The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-11
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARM
ERS' CLUB.
New YoRK, Feb. /, 1870.

ERS' CLUB.
New YoRK, Feb. /, 1870.
The regular meeting Of the American
Institute Farmers Club was held to-day
ut their rooms in the Cooper Institute
The President OF the Club, cx.Alder.
man Ely, occupied the chair. There was
u large attendance. ...l
B. 3. Miller wrote from Louis county,
New York, to enquire the best location
for fruit and vegetable flrm.
DIR. Trimball thought 1t was very plain
that New Jersey was the only suitable 10.
cation. .....'... .H..
Mr.. Curtis said that Saratoga Springs,
New York, was the best place to COM
mence II small fruit farm; the cOnsump.
ton was very large and the present mum.
Der Of fruit growers in that locality COm-
parativcly small. .i
A. Baxter, of Salem, n. Y, wrote to
nSk what was the best kind Of grain to
give 10 COWS in order to make the milk
rich, and il ii paid TO feed cows with
grain,
DR.. Trimbull sNid that it always paid
to give cows large quantity Of grain,
where they could not get an abundance
Of grass. t..". .
Mr.. Curtis thought that corn.meal made
much the best md richest milk, and that
it was always found to be the best to fat
ten calves.
Mr.. Quinn, Of Newark, thought that for
milCh cows the best feed was u mixture Of
brewers grains and bran, two bushels Of
grain being mixed with one bllShcl Of
bran, this mixture, with eighteen or TWEEN.
~ pounds OF hay per day would make
good rich milk, but would not do for fat
tening cattle.
Mr.. Russell, Of Newark, New jersey,
presented TO the club number of samples
of prepared bone dust. The value ofbone
WIS dwelt upon, one bushCl Us pounds
will produce IN effect the first season
equal to an Ox.cart load Of barn yard mu-
nurc, and Is much more LASTING in its ci:
iIcts, rs bones are slow 10 dcCOmpOsc.
DR.. Trlmbull, Of Newark, New jersey.
exhibited some very fine samples Of corn
grown In Salem county, one hundred
bushels of which had been grown 10 the
acre, and TINT on meadow ground and
with shallow blowing. He believed that
deep plowing was thorough mistake, It
was not necessary for the cultivation Of
corn, two inch blowing would produce
crops twice rs large Us they could obtain
from deep plowing. 4, /.
Mr.. Fuller said there might be cXCep.
tiOnal cases in which shallow blowing
seemed to 10 successful, but hC was Ger.
tain that deep blowing wNs the only way
10 produce good crops.
VIM. Lawt0n, Of New Rochelle, spoke
in favor Of deep blowing.
Horace Greeley said Tint lust ycar he
had travelled considerably in the State Of
New jersey, and had found that the corn
crop suffered greatly from the drought,
and that they would not have suffered so
much ifthey had had deeper blowing, If q
farmer had not sufficient water to irrigatC
his land In seasons Of drought he should
certainly plow deeply and get down TO the
moisture: In tho State Of West Virginia
he had seen good corn crops on ground
which had not been deeply plOwCd, but
the whole district was well irrigated and
deep blowing was not necessary. In Jcr.
sCy those portions Of the soil which were
rich and well watcred did not need any
blowing, but for ordinary farming deep
blowing was necessary to SUCCESS
Professor George II. Cook, GcOlogist
Of New Jersey, delivered MI address on
the Geology Of that State, especially in
its practical application to agriculture,
The address contained lengthy and in.
teresting description Of the various sec.
tiOus and strata which arC TO DO found in
New Jersey, the principal sections were
the TrinSsic, the AZOic and the PalOz0ri.
Metals are found ahundantly, Iron, zinc,
and copper were plentiful, and gold has
been found in the northern parts Of the
State. The average soil was very good
and well fitted for farming purposes. In
the northern counties, it contained large
quantities Of potash and phosphoric acid,
and with proper cultivation could bemade
to grow crops for thousands Of years, it
was 50 rich that II could not he worn out
The red sandstone district was also
IL most generous soil, and If treated well
would ahundantly repay cultivation. In
the lower portions Of the State the soil
contained potash and lime In tiIir proper.
tons, and round about Cape May farming
Ind been found to be very profitable
Lime and mari and green sand were
found throughout The State, and made cx.
cGllent fertilizers. They were easily Oh
tanned, and the farmer could SlvO his
land from exhaustion by this means
The value Of land throughout the State
was increasing in value.
At the conclusion Of the address
short discussion Gnsucd, and the Club
then adjourned.