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Mr. Sickles proposed the American plough as the next subject, 

 and the report of the committee on the Ne'vbold plough to be first 

 taken up. — Adopted. The Club adjourned. 



June 6, 1848. 



Samuel Allen in the Chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



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Lieut. Bartlett, of the United States Navy, recently from Califor- 

 nia, presented bulbs of the Amole plant, a native of that region. It 

 resembles, somewhat an oblong onion — attains the size of a large 

 onion — its leaves fibrous, so that the people make of them sweat 

 cloths to put under their saddles. But of the bulb a singular use is 

 made, that is, to wash their clothes. Without any preparation, this 

 bulb is rubbed like a lump of soap, raises a lather like it, and is a 

 thorough cleanser. The Amole likes a moist soil. 



The Editors of the American Agriculturist presented the leaf 

 stalk of Rhubarb, from the garden of Paul Brill, of Aharsimus, New 

 Jersey. This stalk with two others weigh seven pounds and a 

 quarter. The garden of Mr. Brill is within a hundred yards of salt 

 meadows, nearly on a level with them, but is a rich sandy loam. 



Mr. Meigs presented growing corn-stalks from gourd seed corn, 

 dried by the patent process of Stafl?brd, of Cleveland, Ohio. This 

 corn was planted by me, since the last meeting of the Club, in order 

 to test the vitality of the seed, as it would seem certain that all the 

 good qualities of grain would be preserved by that process of dry- 

 ing, if the vitality remained in it. 



Judge Van Wyck from the Special Committee on the Newbold 

 plough, made the following Report. 



The Plow. Its History and Improvements. 



The Committee appointed by the Farmers' Club of the American 

 Institute, of the city of New-York to take into consideration the 

 claim of the family of the late Charles Newbold, of Burlington, N. 

 J., for pecuniary aid from Congress, for the enterprise and skill of 

 Mr. Newbold, in his life time to improve and render' more perfect 

 the American plough, report. 



