THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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and cutting it up fine spread it thickly on the 

 Burlace ol' the water. There were many interstices 

 between the pieces, where shoals of the little 

 merry Itjilows could enjoy their pleasant sunshine. 

 In two or three days i Ibund none near the surface. 

 They kept at the bottom, where they could not 

 come to maturity. 1 noticed this until I was 

 satisfied that the poison at the surlace prevenied 

 their rising. I liien sprinkled a pound or more ol 

 slacked lime upon ihe to|). A part lell to ihc 

 bottom, and a part remained at the surlacf. 

 Shortly my litile pels rose to the top " as merrj' as 

 crickets." A mosquito can hatch out only at ilu; 

 top ; lor they drown as easily as a fly. 



Should any one about me become poisoned 

 with Jamestown weed, I should give lime water 

 as a specific. , William Chandler. 



Mill Creek, near Nashville, Dec. 1841 . 



UKITKD STATES AQKICULTUBAL SOCIETY. 



Constitution of the Society 



The style of this society shall be, " The Agri- 

 cultural Society of the United States.''^ Its objects 

 fshall be to improve the condition ol" American 

 husbandry, and, from its central position to 

 serve as a medium of communication and of ac- 

 tion with other agricultural societies throughout 

 the union. 



Article 1, This society shall consist ol such 

 members as shall, at the formation of the same, 

 sign ihe constitution, and pay to the treasurer 

 two dollars, and one dollar annually therealter 

 as long as they shall continue members. 



An. 2. Any citizen of the United States 

 may become a member of this society by pay- 

 ing the fees required lor membership. 



Art. 3. Any agricultural society in the Uni- 

 ted States shall become an auxiliary society, upon 

 paying to the treasurer the sura of ten dollars, 

 upon application, and five dollars annually there- 

 after; and each auxiliary society shall receive 

 no less than five printed copies, of the annual pro- 

 ceedings of this society, and shall also be represent- 

 ed by such delegate or delegates as it may ap- 

 point to the annual meeting of this society, and 

 on all questions to be decided by the society 

 such delegation shall be entitled lo ten votes. 



Art. 4. Any person paying lo the treasurer 

 ten dollars shall receive a diploma of member- 

 ship for lile. 



Art. 5. The officers of this society shall 

 consist of one president, one vice president from 

 each state and territory, and one (rom the dis- 

 trict of Columbia, a recording secretary, a corre- 

 sponding secretary, and tresaurer, and a board ol' 

 control, consisting of five members, three of whom 

 shall consiitule a quorum. 



Art. 6. The president, and in his absence 

 one of the vice presidents, shall preside at all 

 meetings of the society. By the concurrence of 

 the board of control he may call special meetings 

 of the society, giving public notice thereolj by 

 advertisement, at least three weeks before said 

 meeting. He shall draw all drafts oq the trea- 

 surer for moneys paid out, which drafts shall be 

 countersigned by the recording secretary ; and 

 the treasurer shall, at the next annual meeting, 

 make a full statement of nil receipts and expen- 



ditures, setting Ibrth as well the items as the~ 

 amount thereof 



Art. 7. The vice presidents of the stales of 

 Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, 

 and of the district of Columbia, shall be ex offi- 

 cio members of the board of control, provided 

 no act shall be done by said board without the 

 presence of a quorum ol the original board. 



Art. 8. The recording secretary shall keep 

 a lull record of all the proceedings of the society, 

 and supervise thejiublication of them as he may 

 be directed. ' 



Art. 9. The corresponding secretary may 

 be one ol the five members constituting the board 

 j of control, and in addition to conducting all the cor- 

 respondence of the society, shall keep a record of 

 all expenditures ordered by said board, and, in 

 short, perform for said board all the purposes of 

 a secretary, and shall receive such compensation 

 thereior, as said board, with the consent of the 

 president, may allow. 



Art. 10. The board of control shall consist of 

 five members, living in, or at a convenient dis- 

 vance from this city, who shall perform all the ex- 

 ecutive duties necessary to the purposes of the 

 society not especially assigned to other officers. 

 They shall avail themselves of all the means in 

 their power to become acquainted with the agri- 

 culture of foreign countries, and through such 

 aid as they may be able to receive from our dip- 

 lomatic agent abroad, as well as our consuls, shall, 

 if consistent with the pecuniary means of the so- 

 ciety, introduce from abroad whatever ihey may 

 ihink materially calculated to improve the agri- 

 culture of this country, whether it consists of in- 

 (brmation as to new and improved modes of cul- 

 ture, seeds, plants, additional articles of cultiva- 

 tion, agricultural implements, or domestic animals ; 

 the disposition of which shall be made a! the first 

 annual meeting of the society. 



Art. 11. The board of control shall also use 

 the necessary means of having a large exhibi- 

 tion, at each annual meeting, of improved agri- 

 cultural implements and machinery, with full and 

 public trials of the same; of improved stocks of 

 all kinds, and particularly of inviting the exhibi- 

 tion of such animals as have taken premiums at 

 other agricultural shows, with a view of testing 

 the superiority of prize animals themselves ; also 

 of the different breeds of animals, for the purpose 

 of comparing the advantages of each. They 

 shall affix to such exhibitions such premiums as 

 they shall adjudge suitable, appointing such judges 

 as they may select to award the same, which 

 judges shafi not only assign their preferences, 

 but shall draw up a detailed report of their several 

 examinations ; setting forth fully a description of 

 the articles or animals adjudged, and Ihe grounds 

 upon which their preferences are awarded. 



Art. 12. It shall further be the duly of the 

 board of control, when they think it expedient, to 

 procure a model of such implement and machine- 

 ry as may have received a premium, to be kept 

 in some suitable and convenient place, selected 

 as an agricultural repertory, for the inspection of 

 the public, and [larlicularly of members of the 

 society. 



Art. 13. The said board may also award pre- 

 miums for prize essays, to be read before the so- 

 ciety, for well conducted and well reported experi- 

 ments in agriculture, having reference in the 



