The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-19
METROPOLITAN IlUSBANDRY
THE DoTNGS or TIlE AMERICAN IRSTT-
TUTB FIRMERS' CLUH
a overwhelming Fnrmer roct from Ellne


Sect EVERY Nnn his oUn Tish Urceder-
Ezr. Campers Eecoiirction- OF Long Ago.
Yesterday was an interesting and i'm
poriant day with tho sturdy ycomcn that com
prise the American Institute Farmers CLUB
q day to be marked vita n willie atone nnl
hardly ever b. be forgotten by the aericlrturist
who were present at the meeting held IN Cooper
Union. Vhore were present Farmer A. y.
lfnath President oi the C.un: Farmer Pol bert J.
Dodge. Yicc- Prcaslcnt; Farmer n c. Ely. for
merry President Of the Cub and now preeid'nt
of the American Institute; Farmer j. v. G.
Erith NJ. D.; Farmer &. H. Hudson Farmer
Carlos. NJ. d.; Farmer and Col JsC Bnttrsby.
Farmer Richards. H. D.. Farmer 4. n. Boyn-
ton. Farmer b. II. Martin. and Farmer Blood
good H. Gutter
Farmer Gutter tills n farm tn Little Neck. Long
Island and was dressed in manner that made
him conspicuous among the other hushn ndmcn.
Iiis vest was OF corduroy. and was yellow; his
trousers wcrc tucked within ample boots Of
India rubber; and over all he wore huge box
coat that, to n person standing behind him, con-
csalcd all but very small portion Of the rubber
boots. Farmer Cutter does not look like poet.
but there's where his looks fail to do him jus-
tcr. That Farncr Cutter In n poet was proved
by the Sins Of paper that he quietly passed to
certain Of his friends for their own private and
particular perusal. one ot which contained
modcst poem Of nino and twenty stan2as. with
the ttlc Long Island Farmer on the Burning
" his Mil, on the Morning II December, and
its II istOry' 1t rctailod IN simple but tou 'hiuy
verse. how On saturday morn bout o'clock
the nova came to him that his mil was burn
ing The abrupt manner OF its coming IL de-
scribed rs follows:
4 man did shout with awful sound.
Your mill has burned down 10 the groundN
How horrible To- INC It'd
Thatu was real not dream.
Then the poefn poes on eav that inter the
destruction Of the mill.
The painter with his mobile art.
f. The Academy Of Design,
II Was known as the mill u mine.
This graceful act Of appreciation called for n
similarly graceful act on tho part Of the poet,
who thcrcupon WIS inspired tu write Tor him
history Of the OLD mill. ltwns IN ANCIENT struc;,
there. canno. now in verse declare" How
ever. he remembers that. When little boy.
to ride there was my greatest Joy"
While the farmers who were favop'd with
| II. u. Roosevelt arrived lie had been an.
nounced g rend u paper ON Land Farm
| ing aud Water Farming" Most Of the NJ,
| scmbled farmers seemed to have prepared
| trent Of advanced plans Of irrigation. and
| there was mild surprise depicted on each
bucolc face when the Fish Commissioner hr
| gan an argument in favor OF fish farming. He
did not advise farmers. except in rare cnses, Ia
| undertake tho artificial Matching OF fish. but
| urged tlem 10 utiliNe the natural streams ana
| ponds. Nothing WIS simpler than this, and vet
| how many streams and fine fresh brooks there
| Were that perhaps once nboundcd with trout
| which were now wholly dcpopuat.d. The
farmers asked All sorts OF questions about trout.
| The venerable Dr.. Peter Cooper entered
| tho room. his blue owes b"aming through
| his oTngonal spHrtnclcs. and his India
| rubber air cushion under his arm. Placing
| the cushion ON a chair. AMI himself upon il,
| ana liking his eyes upon the speaker. he
| listened patiently When MIR. Roosevelt fin
| ishrd. Farmer Hcnth introduced Dr. Cooper 10y
| saving that th.y All knew simple lrt"r cooper;
AprusIG 9, n, TeG re ol e4H cta d %o
| adj to the dignity or honor or value Of Peter
| Cooper. Great applause
hr. Cooper nro-e and. pacing his cane upon
| the drsk "a front Of him sad that he had been
Interested by what Mr.. Roosevelt had said.
| There was nothing It wilS so necessary to have
are ih;rustcd TO Us. Our Creator has givon us
The powrr 70 conquer I'll kinds of material
| force. This WIS Viy.dy brought to his
mind when he thought what bud hap
pcncd during his life time. He gave
telling how when an apprentice boy he
had Attempted 10 utilzs the currents and tides
| Of the East River. whore Fulton Forty now Is
hnr'd ~ utl ~ tho surplus water II the Eric
tnnnl, then being huit. 10 run an Gndiess chain
That should draw lar lo!ts; how Dewitt tlin,
| ton rtnic iu -.'n his model. and was 80 pleased
that h" agreed 20 buy IL. paying him $500 for
| m" privilege: and how aitrrwnrd. clinton
| could u,t take 10. because be- had PROMISED e
buy horses and grain aud hay Of the farmers
| along th' line ui tlH canal. and the adoption 81
| th" chain would Tut an end to The Use Oi
| horses. 4 iow years ago when the President
! ola New Jersey canal. Who had invented tn,
| same thing fDr aking hoat- through locks
| went tp Washington To gHt 10 patented. hc found
| that Peter Cooper had invented the arrange
| m .ui ATTY years hrtor" lAppnusel
| Farmer LF todd Of his early Acquaintance
| with NJ. Coon Dr. and. IA closing, asked the AS
| s"mtrd farmers To- point TO "a living man vile
| had duuo NOR" for bis follow men thuu Irtci
| Cooper lGrcut Al lllusrl
| Inrn Dr. \. I. IiauWrd arose 20 sp"ns
| nhout the cattle disease. H. said thut bee hH,
| only one statement Ia make: We had plcuro-
| lnruuouiu in our midst particularly In New
Jersey and Long l-mud. He WAS not authorize
| io say that there were any cas- = Of contagious
ilruru- pneumonia In the city. There were some
sporadic cus"s He believed that destruction 90
| cutie thus diseased war the onlv true remedy
| The Doctor speaks with % strong French accent
| amt the farmers had some difficulty in follow
| ing him; hut they asked him a number ~ qu"s
ilouS that Showed that they grapplcd appre
ciativcly with the subject.
| This meeting Of the club ranging over =,
| many varied topics closed with u spirited dis
cus~lon OF the question whether the report a.
| the Committee that visited the Intprnatioun
| Dairy Fair should Ice adopted. Prof Dunn
said that d" was one ~ the Committee VINO Ia,
refused TO sign the report. because il attacked
Erent and valuable mdustry-une which M
club could afford 90 try 10 crush hy putting IL
foot on 1.-THE manufacture OF artificial butter
or Oleomarearlne.
The Last of Gen. Andcr-on's sons.