170 QUARTERLY JOURNAL. 



It was then resolved that the committee on State surveys should] 

 be continued in connection with the United States linear surveys;^ 

 Professor Rogers proposed that this society shouUl be called the! 

 "American Society for the Promotion of Science ;" the initiationj 

 fee to be two dollars, the annual payment one dollar, and a func 

 to be raised for publishing and forwarding their vieM's ; and also 

 to apply for an act of incorporation. Laid over till next year. 



The following names were then announced as committees oni| 

 the sedimentary deposits of rivers : 



Mississippi River — Dr. W. W. Dickenson, Riddell, Forshay.i 



Connecticut River — Prof. Johnson, Dr. Barrett. 



Kennebec River — Prof. Loomis. 



Susquehannah River — Prof. Haldeman. 



Some remarks were then made on the value of the phosphates 

 in agriculture; and Dr. Jackson showed that Earl Dundonnald 

 pointed this out in his work in 1795, long before Liebig ever 

 thought of it, or was born. 



Various votes of thanks were then passed, and the Association 

 broke up in high glee, till September, 1846. 



[From the Farmers' Cabinet.] 



JAMES GOWEN'S REPORT TO PHILADELPHIA AGl 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To THE Committee on Farms : 



Gentlemen — It is known to most of you, that since I became 

 farmer, I have spared no pains to fulfil the duties of the calling, ijj 

 a manner creditable to the community in which I live, as well ai 

 to myself and the Agricultural Society to which I belong — ths 

 while improving my own practice, I have endeavored, by sundr 

 means, to stimulate others to compete with me in spirited ellort: 

 to arrive at excellence in the highly useful and delightful pursuii 

 of agriculture ; and to promulgate as far as in me lay, such iir 

 provements and results, as were likely to promote the general in 

 terests of the farmer. In carrying out this object, I have as pa) 

 of the system, always been found competing in crops and catth 

 for the premiums offered by "The Philadelphia Society for pri 

 moting Agriculture." It is therefore in accordance with this pra( 

 tice, that I now present my farm as worthy of note, when yo 

 come to award the premiums committed to your distribution : i 

 view of which, and in fulfilment of the rules and regulations oftl: 

 society, I submit for your consideration a general statement of i" 

 character and condition. 



