The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-26

The Rural Ne,c Yorker thus reports
the last meeting Of the New York Farmers
Club.
The proceedings were not notable, ex-
cept that an hours time was consumed by
~ gentleman who gloritied North Carolina
for its resources, detailing them and COM
pairing the advantages it offers to immigrants
with those offered by the Northwest. The
comparison betrayed great ignorance of the
Northwest, and, of course, great Partially
for North Carolina. There is little doubt
that that State has great resources-what
State has not ?-but freemen will go where
there are free schools, free speech and
liberality and hospitality on the part of the
people among whom they settle. They
will, also, as surely follow the isothermal
line of population as the sun will rise and
set; and although the elevated lands of
North Carolina may bring its temperature
to the average of that of the zone of popu-
lation, it is one side Of the great central
artery of travel, and will not readily divert
enigrants thither until this country has
more than doubled its population. There
IS no doubt that the vast and superior
resources of North Carolina and other
Southern States will ultimately be appre-
oiated and utilized but it will be when a
broader spirit of enterprise, more Chris
tian charity, more liberal notions of the
rights and privileges of free men, and when
the love of, and respect for, universal edu-
cation shall have taken possession of the peo-
pie and stimulated the making provision for
furnishing it to every child within its boun-
diaries, free.
0sier Willow.
A Nirginian asked how to prepare Osier
willow for market, price, etc., etc. He
was informed that if halfdozen men in
that section were to devote all their farms
TO It's culture they would flood the market !;
that the Hartford Willow Ware CO., Hart
ford, Conn.,, grow on the Connecticut bot
toms all the willows they use, and can
probably give him information concerning
price and demand. But he was not in
formed that there are machines made
(Which have been advertised in this paper
by which the willow is rapidly and cheaply
stripped of its bark, and prepared for mar
ket; that in almost every Northern State
willow ware is manufactured from Amer-
can land some imported) willows, and has
become an important industry; nor was he
advised to gain correspondence with some
manufacturer who will start factory near
him. buy and make up his willows, create
demand for labor, and hence for farm
products at home. But that is what we
should advise. The inquirer's address is
5. w. Sempe, Hampton, Va. We give
it in order that those who may desire to
correspond with this enterprising Virgnian
may do so.
Cabbage Worms and Cabbages as Food
A New York correspondent asked if
cabbage worms were poisonous, and if it
would be unsafe to eat cabbages infected
with them. One member advised feeding
cabbages and worms to cattle. Another,
who was called by the respected Colnma :
der of the Club "a high authority in ento-
mology," (Which, by the way, is very mue h
further from the truth than the Commander
generally strays,) asserted that the worms
were not poisonous, shut just as good as
the cabbages and little better"
Land Laudations.
The Club was bored with letters from
Tennessee and Kansas, putting soils,
climate, and depicting the advantages OF
these respective places for settlement. In
deed, the Club has become, to large de-
gree, the organ of railroad land companies,
land agents, colonization societies, etc. =,
etc. And it will continue to be so as long
as the papers continue to publish their
long-winded advertisements practice we
shall not adopt.
Culture of the Norway Spruce.
An Ohio correspondent asks some one
to tell him how to cultivate the Norway
spruce, beginning with planting the seed ;
also, whether seeds year old would GER
inmate. Ii was replied that seed year
old, il carefully kept, will terminate
but fresh seed is better. He was
advised to pay $l.50 for some one
of the practical works on forest
tee culture-Fuller's or Bryant's-and
read all that has been said on the subject ;
or, better still, visit some practical propa-
gator and learn the trade, just as other
men, in this and all other professions, have
to do.
Ashes, Lime and Plaster for Fail Wheat.
A New York correspondent asked the
best time for sowing mixture composed
of two parts of lime, two parts wood ashes,
and one part plaster upon winter wheat
whether in the Fall, just after the wheat is
sown, or in the Spring. He was advised
to apply his lime and ashes to the soil
before sowing the wheat, and the plaster as
top-dressing to the plants, late in the Fall
or early in the spring.
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