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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



March 



ty, be materially benefited by extending to the land 

 the system of meteorological co-operation and re- 

 search which has done so much and is doing so 

 much for commerce and navigation at sea; and 

 that this society do hereby earnestly recommend 

 such extension to the favorable consideration of 

 Congress. 



This resolution was debated, Lieut. Maury, Prof. 

 Henrye and other eminent gentlemen participating. 



C. B. Calvert, Esq., of Maryland, replied to Pro- 

 fessor Henry's remarks, especially his insinuation 

 that Lieut. Maury was not entitled to the credit of 

 having made meteorological observations practical- 

 ly useful. With due respect to Professor Heni-y 

 and the Smithsonian, he would not have the mat- 

 ter pass from the hands of that eminent and distin- 

 guished man, who had not only proved himself a sci- 

 entific man, but a man of practical science. 



Jndge S. 11. Huntington, of Connecticut, hoped 

 that a committee would be appointed to consider 

 the subject, before presenting it to Congress. 



C. B. Calvert, Esq., objected to this, as calculated 

 to detract from the honor belonging to Lieut. Mau- 

 ry. 



Lieut. Maury, Judge Huntington, Professor Hen- 

 ry and Horace Greeley spoke on the question of 

 reference to a committee. 



D. J. Browne, Esq., wished to make some expla- 

 nations of meteorological observations carried on at 

 the Patent Office. 



Major Poor, regretting that the discussion was 

 becoming a personal scientific quarrel, into which 

 subjects had been introduced as illegitmate as was 

 the "scion of the House of Northumberland," who 

 had been alluded to, moved the ])revious question. 



The motion was sustained, and the resolutions 

 were then carried, viz : 



JJeso/verf, That agricultural and other great inter- 

 ests of the State would, in the opinion of the socie- 

 ty, be materially benefited by extending to the 

 land the system of meteorological co-oj)eration and 

 research which has done so much and is doing so 

 much for commerce and navigation at sea ; and that 

 this society do hereby earnestly recommend such 

 extention to the favorable consideration of Congress. 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed 

 by the President to communicate the above resolu- 

 tion to each member of Congress, and to solicit his 

 co-operation. The result of their application in be- 

 half of the great agricultural interests of the coun- 

 try to be reported at the next meeting of the Soci- 

 ety. 



Major Poor, Judge Huntington, and C. B. Cal- 

 vert, Esq., were appointed as this committee. 



C. B. Glover, of the Patent Office, read a pajjer 

 on "Agricultural Entomology ;" which, on motion 

 of G. W. P. Custis, was ordered to be published in 

 the transactions. 



THIRD DAY. 



The society Avas called to order by the President. 



Professor Henry read a paper on the "origin and 

 action of Power as applied to the vegetable king- 

 dom." On motion of Col. Calvert, it was ordered to 

 be ])ul)lished. 



Col. Kimmell, from the nominating committee, 

 presented a list of officers for the ensuing year, and 

 an expression of regret that Major Poor had posi- 

 tively declined serving further on the Executive 

 Committee. After some discussion as to the quali- 

 fication of the Vice Presidents nominated, the report 



was accepted. The officers were then elected for 

 1856, viz: 



PRESIDENT, 



Marshall P. Wilder, of Massachusetts. 



VICE PRESIDENTS, 



J. D. LanK, Maine, M. L. Underwood, Kentucky, 



H.F.French, New Hampshire, John Bell, Tennessee, 



Simon Brown, Massachusetts, Jos. A. Wright, Indiana, 



J. J. Coolve, Rhode Island, F. A. Kinnicut, Illinois, 



J. A. Rockwell, Connecticut, T. Allen, Missouri, 



Dr. J. P. Beekman, New York, Roswell Babee, Arkansas, 



Geo. Vail, New Jersey, J. C. Holmes, Michigan, 



Isaac Newton, Pennsylvania, D. J. Yulee, Florida, 



J. W. Thompson, Delaware, C. Durkee, Wis., 



Anthony Kimmel, Maryland, P. Ord, California, 



G. W. P. Custis, Virginia, W. W. Corcoran, D. C, 



H. K, Burgwyn, N. Carolina, J. M. Gallegos, New Mexico, 



R. W. F. Alston, S. Carolina, H. H. SiWey, Minnesota, 



R. Peters, Georgia, P. W. Gillet, Oregon, 



C. C. Clay, Jr., Alabama, C. Lancaster, Washington Ter. 

 M. W. Phillips, Mississippi, E. Hunter, Utah, 



John Perkins, Jr., Louisiana, B. R. Chapman, Nebraska. 

 Gen. Worthington. Ohio, 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 



J. A. King, New York, J. Jones, Delaware, 



A. L. Elwyn, Pennsylvania, W. H. H. Taylor, Ohio, 



D. Jay Browne, D. C, Richard P. Waters, Mass. 



Secretary — W. S. King, Boston, Mass. 

 Treasurer — B. B. French, D. C. 



Col. Wilder, in an eloquent and impressive speech, 

 accepted the office. 



On motion of Gen. Worthington, of Ohio, it was 

 Resolved, that the members of this society return to 

 our worthy President our heart-felt thanks for the 

 great ability, the indefatigable zeal and kindly cour- 

 tesy with which he has discharged the duties of his 

 office, and also for yielding his wishes to ours in 

 consenting to retain his station. 



This resolution was received with great satisfac- 

 tion by all present, and cordial testimony to its 

 truth was born by gentlemen who had witnessed 

 the indefatigalole lal)ors of President Wilder. 



A paper on agricultural chemistry was read by 

 Professor John 1). Easter, of Baltimore, and or- 

 dered to be published in the transactions. 



Mr. Browne presented a jmper on guano, which 

 was read and ordered to be pubHshed in the trans- 

 actions. 



Reports from Professors Henry and DeBow on 

 the grant of land by Congress for Industrial Col- 

 leges in each State, were discussed and referred to 

 the next meeting. 



Other business was then transacted, after which 

 the venerable G. W. P. Custis was introduced to 

 the society, and delivered a most eloquent address, 

 referring to his youthful recollections, when he had 

 seen the "Father of his Country" shooting birds on 

 fields, now the site of this metropoHs. He gave a 

 vivid sketch of our national rise and progress, both 

 agricultural and social. Li conclusion, taking such 

 a farewell as the oldest member present might take, 

 he would give that noblest of human sentiments : 

 "Success to agriculture." 



The society adjourned sine die. The next meet- 

 ing will be held here next year — the next annual 

 exhibition will be held at Philadelphia, in Septem- 

 ber or October, and will doubtless be a grand af- 

 fair. 



0:^ Potash constitutes one-half of the weight of 

 potatoe ashes. This shows the importance of wood 

 ashes, as a manure for this crop. As there is 9-60 

 per cent, of sulphuric acid in the ])otato ash, it is 

 apparent that plaster (sulphuric acid and lime,) is 

 also .necessary to insure a good crop. 



