^-]8 TkAXSACTtONS OF THE II.I.lN'OtSi 



for tlie grapes rof/ing — T am not troubled in tin's ^va}^ I have seen 

 grapes covered up in my sandy ground, in a green state, and there is no 

 rot there. It is not the trouble of growing the gra])e, of which 1 com- 

 plain — 1 can grow grapes — but 1 cannot get anything for them when 

 they are growii — and hence the " no culture " is the cheapest plan for me. 



Mr. Ei,i)Rii)t;K — The "no culture " system will do lor two or three 

 years — but not longer. 



Eight years ago Ave had three or four varieties of grapes. When I 

 found it would not pay to give them attention 1 let them go. The first 

 year they did about as well as usual. Second year not so well. The 

 third year they did badly, and the fourth year you would have to hunt 

 to find the vines. 



Dr. Hooton — It is now about time to adjourn, but before a motion 

 to that effect is made, I wish to move that M. L. Dunlap and Robert 

 Douglass be added to the committee on Railroad Transportation. 



Motion carried. Adjuurned until evening. 



TUESDAY EVENING. . 



President Starr called the meeting to order at seven o'clock, and 

 called for the report of Committee on Meteorology. 



Prof. J. H. Tice, member of the committee, being absent, sent the 

 following paper to the Secretary as his 



REPORT ON METEOROLOGY. 



Af7-. Pr(sident^ and Gentlemen : 



I do not claim to be a meteorologist, yet the study of physical phe- 

 nomena has been a favorite pursuit with me through life ; not for 

 unraveling the complicated laws of Meteorology, but for solving the 

 mystery of the universe. My investigations therefore have compelled 

 a close observation and a thorough study of the imposing phenomena 

 of clouds, rain, hail, snow, thunder, lightning, winds, tornadoes, water- 

 spouts, in short, all the facts that form the basis of Meteorology. 



The time has now come when people are beginning to talk of, and 

 want to hear something about this important branch of physical science 

 so intimately related to the well-being and prosperity of the human fam- 

 ily. Our discussion then is opportune, since it is possible only to dis- 

 seminate knowledge on any subject to the extent that an interest has 

 been awakened in it, and to the extent the public mind has been pre- 

 pared for its reception. In other words, the subject must have arrested 



