386 [Assembly 



Prof Mapes introduced the Rev. Mr. Sewell, ol Bos'on, who is 

 authorized to take the names of those who desire to become mem- 

 bers of the National Agricultural Society. 



Rev. Mr. Sewell stated his object to be to solicit subscriptions of 

 new members at two dollars per annum, or life members at 

 twenty -five dollars each. 



Prof. Mapes laid on the table, for distribution, some of his 

 (Stowell's) evergreen corn, stating also, its peculiar qualities, 

 yielding double the number of ears of common corn, and has 

 three times more husk. The stalks being cut by a straw cutter, 

 and steeped a little in warm water, form excellent feed, much 

 relished by cattle. The cut stalks are equal to English hay. As 

 fodder, they cure easily, and are fine for stock. Here are some 

 ears of white flint corn, raised by Mr Shillingsby, of Clinton, New 

 Jersey, by the use of our improved phosphate of lime only. One 

 hundred and seventy-eight bushels of ears per acre ; and he raised 

 nine hundred bushels of carrots on an acre by means of it alone. 



The corn was planted four grain? in each hill, the hills four 

 feet apart each way, and the super phosphate put into the hills. 



The members of the Club examined the ears, and considered 

 them to be of extraordinary size, both cob and grain. 



Prof Mapes said that they were not selected with special care, 

 but are a fair sample of the entire crop. When shelled, the crop 

 was 85 bushels an acre. 



The Secretary. said that IMr. Robert Selden Rose, of Yates coun- 

 ty, cultivates, in the best modern style, some four hundred acres 

 of land, and has .tried, with great advantage, the Mapes' super- 

 phosphate, and intends to continue its use. He stated that his 

 uncle, John N. Rose, of Branchport, in Yates. county, had tried 

 successfully a remarkable experiment in raising mushrooms. 

 That is — taking an old dry mushroom, rubbing it gently in his 

 hands, and then sowing it over an asparagus bed, where none had 

 been seen, and in three days he had a full crop of fine mush- 

 rooms, whicli coutinued to come up day after day. That Mr. 

 Selden Rose followed his example with the same success. The 



