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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



cultivation, and for tiie best essays, and best 

 ploughs, a new spirit of inquiry will aritte in the 

 fand, the occupation of the farmer will nscend to 

 its proper staiion. 'There will be a new ddfusion 

 of intelligence, and annual millions will be added 

 to the productive industry of our stai»\ 



HALESWORTH FARM-ERS' CLUB. MARCH 26, 

 1841. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.* 



From (lie London Farmers' Magazine. 



Your committee have great [ileasure in pre- 

 senting their second annual report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Halesworih Farmers' Club, and 

 they have Ibltowed the plan adopted in the first 

 report : viz. — to notice briefly all the subjects 

 discussed in the club during the pajit year, with 

 short statements of the arguments uied lor and 

 •against. 



First monthly meeting, April 2ith. — Tliii) be- 

 ing the first meeting alter the annual dinner, the 

 yearly business o( ihe club was gone inio. At 

 this meeting it was agreed, that the chairman 

 should become a member of the Hoyal Agricul- 

 tural Society, on behalf of the club; a set of rules 

 were drawn up and agreed to, lor the manage- 

 ment of the library ; and a number of pubjecis, 

 suitable to the agricultural operations of the nit- 

 lerent months, were fixed upon and adopted by 

 ihe members present. Sweepstakes lot? the dil- 

 ferent roots were entered into; and the important 

 question, as to " whether the corn laws should be 

 considered eligible lor discussion in the ciub," 

 was put from the chair, and carried at once in 

 Ihe affirmative — that (]uestion beiuif considered 

 more as a protective than a political cjuestion. 



Second monthly meeting, Moy 'I'ld. — Subject 

 -— " On the advantages to be derived from prepar- 

 ing timber by Kyari's process, as applicable to ag- 

 ricultural purposes.'''' The member who intro- 

 duced the subject gave striking prools of the pre- 

 Bervative powers of this process, and expressed 

 his conviction of the very great advantages to be 

 derived from its general adoption in preparing 

 timber. He produced at the meeting, specimens 

 of the ends of hop-poles, some of which had been 

 Bubjectto Kyan's process before having been fixed 

 in the ground, while others were put in without 



* We present the following extract not so much for 

 the value of its matter, as to exhibit an excellent 

 mode of working for agricultural societies. The pro- 

 cedure of this English society, though more methodi- 

 cal, and reported according to a certain form, is very 

 much like that of the weekly agricultural meetings 

 held in Boston, which we have before so much ap- 

 plauded, and recommended for the imitation of other 

 meetings of societies. This plan of liaving intelligent 

 and practical farmers to meet together, and talk upon 

 certain designated subjects for discussion, and then 

 correctly reporting and publishing the opinions ex- 

 pressed, would be at the same time the most easy and 

 agreeable mode of communication, and the most use- 

 ful to the public. Nor should these conversation dis- 

 cussions supersede any other existing business, but be 

 i^erely added to all others.— Ed, F. R 



any preparation. These hop-polea had been 

 inserted in a stjtl soil lor nearly two years, and 

 the re.«ult was, that the poles which had been 

 kyanized were sound, while the others were in a 

 state of decay. Others who had also used this 

 process, spoke with confidence of its preservative 

 poweis: and the chemical effect which takes 

 place in kyanized timber was fully explained to 

 the meeting ; when, aftfcr several general lemarks. 

 the fullowing resolution was agreed to. 



Resolution.— The subject — " On the advan- 

 tages to be derived from employing Kyan's pro- 

 cess lor the preservation of timber lor agricultural 

 purposes," having fully occupied the attention 

 of the meeting, and many gentlemen having 

 spoken of the efficacy of the process, the members 

 present strongly recommended it as worthy of 

 general adoption ; as, from specimens produced 

 at this meeting, there is no doubt of its great 

 usefulness, •particularly in the preservation of 

 solt or interior kinds ol wood: but as time alone 

 can test the value (vf the process, it is requested 

 that gentlemen who have tried it, will at some 

 luiure time report the result of their various 

 experiments to the club. 



Tliird monthly meeting, June I9th. — At this 

 meeting, judges were appointed to decide upon, 

 and arrange the conditions cl the sweepstakes, 

 to be given lor the best roots to be produced at 

 the monthly meeting in November. Subject — 

 ^^ The best method of preventing the turnip fly. '^ 

 On this subject opinions were greatly divided : 

 many members were inclined to attribute the 

 prevalence of this insect to the manure employed, 

 and many exaniplcs were given which tended 

 to support this view ; hut other member.'^ ad- 

 vanced the Ibllowing reasons in opposition lo this 

 opinion : — first, that iiii numerous insianccs, the 

 fly al)ouiidf d where no manure had been used 

 for the turnip crop ; secondly, that this insect ha^ 

 been Ibund repeatedly upon long summer-lands ; 

 and thirdly, that under the impression that farm 

 yard manure miizht have something lo do with 

 the itw.rease or production of these insects, rape- 

 cake was used instead, and yet the crop was 

 cut ofl. One memt.er placed great reliance on 

 ploughing the land two or three days belbre sow- 

 ing the turnip seed ; but in reply to this, another 

 staled that lie had rejieatedly tried the plan with- 

 out elferi. Several examples were adduced ol 

 the curious lact, that in consequence of sowing 

 seed on part of the field in the morning, and alter 

 a lew hours sowing the remaining part in the 

 aliernnon, Ihe diflerence of a lew hours in putting 

 in the seed saved the plants in one part, whilst in 

 the other they were eaten off' — the cause of this 

 could not be satisfactorily accounted lor. After 

 an interesting debate, the following resolution 

 was adopted : 



Resolution. — " The best method of destroying 

 or preventing the turnip fly," having been fully 

 discussed by this meeting, it is considered, that 

 as the subject is involved in great obscurity, bolli 

 as regards the origin of this destructive insect 

 and the means of preventing its ravages, no par- 

 ticular plan appears worthy of general adoption; 

 and as different members have promised to make 

 several experiments, it is recommended to wait 

 the results, which are to be reported to the club 

 at the end of the turnip season. 



Fourth vumthly meeting, July llth. — Subject 



