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apart, and, as there is an intimate relation between tbe seed planted and 

 amount of the crop, from 20 to 28 bushels of sets to the acre may be planted* 

 according to the situation and variety of the soil, 



" The yield, in Prussia, when 25 bushels are planted, is 5 tons ; in Aus" 

 tria, when 25 bushels are planted, is 9 tons ; in Flanders, when 25 bushels 

 are planted, is 10 tons; in England, when 25 bushels are planted, is 10 

 tons; near Paris, in France, when 25 bushels are planted, is 11 tons; in 

 Ulster county, United States, when 25 bu^^hels are planted, is 11 tons. 



" The potato, like all hoed crops, to produce good results, requires a 

 great deal of care." 



A long discussion followed this, many members criticising the quantity 

 of seed that Mr, Pell finds profitable to use. He stated that his soil was a 

 sandy loam, with a gravelly subsoil extending down a great depth, 



Mr. Carpenter, — If corn is ever heated in the crib, its germination is 

 destroyed. Great caution should be used in planting corn, when the earth 

 is in the exact right condition of temperature, 



John Gr, Bergen. — If beans are sown in drills, half the quantity named 

 by Mr. Pell is sufiicient. Peas are drilled, about IJ basket per acre. The 

 quantity of grass and clover recommended is too large for our Long 

 Island soil. So is the quantity of rye, I put only 10 or 12 lbs. of clover 

 seed to the acre. 



Mr. Pell. — My soil is a sandy loam. I have tried many test acres of 

 different quantities of seed, year after year, and have come to the conclusion 

 named. In regard to clover, I am well satisfied that a bushel of seed to 

 the acre pays better than a less quantity. 



The Chairman. — Much depends upon locality and soil in regard to quan- 

 tity of seed, Mr. Pell uses much more than we do in Central New Yoi'k, 

 R, G. Pardee, — The best Pennsylvania farmers use only 10 to 15 pounds 

 of clover seed per acre, and it certainly appears to be a full seeding, 



Mr. Pell. — It is possible that a portion of my clover seed decays, but if 

 it does, it is the most economical manure that can be used, I have grown 

 wheat plants upon a plot of grass, by the decay of wheat straw alone, 



Mr. Quinn. — The quantity of seeds of all kinds named by Mr. Pell is 

 entirely too much for New Jersey, 



Solon Robinson enquired how he knew if he had never tried the larger 

 quantities. In regard to clover seed, he said that he was satisfied that 

 clover seed was the cheapest manure that a farmer could purchase, by the 

 decay of the crop on the land. 



The Chairman, — I knew a crop of 15 bushels of rye per acre grow on a 

 field where the wheat was killed out. It is not likely that four quarts of 

 rye were among that wheat, but it was enough to produce a good crop. I 

 sow two bushels of wheat per acre. John Joknson sows but 1^ bushels. 

 I sow 2^ bushels of oats, but the best crop ever grown in the State was 

 from 5 bushels of seed oats, which produced considerable over 100 bushels 

 per acre. 



The same subject to be continued. The club adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



