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D. Jay Browne. Rock salt is still better than the Turk Island. 



Dr. Henry A. Field. Much has been said here of late, on the in- 

 teresting subject of an Agricultural School and Experimental Farm, 

 I have just received a letter from a young gentleman, of the most re- 

 spectable parentage, now about twenty years of age, who has receiv- 

 ed such an education as is contemplated by the American 'Institute. 

 Dr. Field then read a letter from Burlington, in Wisconsin. 



R. L. Pell, of Pelham, sent to the club grafts from his fine New- 

 town pippin apples. 



Henry Kidd, of Westchester, presented grafts of the Seek-no-fur- 

 ther, and of the Swaar apples. 



Mr. Meigs, presented grafts from the fruit bearing paper mul- 

 berry. 



The distribution of seeds and grafts was as usual an agreeable af- 

 fair, such is the excellent and incre'asing taste among our citizens, 

 for the improvements in all agricultural products. 



The club adopted for the next meeting the Dairy Husbandry con- 

 tinued, and seeds, grafts, &c. 



Adjourned to Tuesday next, the 4th of May, at noon. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



May Ath, 1847. 

 Col. Edward Clark in the chair. 



Mr. Meigs read the following paper. 



American Institute, Farmers' Club, 

 ^pril 29, 1S47. 



This quarterly contains a large amount of observation on the Po- 

 tato Malady, comprising 120 pages, from which the following ex- 

 tracts are taken. 



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Agricultural Society of Inverness — Report. 



" Whatever may be the nature of the affection which has overta- 

 ken the potato it does not seem to be confined this season to that crop. 



