The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-28

addition Of clear clay isadvbablc,
A. s. Fuller started Il discussion on the
relative merits Of potash from ashes, and
that extracted from vegetable matter.
4 DrTIIexheimcr thought that leaChed
ashes make i'm excellent fertilizer.
4 CULTURE or PEAR TREES. Tgi
A lcu6t from ]. NJ. Hillm4h, Of Gfecn.
wicI, asking ddviCC touching the culture
Of pear trees in the latitude Of Washington
4 county, N.,T,, Dir, Carpenter suggested
tllat the Bartlett, Tic Lawrence and the
BurOeItllAniou should he planted. The
speaker had u friend in Washington cOun-
~ who Inns u f1Ourishing orchard Of pear
trees made up Of these varieties.
i, n 49, NORWAY OATS.
a letter from George Wood, Belfast,
Me, making inquiries touching Norway
oats, was read. I y u " n !
DR.. Trimbie thought Il was time for the
Club to give up the business Of advcrtis.
ing peoples oats.
Mr.. LAdd opposed the suggestion on tho
ground that ono Of the m0in objects OF the
Club is to spread abroad information con-
cernng sall important mptoScmeptsl pr
4 discoveries III agriculture.
Mr., Ihrt, ,cl .LitchGcld, Conn, give
his testimony lin favor OF the Eu-
rOpean oats. The experience of his
three brothers llad taught him thnt the
foreign oats were much stronger pndl bet
| ter than the natIve grim: He used 10
think that deep plowing was best for his
crops, but In time discovered his error,
having learned that the fruit taken from
shallow. plowe1 fields was much better
tllnn that grown on soil plowetl deep. 20 ID
Otllcri members held that Mr.. Hart's
practice Of burying his manure was wrong.
and that the mischief resulting from the
practice wAsunjlstly laid 10. deUp blowing
Prof Whitney argued that the, Mlnnlre
should be thoroughly mixed with the soil.
lie then switched off upon drinking water.
He believed that no rule concerning the
use Of drinking wHtCrlcOuld be laid down.
Well water and spring water sIIohld gen.
orally. be used in. preference to rlin;wlter.,
Where certain minerals were laid In solu:
ton the water should not be used. Al tho
beginning Of n ruin storm the water is not
pure, since 1t falls through an atmosphere
impregnated with impurities ff9IItu
Il Dr.. Tftmblc, recalling the subject 81
SubsOiling, commended that deep soil
tcould onlybe made by rfanuring. W
,agIIa 4EES HOUSES: $780,,
A letter from Mrs. N. T. iIanlGy, OF
MERGERS Bottom, West Virginia, asked
for information concerning tho best plan
for Il lien house.
A NEW POTATO
L. D., Hines, of Brandon, Xcrnopts
sends SHINE :RceFlcs pOtatoss tpri 4fttig
butiba 9Tliiais II iiGw.3 Kidd b potato,
and is said to he superior. 1t is round,
clear, and thin, skinned, ,9pI; acG0rdingtO
DR.. lI6Sanlcf 4 1 variety lhGt pt6Gilses
well and Is better on tho. table than the
"Carly rOsc." 7i'iaHi9iG gH1P
PROTECTION OF PEACH TREES.
j. \. Wagner, Of Suffolk county, Long
I1slnn(l, explained his method Of protect
ling the peach .rteI from the grill. lie
tried iron rust about tlg root Of the tree,
and found that the application not only
destroyed tlic'ignib, Int stimulated the
growth Of the tree. lie believed tlNt!
mills, filings, &C., scattered about the
urchafIll would drive Or the grub and
cure tic ycIlows. Before he used this
remedy the fruit would not hang till y
rimnCtl, now it.tli9S Hight uniiliii IS
Ipluckcd. lie, exhibited branches Of young
trees that llad been spoiled by the yell
lows and the grub, and others grown I'm.
der tho iron treatment, ,,rl y.,.uI
DR.. IIcxcimer remarked That In Morris
county, Nh i; tho iron treatment was not
only Il failure, hut wAsa positive detrimcnt
to the soil.
Mr.. Crane, Of Union county, M j.
thought that the disease called the yCll0wS
had no existence. The death Of the peach
Irecs in New jersey Is the result Of cx'
trcmc cold. ,,,,It
i The CIlairman-lIOw do you HCcblbit
for the yollOws down in GcOrgiN.
! Mr.. aGranC---ThGrc Rrc niNny places
where tho disease Is never heard Of. The
Emuck which lie takes from the hog,
through which stream rms that Is I'M
pregnatetl with iron, is the hest manure he
can get drlis peach trees.
Mr.. Brlen, for fly years peach grow.
or, used iron by the wagon load. He did
not believe in It, but thought there was
not enough attention paid to pruning. The
limbs Of tho young trees should be shorten.
4 ell In, and It made no difference when the
| pruning was done. lie did not believe
that iron would kill the grub. ~ llin!i
! A MONITOR" POTATO VINE.
Filled with seed, found in Burlington
county, N. j., was exhibited.
0REEN FEED FOR Cows n,
I'D. Curtis read a paper On the Id Dor
TANGO Of green feed for COWS and on the.
best method Ofgrowing Il, and discussed
the value Of "luCernc" an old variety Of
clover. From four to six crops of It inNS
4 be cut in one season. 1t Is tlOSh.i0rThing
J and IL the best food Tor cows. The seed
Is larger than clover seed and Is sold at 50
cents q pound. From s to 10 pounds are
sOwn to the acre. ,rIIii|UH
| .4#Ba BRUNSWICK OATS
J.F. Banks, of Litcllllcld, Conn.,, sOwed
4 Brunswick oats and found them a failure.
The heads were smnlty. lie wants 10
know whether, II he sOws tic seed, lid will
4 have smut in the next crop. Mr.. Crane
I advised him 10 got new seed.
sTEAMING CATTLE FOOD.
An NnDaratuS for stcamiuE GJp1 fH cal.