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and peaches seldom grow. Small fruits abundant, especially 

 gooseberries. Flax is extensively grown and used. Table lineu 

 of the hotels is of the finest description. The flax is unlike ours, 

 being shorter and finer, [That is due to thick sowing.] Butter 

 is abundant and excellent. It is equal to best Orange county. I 

 have not once seen a poor specimen, not even in the humblest cot- 

 tage. If a man should undertake to peddle such milk as is sold 

 in New York, he would find it desirable to emigrate immediately. 

 One of the beauties of this country is the enforcement of laws. If 

 that were the case with us what a delightful region we should have 

 around New York. We should at least have pure milk. Denmark 

 is careful of her forests. Every encouragement is given to plant- 

 ing trees. There are very few of natural growth in the kingdom. 

 I have seen large forests in as regular rows as orchards. No man 

 is allowed to cut trees without a permit. If such were the law 

 •with us many beautiful trees would escape wanton destruction. 

 See how the rocky knolls around Fordham have been stripped. 

 Formerly Denmark was largely fenced Avith stone walls. The 

 people are growing sensible, and removing these fences and con- 

 vertiuo; the stone into excellent McAdamized roads, tome of the 

 stone walls which have been removed were over two hundred 

 years old. In one instance I saw a beech tree eighteen feet in 

 circumference growing out of one of these walls. The prevailing 

 timber is beech, though there are oaks and ash. The summer 

 weather is so cool that my customary winter clothing is comfort- 

 able, and I sleep nights under two or three blankets. That tells 

 you why corn will not grow here — the nights are too cool." 

 Adjourned. 



November 27, 1866. 

 Mr. Nathan C Ely in the chair; John W. Chambers, secretary. 



Wheat and Flour. 



Among the articles on the table to-day were six small sacks of 

 wheat, sent by Mr. Samuel B. Chandler, from St. Clair county, 111., 

 where they are known by the following names : White Tappa- 

 hannock, Red May and Dhiels wheat. They are all winter varie- 

 ties of great excellence. The Tappahannock wheat was grown by 

 John Grifiin, thirty-seven bushels per acre, ripe June 16. This is 

 in the latitude of St. Louis. 



Following the examination and talk about wheat, naturally arose 

 a conversation about flour. Mr. Francis C. Treadwell, who was a 



