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The further sum of thirty-three aud a-half dollars was 

 also appropriated for the purchase of the following works on 

 agriculture and kindred subjects, viz: The Farmer's Com- 

 panion; The Farmer's Instructor; The Practical Farmer; 

 Treatise on Agriculture; Farmer's Dictionary; Morrell's 

 American Shepherd; Allen's Farm Book; Johnston's Agri- 

 cultural Chemistry; Norton's Agricultural Chemistry; The 

 Principles of Science applied to the Domestic and Mechanic 

 Arts, Manufactures and Agriculture; American Husbandry; 

 Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy; Youatt on Cattle; 

 Youatt on the Horse; Downing's Country Houses; Thomas' 

 Fruit Culturist ; Turner's Encyclopedia of Agriculture ; Cole- 

 man's European Agriculture; Stephens' Farmer's Guide; 

 and Bennett's Poulterer's Companion. 



A member of the Society donated to the Library, " Down- 

 ing's Fruit Book," and another member proposed to donate 

 the first nine volumes of "The Cultivator," well bound, 

 and "Kenrick's New American Orchardist," provided the 

 members of the society present, would contribute the sum of 

 ten dollars for the purchase of the remaining nine volumes 

 bound, of "The Cultivator," so as to secure the whole of 

 that valuable periodical from its commencement to the begin- 

 ning of the current year. The ten dollars was promptly 

 raised, and the society will consequently have a Library of 

 about twenty-five different works, besides the eighteen bound 



volumes of " The Cultivator," which is perhaps the best agri- 

 cultural journal ever published, and one dozen monthly and 



semi-monthly agricultural journals to commence with. It is 

 confidently believed that a wiser expenditure of a like sum 

 of money could not be made, and a rich yield may be ex- 

 pected in coming years, from the perusal of these choice 

 works on this important subject. 



The proprietor of the "Volunteer," newspaper published 

 in this place, offered to the society two columns per week of 

 his paper, to be filled with agricultural matter by a committee 

 of the society. A committee has been appointed to attend 



