218 Account of ihc Meeting 



The Society of German Landowners and Foresters was esta- 

 blished in 1837, for purposes similar to those of our own Society, 

 and is supported by the principal landed proprietors of Germany. 

 Like us they adopt the annual migratory system. The first 

 meeting was held at Dresden in 1837 ; the second at Carlsruhe ; 

 the third at Potsdam ; the fourth at Brunn ; the fifth at Doberan ; 

 and this year the meeting will take place at Stutgard, in the 

 month of September. 



Although its objects are the same as ours, the arrangements 

 and proceedings of the meeting partake more of the character of 

 the British Association. Thus, while the exhibition of stock and 

 implements forms a secondary consideration, the main business, viz, 

 the discussions of points connected with the science of agriculture, 

 are carried on in sections, under the presidency of some one cele- 

 brated for his acquirements in that peculiar department, with an 

 earnestness which marks the interest v. ith which they pursue the 

 theories of agriculture, and investigate the results of practical 

 experiments. 



The president of the meeting is named annually by the Sove- 

 reign or Reigning Prince of the state in which it is held. At 

 Doberan, the Grand-Duke of Mecklenburg, a short time previ- 

 ously to his lamented death, appointed Count Osten Sacken, 

 whose assiduity and obliging attention to all vrell justified the 

 selection. 



On the first day the members of the Society, whose names are 

 registered on their arrival, and the list delivered each morning 

 with their addresses to all the members, assembled in the grand 

 saloon. The president opened the business by recapitulating the 

 objects for which they had met, and delivered an inaugural ad- 

 dress on the advantages to be derived from the meeting. He 

 then proposed that the members should form themselves into 

 sections under the presidency of gentlemen who were then named. 



The sections appointed were, — On Sheep and the Management 

 of Flocks — on Practical Agriculture — on Horned Cattle — on the 

 Breeding of Horses — on Geology — on Agricultural Mechanics 

 — on Pomology — on the Management of Woods. 



The sittings occupied eight days. The several sections met at 

 half-past six a.m., daily, and continued in deliberation till eleven. 

 At noon they all assembled in the grand saloon, under the jire- 

 sidency of Count Sacken, when a resume of their several pro- 

 ceedings was read, and animated general discussions ensued. 



At two o'clock the members met at a spacious table cVhotc, 

 at which the Grand- Duke and his family dined, and tt) which ladies 

 were admitted, forming a company of nearly 700 persons. There 

 were no toasts or speeches, the whole party being apparently in- 

 tent on the one object of satisfying hunger, an operation similarly 



