Proceedixgs of the Fabmers' Club. 30- 



acre sliould be tlius sown ? The land is not very fertile, yields, ordi- 

 narily, about twenty busbels of corn to the acre, lias a hard, imperme- 

 able ela}' sub-stratum. 



" What quantity of Peruvian guano ought to be used per acre? 



"What kind of clover should be sown ? " 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — It works well to sow cloyer with wlieat. In 

 the spring, after sowing wheat in October, go oyer the field and sow 

 twelve pounds to the acre of red clover seed. Some sow on the last 

 light snow and let the seed sink with the melting. Tliis works well. 

 As to guano, 300 pounds to the acre is a good dose ; but you must 

 not lean on guano. It will pierce you or your purse and let the 

 money out. It is like whiskey in harvest, a draft of to-day, payable 

 out of to-morrow. Use some guano, but rely on barn-yard compost. 

 That is like charity in one respect, it never fails. 



Wild Potato. 



Mr. Covenlioven, Painted Post, Steuben Co., ISTew-York, sent 

 five specimens of this root, belonging to the Convolvulus. It 

 resembles in taste tlie common potato. One of the tribe of the 

 Iroquois nation subsisted upon this root, and thence derived the 

 name of potato tribe. 



Mr. A. S. Puller. — This is the Glycene Tiiberose. Ten years ago 

 I brought this root to the attention of this club, and urged its cul- 

 tivation. It grov>'s well, and hogs will root up mucli ground to feed 

 upon it. It is fovmd in large quantities on the plains, and California 

 immigrants have starved to death where this root could have been 

 dug in large quantities. This fact shows the importance of making- 

 botany a study in common schools, that children ma}- early learn 

 the names and the nature of thousands of things beneath their feet. 

 It is a great neglect on the part of the managers of schools that this 

 study is not generally taught. 



The Study of Botaisht. 



Mr. IST. C. Meeker. — That botany should be tauglit young people, 

 there is no doubt. It is a disgrace, in this age of learning, that young 

 people should be such utter strangers to the floral and vegetable world. 

 But so long as the science is taught by the present nomenclature it can 

 never become popular. The terms are so barbarous and so unfitted for 

 children or even for our youth that it is in vain to expect other results. 



