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PROCEEDINGS 



Of the National Convention of Farmers, Gardeners, and 

 Silk Culturists, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th days of Oc- 

 tober, 1845. 



New- York, Oct. 10th, 1845. 

 In pursuance of the following circular letter, addressed by the 

 managers of the 18th annual fair of the American Institute to farmers, 

 gardeners, silk culturists, and others throughout the country, a large 

 number of individuals assembled at the Lyceum of Natural History 

 in this city, on the 9th of October, 1845, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



CIRCULAR. 



National Convention of Farmers, Gardeners, and Silk Culturists, and 

 friends of Agriculture generally, resident in all parts of the Union, 

 on the call of the American Institute of the City of New- York. 



The American Institute has been prompted to issue this invitation 

 to the farmers, gardeners, and silk culturists of the United States, in 

 conformity to requests contained in resolutions passed at two former 

 conventions, viz : an agricultural and silk convention held in this city, 

 October, 1844, during the 17th annual fair. 



It was deemed appropriate, because this Institution was incorpo- 

 rated by the Legislature of New-York, in 1829, expressly to encourage 

 the agriculture of the United States, and so acceptably had this duty 

 been performed in the estimation of the Legislature, that in 1841, 

 when a State agricultural society was formed, this Institute was em- 



