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REPORTS OF MEETINGS OF THE N. Y. FARMER'S CLUB. 



Meeting of the J^Tew York Farmer's Club. 



American Institute, March 5, 1844. 



Gen. J. Tallraadge in the Chair. 



Hon. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



Mr. R. L. Pell, presented a paper, remarking on several varieties 

 of grain, &c., accompanying, as follows : 



Egyptian Wheat. — Is distinguished from every known variety, 

 by its branched, compound spiked form, the seeds being as nume- 

 rous on each spike, as the ordinary wheat, all of which grow upon a 

 single stem — frequently five in number. The straw is strong, and 

 the grain amazingly fruitful. It requires fertile land and a favorable 

 exposure, otherwise in this climate it will produce but one spike. 



Egyptian Corn. — A different grain exhibited by Mr. Depeyster 

 at a former meeting, is often mis-named Egyptian wheat. It is an 

 entirely different article, somewhat resembling broom corn. 



Mr. Depeyster stated at a former meeting, that 100 bushels per 

 acre could be obtained from rich ground. He valued it highly for 

 feeding fowls ; they were, he said, extravagantly fond of it. He 

 thinks the quality of grain improves in our climate. In 1842, Mr. 

 Jeremiah Van Winkle reported to the American Institute, that with 

 slight manuring he raised (sowed broadcast) at the rate of 77 bush- 

 els per acre, weighing 64 lbs. to the bushel. 



MulticoleRye. — If sown broadcast early in the season, may be 

 twice cut for fodder, and then allowed to come to maturity the ensu- 

 ing year. It grows well in almost any light sandy soil — produces 

 a large quantity of small grain — has been lately introduced, and may 

 with proper attention become a valuable acquisition. 



Sample of Etrurian Winter Wheat, second product in this country, 

 imported and first cultivated by Com. Stuart, a very productive va- 

 dety. 



German Spring Wlieai, an unusual producer called " Emer." 



Calcutta Flax Seed, yields 20 per cent more oil than the Ameri- 

 can variety. 



A communication was received, dated Curacoa, Jan. 3d, 1844, 

 from the Curacoa Agricultural Club," through Capt. J. D. William- 

 son, U. S. N., proposing that a correspondence should be opened 

 with " the New York Farmer's Club," for the exchange of seeds, 



