Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-19
THE rAnmEns. CONVENTION.

A1Ah E Ae4A-AaA-e NNHzs AAHN T AOIss Sessions Morning And Af-
 ternoon--SOme Remarks From Pro-
 lessor Hrevver-Pollutfon In The
 Rivers Of The State.
 The Farmers convention at Meriden yes terday morning was first occupied by consid- ering the questions in the box as follows: Is there any better raspberry for family use than the Philadelphia MT. D. Hale-Yes; the Cuthbert is better red raspberry. The Caroline is a good yellow berry. MT. Barnes asked if the Cuthbert would yield as much as the Philadelphia. Mr. Hale-Yes.
 Will it pay to haul stable manure two
 miles, paying $2 per load of half cords MT. Ayres thought not, and his opinion was gen. erally coincided with.
 What makes watery spots in the White Swede or rock turnipsa Several gentlemen discussed the question, showing that no cause could be assigned, and that the trouble was as yet confined to certain localities. The turnips were not injured for feeding and were just as good for eating, if they were cooked twice or three times as long,
 What was the effect of the late frost of this year on vegetables Mir. Stoddard said he referred particularly to potatoes and thought but little damage to them resulted. MT. Hoyt said the damage was heavy in his neighbor- hood on many crops. MT. Gold-I left my potatoes that were cut down by the frost and planted more alongside. The frostbitten po- tatoes made much the better crop.
 Has anyone suffered loss from turning cat tie into clover Mir. Hoyt-We turned some COWS into clover just after shower and lost two of them in few hours from bloat. MT. Hinman-I give salt and ashes freely before turning into young clover, or if I find COW b1oated give salt and ashes to them. MT. E Williams of New Jersey-A block of wood or 8 roll of straw tied into the mouth will relieve bloat Mr. Ives only turned into clover after dinner when the animals were not ravenously hungry and the clover dry. MT. Hadwin of Massachusetts-Bloat is relieved at once by tying piece of board with hole through it into the mouth, through which insert piece of rubber hose long enough to reach down into the stomach, and relief is immediate
 Are boiled cattle better than those having horns for the farmers to keep? MT. Hoyt said they were more quiet
 The regular programme commenced with MT. J. M. Hubbard's paper on the fEOwner- ship of land.
 At the afternoon session J. B. Olcott, az ricultural contributor of the Hartford Cour- anu, foaQ 8 paper on Inc f1lGn HOW6f.
 He said that most of the streams of the State are the receptacle of more or less filth. We have already learned much to the effect of this pollution of streams on the people among whom these streams flow. Cities and towns proceed to dig and brick,
 by the advice of well-paid engineers,
 costly sewers, through which to empty their filth upon the people below them. Who can estimate the effect upon morals of our pollution of the water used by othersa Hartford was but 8 few days ago pumping the diluted dejections of Spring field and Holyoke into its reservoir for city uses Sanitation with many only means put ting filth out of sight, and covered drain puts the drainage out of the reach of the sun and the scratching hens that have rendered it harmless. There are one or two consider ations that may knock our ideas higher than a kite. If the only natural way for the human race is to occupy and render barren f filthy and uninhabitable portions of the ! earth, leaving such portion for future ages to | renoYate, then we must submit. If we shall in future develop type of the human race proof against the poisons of filth, we may | reconcile ourselves to this view.
 Professor Brewer-Experiments have proven that when surrounded by dry earth animal matter was subject to slow com ! bustion, that disposed of all nitrogeneous substances.
 In certain monastery in Europe the monks who die are buried in a mass of dry | or but moderately moist earth. After de composition, and when another body is to be | put in the earth in the cellar, the bones are removed. This process has been carried on \ for ages, but that earth does not differ in ap- pearance or smell from other earth. MT. Myrick, of the N. E. Homestead, read | an article from the Homestead by Dr. Rice of Hartford, upon the hog cholera, showing
 that it is highly contagious specific dis. ! ease.
 The chairman, Hon. E. H. Hyde-As 6 ! member of the cattle commission have just returned from visit to Middlebury when the | hog cholera had broken out. One hundred | and twenty-five hogs had been kept on the ! farm, but this number was reduced to forty, l five and of them seventeen were to be killed yesterday.
 l A report signed by MT. Owens, member ! of the committee appointed last year to se- cure action concerning the pollution of I streams, was presented and accepted and the committee discharged