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Prof. Agassiz. Mr. Chairman, — May I request you to 

 grant me half a minute before you call upon the gentleman 

 who is to speak next. 



I need not praise what has been said by Pres. Clark, 

 now, for the man who can make such investigations, and 

 report them in such a manner, has the reward of his work in 

 himself, and no eulogy from others can add to his gratifica- 

 tion ; but I would not allow this opportunity to pass without 

 saying a word with reference to the Agricultural College at 

 Amherst. From this day forward that institution has its 

 place among scientific institutions, if it had not before ; for 

 only those institutions have a place in the scientific world 

 which do something, and this is something extraordinary ; it is 

 a revelation to physiologists. Let me say to those who have 

 not thought that the Agricultural College was doing anything 

 worth its expense, that the production of this one paper has 

 amply paid for every dollar which the State has thus far 

 bestowed upon the institution. 



MANAGEMENT OF GRASS-LANDS. 



The management of grass-lands was the next subject for 

 discussion, and was opened by Hon. Harris Lewis, of Her- 

 kimer County, N. Y. 



Mr. Lewis. After listening to Col. Clark, I feel that I 

 ought to sit down and reflect upon what he has said, for I do 

 not believe that we shall have brought before us during this 

 session any subject of equal interest. He has presented to us 

 one of the greatest discoveries of the age, and I fully agree 

 with my friend. Prof. Agassiz, that that discovery alone has 

 paid the people of Massachusetts, or will pay them, for every 

 dollar, for every penny expended on that college ; I only 

 wish that I could present some discovery in regard to the 

 management of grass-lands that would be equal to it, but I 

 cannot. Yet, I have discovered one thing, and that, too, 

 accidentally, perhaps. My farm lies on the north bank 

 of the Mohawk River, and, ordinarily, the lower lauds, 

 twenty-five acres, are flooded. There is a little muddy 

 water sent over it every spring, and usually every fall, and I 



