, for a single swarm Of bees.
The hive was referred to Mr.. John W,
Chambers, the Secretary Of the club, to
report thereon at the next meeting Of the
club
MI. A. c. Thomas, Of New York, for.
wartled to the club some specimens Of
corn stalks. broken by u newly construct.
ell machine on new principle, and asked
the value Of stalks thus prepared.
Mr.. Carpenter thought that stalks pre-.
pared like the sample sent were very
valuable as an article offoOd for cattle.
Mr.. Curtis thought 1t would not pay o
farmer to purchase machine for the pur
pose Of preparing corn stalks for feed.
When prepared they were only valuable
rs an article Of food when fed with meal.
The only real advantage in breaking stalks
was for manure.
MI. John Ferris, of ST. Lawrence county,
sent the following list Of large hogs killed
In that district Lust season by farmers In
4 Lawrence.
Pigs s months old, weighed 400 lbs.
Pigs 0 months old, weighed 405 lbs.
Pigs 0 months old, weighed 400 lbs.
Pigs 0 months old, weighed 41O lbs.
Pigs 0 months old, weighed 450 lbs.
Tie sire of the above pigs was killed by
A. L. McEisen, Of Lawrence, last full, and
weighed ia Tbs. Two other pigs killed
by him weighed respectively G27 and
039 TBS. =
Mr.. W. II. Nichols. Of Delaware coun.
ty, exhibited some air.tight glass tubs,
packed In frames, for the purpose Of pack.
Ing butter for transportation for long dis.
tanccs. The glass used was flint glass, Of
the best quality, and inclosed In frames Of
the best seasoned timber. The size hold.
inE twelve pounds weight Of butter could
DO made for g, and tho size holding ten
pounds weight could be sold for 81 90.
They were also very useful for keeping
eggs in winter time.
Mr.. Lyman read areport from the Agri.
cultural Society Of Monmouth county, n,
j., on the premiums given for field crops.
Tho greater part Of the information has
already been published.
The report Of Richard Leonard to tho
Field Crops Committee was also read by
Mr.. Lyman. During tho Inst year Mr.
Leonard had raised from his hrm Of one
hundred acres, in Monmouth county,
crops which sold for $40, ~, and after
freight and commission had been deduct
ed, $st24G a..
Dr. Hcxamcr said that he had recently
received several letters from various parts
of the country in reference to carly Mo.
hawk potatoes. 1t was q very valuable
potato. 1t rpcncd quickly; returned
great yield, and was one Of the very best
Kind TINT could be stored for winter con-
sumption, rs It improved with keeping.
BIZ. Fuller thought that ono Of tho best
carly varieties was the "Early Rose" po.
| tatO. lie had grown 1t for many years,
and had found It 10 keep during the win.
ter even better than the early Mohawk"
Mr.. F. B. Curtis had planted both these
varieties last year, In I'D jacent rows, and
found that the "AIohawkS" were twice as
large as the early Rose" In clay soil
the Early Rose was also very likely TO rot,
and was not good early potato 10 plant,
Mr.. Graham, Of New Jersey, said that
he was nCvlr able to find out what advan.
tage tho Early Mohawk possessed over
tho Early Rose, He had tried both va.
rleties, but his experience Ind led him to
believe that the latter was the best early
potato o farmer could plant.
Several other members Of the club gave
their opinions In regard to the two vRrie-
ties, the balance of favor being in favor Of
the Early Rose.
A large number Of letters and mtsOella.
neOus subjects were then rapidly disposed