Proceebinqs of the Farmer^ Club. 211 



but they evidently ate considerable of this, so that it was a lost crop. 

 The last of June we put in the teams and plowed it all over, and 

 sowed to buckwheat, one bushel to the acre, which, as the ground 

 was strong, was too much by one-half; however, the crop was good 

 but would have been better with less seed. "We plowed again late 

 last fall; the ground was clean and thoroughly fallowed, and on 

 repeated examinations we saw no worms. Buckwheat is our only 

 remedy. Experienced men prescribe two or three crops in succes- 

 sion, two at least, which do not deplete the strength of soil, and so 

 thoroughly fallow it as to starve them out; and it is the only crop 

 that will. Adjourned. 



July 9, 1867. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambbes, Secretary. 



TUBE 'VVELLS- 



Mr. C. H. Latham, Randolph, N. Y., sends a description of his 

 method of making tubular wells, which is done by driving an iron 

 tube, preceded by a round bar, on which a sledge strikes, to the 

 water. When driven a certain depth, the bar is removed, another 

 length of tube is screwed on, the bar put in place, and the work 

 goes on. On reaching rock, a drill is put to work. 



Mr. N. C. Meeker. — At one place I saw the process, but the work 

 was abandoned, because rock was reached. Perhaps they have a 

 new method. Persons having inventions and wanting them intro- 

 duced, should bring the models before the Club, that they may see 

 that justice is done them. 



PHILADELPHIA RASPBEKRr. 



Mr. Wm. Parry, Cinnaminsen, N. J., presented a crate of this 

 fruit in fine order, which was distributed. He says: " I have grown 

 this variety for the last seven years; my great object is to make 

 this variety known. It is perfectly hardy, neither extreme heat 

 or cold affects it, and it is enormously productive. I picked sixteen 

 hundred quarts yesterday of this kind of raspberry. Last week 

 they sold in the Philadelphia market for fifty cents per quart. 

 I have raised two hundred and twenty bushels to the acre, while 

 of Doolittle's black cap, I have got only one hundred bushels. It 

 is to other raspberries as the Concord is to grapes." 



