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Judge Van Wyck. — I have known meadows give two ton of hay 

 pel acre, they were never scarified or plowed. What grass falls 

 down or is trod down form a top dressing naturally. 



Mr. Cook, observed that in comparing fruits of the east and West, 

 those of Massachusetts stand high. , 



Mr. Cozzens gave some account of his winter experiments in the 

 care of Poultry. By placing them in a warm, well lighted and ven- 

 tilat d cellar, where they had access to fresh earth aad pounded chalk 

 and plenty of food. Eight pullets gave Mr. Cozzens two hundred 

 and seventy-seven eggs between the 15th of Dec. 1848, and the 3d 

 of March 1849, I gave corn and oats to them and boiled parsnip 

 chopped small. 



F. Mortimer Butler, sent the following communication on the sub- 

 ject of manures. 

 To Henry Metgs, Esq. Secretary of the N. Y. Farmers' Club. 



Dear Sir — Accompanying this you will receive a box containing 

 dry-rotted chicken dung, the product of my coop, all the manure of 

 the coop is taken up in this condition which is the best possible form 

 for distribution, at least in the estimation of your humble servant. 

 By examining it you will find that it is mealy, it keeps moist, gives 

 the land a character of permeability, or in other words by tempering 

 the land presents the condition under which plants feed, which is in 

 Agriculture the main point that the farmer should keep in his "mind's 

 eye." All material designed for manure, I rot by this process, and 

 bring to the condition you see the rot in, which specimen is still 

 progressing. I have procured this winter about fifteen barrels ot such 

 material assent you, and feel that fowls can be made profitable manu- 

 facturers of manure, their services as yet remain unappreciated. 



Respectfully submitted, 



F. MORTIMER BUTLER. 

 S. Brooklyn, JVIarch 6th, 1849. 



Mr. Meigs proposed as suitable to the coming season the subject of 

 grafti and seeds. We have heretofore distributed many thousand, 

 and so far the good is unquestionable. Fraudulent means were well 

 known to have been used in reference to seeds, everything that we 

 can do to encourage purity and integrity in this important branch of 

 agriculture ou^ht to be done. 



Subjects adopted, Grafts and Seeds. 



The Club then adjourned. 



