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propriate thousands for its benefit, (which, shame to say, there is no 

 present indication that it will do,) it would be all returnable, five- 

 fold, in less than five years. It is only necessary to give impetus to 

 public feeling in this matter and we have all we want. 



Dr. U.'s remarks were of much length, though but a sketch of the 

 theory of the intended paper, and were delivered in an enthusiastic 

 and able manner; they elicited many marks of approbation. 



Mr. Ellsworth, of Ct., stated some experiments- made by him in 

 the use of Jish as manure. He had deposited them uncommonly deep 

 and pressed them down, and for several years a remarkable effect had 

 been perceptible, while in adjoining lands of the same character, and 

 no poorer than his own, where fish had been used in the ordinary 

 manner, the effect had very soon disappeared. He spoke also of 

 some experiments he had made or contemplated making in the use, 

 as manure, of the refuse of paper mills, &c. He has collected for 

 future experiment, the refuse of the mills remaining after the bleach- 

 ing process, the wash, as it is called, which he thinks much richer 

 than that from an ashery. He has prepared a reservoir to place the 

 wash, and intends to sell what he has no occasion for using on his 

 own farm, at a fixed price. Mr. E. spoke particularly of soda-ash, 

 but evidently preferred the paper-wash. He also referred to the cul- 

 tivation, by himself, of about thirty acres of woodland; and in reply 

 to a question from Dr. Underbill, stated that after cultivating it for 

 some time, there appears to be no soil at all; all sand, and scarcely 

 any alluvial. 



A member remarked, that to prevent the rise of manures, plaster 

 of paris had beeii found very efficacious. It appeared as if it drew 

 back from the atmosphere what was taken away by evaporation. 

 By its use, twenty to thirty bushels of Wheat had been raised on land 

 which a few years previously was utterly unproductive. 



The hour being quite advanced, and to shorten proceedings, Mr. 

 Wakeman suggested that each subject remaining for consideration 

 should be referred to a committee, to report as soon as may be practi- 

 cable. To which the Convention agreed, and the committees were 

 finally appointed, as follows: 



