The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-23
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS
.CT.TR.
New York, Tuesday, November IA.

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- New York, Tuesday, November Ia. =,
Notwithstanding the fact that It raine,
and the winds were never weary there wa
agood attendance at this session, more o
the practical element being present than fo
some weeks past. Ex-Alderman Ely pre-
sided, and Secretary Chambers, relieved
from his arduous duties at the Rink in con
sequence of the closngo the fair, was once
more in his place.
MARKET-GA HARDENING IN THE BLUE
GRASS COUNTRY.
E. Thompson wrote that he has beer
gardening near Louisville for thirty-siy
years, commencing on eight acres of rented
land with capital of $500: and he gave
the following statistics regarding the pre-.
sent status and prospects OF the business
now own and cultivate 1870 acres. My sales
per annum for the last five years have averaged
over $1,000. My expenses are about $4,000 "a
year for labor g., 900 for manure, and other ex-
penses $1,000, making total of q, 800 n year. /
give my personal attention to working the place
and selling the produce. think there are fifty
gardeners within five miles of this city now
worth from ST. 900 to $4,000 each, who began as
did with few hundred dollars capital. Many
of them have been In my employ. Land here
occupied rs gardens is generally worth from
$500 to 81 600 an acre. Mine is not for sale at tho
latter price. think have spent $4,000 for
manure.
HoRsERADIsH AND HOGS pI.ucKs.
The subjoined interrogations and state
ments came from the same correspondent |:
'sWhat is considered the best time and
way of planting horseradish, also best soil =?
have this year about 100 barrels; would
it pay to ship to New York market? What
does it usually sell fol-? What is the value
of hogs plucks, hearts, lights and livers as
fertilizer? Our pork-packers throw
away hundreds of loads every year. How
is the best way to use them ?''
DR.. Smith-Any animal matter intro
duced into the soil is the best possible fer
tilizer for plants. 1t is especially good for
trees, and may be buried among the roots.
Mr.. Curtis-lt is best when composted
with barn manure and loan, with plenty of
plaster to absorb escaping gases. When
muck and plaster is used in sufficient guam
tity lime may be mixed in to hasten decom-
position.
DIR. SMITH am still of opinion that the
matter is best disposed OF when buried near
trees.
Mr.. Bragdon--I have seen perhaps twen-
ty experiments in the use of animal refuse,
as applied directly to plants and vines, and
never witnessed any results. 1t gives great
growth to besure, but it weakens the plant,
and makes it more liable to winter-kill. It
is like compelling man to eat more than
his stomach can bear.
Mr.. Whitney-Anmal oltal can perhaps
be used to advantage by burying in the soil
around fruit trees. The soil would absorb
the gases evolved by decay and the action
OF rain, &C., will bring it within reach of
the roots. But for ordinary use the fertili-
ger should be put in such form as to be uni
formly distributed. This can best be done
by composing about four or five bushels to
a cord Of muck in a wooden receptcle made
as tight as possible. The mass should be
kept moist, preferably with liquid manures,
and covered with five or six inches of loan.
Mr.. Fuller-In reply to the other ques-
ton, plant horseradish anywhere. A te-
nacious soil is best. Whether the crop
would bring good price here can only be
known by trial, u
EASY TO ANSWER.
A. L. Sundland, of Cherokee, Kansas,
called for information concerning "cliinate,
soil, productions, rains, droughts, winds,
timber, praries, minerals, &C., &C., of Ore
gon and Washington Territory"
Mr.. Ely-"This man wants but little here
below" F ga
Mr.. Dodge--We had gentleman with
MS some time since, who ieft nothing unsaid
in regard to this matter. | allude to the
Rev. Mr.. Driver.
Mr.. Ely--Yes; he drove into the subject
with power. n
Mr.. Gregory-With forty-parson power.
Mr.. Chambers-This gives me a good
opportunity to say that people ought to
preserve the reports. There is matter in
them not for a day but for all times.
CAN LADIES RAISE RosE-LEAvEs ?
A female correspondent asked the ques-
ton:
A discussion on this topic might be interesting
to many ladies who would like to earn a little
money and who could not raise cabbage for mar
ket. Might not rose petals, which are used 30
extensively in the manufacture of perfumes, be
gathered and dried with profit Is there any
market for them in this country, and what are
they worth +?
Mr.. Fuller-Rose leaves are imported by
our druggists, and cost about $3.50
pound. II is not, however, our common
garden varieties that furnish the rose leaves
of co mmerce, but the red damask rose, so
largely cultivated in some portions of Eu-
rope, from which the oil of roses is made. |
If the writer of the above communication |
wishes to go into the rose leaf business she |
would first have to establish reputation |
for producing good article before it would |
be in any great demand. | think that the
price of labor in this country would great
ly interfere with the profits.
Mr.. Curtis-Better raise chickens.
THE PEERLESS PRAISED.
James NJ. Fold, Rowe, Mass,
Last spring bought of Messrs b. X. Bliss &
Son two barrels of the peerless. The potatoes
were very large and cut them to one-eye pieces;
planted them In drills three feet apart and ten
inches apart in the drill on ninety rods Of ground
working into the soil fifteen loads of barn-yard
manure, and putting barrel of phosphate In the
drill; hoed twice, aud the result was ninety
seven barrels of as handsome potatoes as ever
saw
HAWTHORN HEDGING.
G. w. S. Anderson, Waterford, Pa,
asked how to treat the seed in order to
secure plants.
Mr.. Fuller Hawthorn seeds seldom
terminate until the second year after
planting. The fruit should be gathered as
soon as ripe and placed in barrel or other
vessel where it can be kept moist until the
pulp decays, then wash out the seed, mix
with soil, and bury in the ground, where it
will freeze in winter and remain moist in
summer. When they have been in this
position one year take out and SOW in drills,
covarinp the caadc fhraa inebac doan IF