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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



It would be impossible in a standard work like this, to give a sketch of the 

 debates and proceedings of any of the thousand Clubs that we hope yet to live to 

 see come into existence ; but where they bring their discussions, in this way, to 

 something tangible, we shall endeavor to chronicle them, as an abstract of the 

 agricultural information of the present day, and the conclusions at which men 

 have arrived who have most earnestly and with the best lights at command, 

 studied subjects of most frequent occurrence and of the greatest general im- 

 portance. We have applied to the President of the ISew-York Farmers' Club, 

 which with force and zeal meets bi-monthly at the ofiice of the American Insti- 

 tute, for a list merely of the questions discussed and the conclusions arrived at, 

 for any given time back that it may be convenient to supply, as well for the in- 

 trinsic worth of these conclusions, as to give an idea of the scope and utility of 

 these Associations. We learn by the papers that the New-York Agricultural 

 Association has put forth a collection of the papers read before it, and anticipate 

 much satisfaction in the perusal of them, when we can get a copy. From 

 some account of a paper from Doctor Stevens, on the Supply of Plants with 

 Moisture, by force of capillary attraction, in dry weather, we are persuaded we 

 shall find its suggestions of much value, as we should expect from anything he 

 would oifer. 



N. B. Questions before these Clubs should be restricted to some tangible, spe- 

 cific forms and objects. Sometimes they are so general as to amount to pretty 

 much the same as if you were to ask a man " What do you think of matters and 

 things in general ? " 



For the subjects discussed in the New- York Farmers' Club, the reader is re- 

 ferred to the following : 



Subjects discussed before the Farmers^ Club of the American Institute, from 

 November, 1845, to November, 1846, inclusive — Meetings semi-monthly . 



Extra Meeting. — Same subject continued. 



Cuhure of Silk ; also, Iiitliau Corn — the 

 best kinds and best modes of flouring it for 

 food . 



Indian Com — its Cultivation, &c. continued. 



Culture and I'reservation of Com; together 

 witii Insects Injiu'ious to Vegettition. 



Insects Injurious to Vegetation ; with the 

 Curing of Hay. 



Insects Injurious to Vegetation. 



Same subject continued. 



Culture of the Tuniip — its Various Kinds, 

 and the Insects which attack it. 



Domestic Wines ; and the Root Crops for 

 Cattle. 



Domestic Wines ; and the Preservation of 

 Fruit. 



I'reservation of Fruit and Vegetables. 



No meeting in October, on account of the 

 Fair. 



The Noxious Influences of the Fires and 

 Gases of Brick KiliLs on Fniits and Vegeta- 

 tion. 



Marls. 



State Bounties on Silk. 



Care of Cattle in Winter, and the best kinds 

 of Mulberry for our climate. 



Care of Cattle, conlintied, with the Cut- 

 ting of Wood for Fuel and Timber. 



Extra Meeting. — Same subject contuuied. 



Green Crops for Maimre. 



Culture and Manufacture of Flax. 



Culture of Flax and Hemp, and their Man- 

 ufticture in the United States. 



Priming of Fruit-Trees and the Care of 

 Cattle, esi)ecially Cows. 



Pruning of Fmil-Trees and the Care of 

 Cattle, continued. 



Same subject continued ; wtli the Pruning 

 of Grape Vines. 



Extra Meeting. — Pi-uuing of Fruit-Trees 

 and Grape Vines, and Care of Cattle. 



Cultivation of the Grape, and the Keeping 

 of Cattle. 



Same subject continued. 



Keeping of Cattle and the Cultin-e of SUk. 



13P Nine on. tkn Sheep of the Lkicesteii Breed, imported from England by Hon. 

 Henry Clay, passed through Pittsburgh a few days since, ou their way to Aslilanu, under 

 charge of a shepherd who came vviili tiiem. 



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charge of a shepherd who came vviili tiiem. 

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