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Mr. Wakeman. What we have heard reaJ to-day in confirmation 

 of our own judgments, in reference to the high importance of the 

 new system of education for farmers, which we so earnestly desire and 

 expect from the enlightened liberality of our State, gives us the 

 most grateful hopes of its speedy operation and success. From the 

 Agricultural School which we wish, scholars will go forth so accom- 

 plished in all the science and practice of agriculture, that it is 

 deemed probable that many of them, will be employed on a great 

 scale, as engineers now are, at compensations of several thousand 

 dollars a year, to direct and manage great agricultural operations. 

 Our school and farm will be at one shilling distance from this 

 city will be visited by vast numbers of people, and prove one of the 

 most attractive scenes within our reach. 



Chairman. I invite the attention of the club for a moment to the 

 benevolent act of our national government, in permitting one of the 

 members of this club. Commodore De Kay, to command the frigate 

 Macedonian, on a voyage to Great Britain and Ireland, loaded with 

 a charitable cargo of food for the unfortunate people of those coun- 

 tries, great numbers of whom are perishing with famine. I move 

 that a committee of this club be appointed to use all proper efforts 

 to aid in filling the Macedonian as soon as possible with provisions, 

 and save the gallant and generous Commodore from great loss and 

 disappointment. 



Judge Van Wyck. I think that the public need only to be 

 awakened to this interesting effort. 



Mr. Meigs seconded the motion for a committee, to adopt the best 

 mode of aiding in this humane effort, and wished a committee of 

 three, that it might be quick and effective. 



Mr. Wakeman preferred a larger committee. 



Judge Van Wyck also. 



The following members were then unanimously appointed a com-' 

 mittee for the purpose; Col. Edward Clark, Judge Van Wyck, Mr. 

 Hyde, J. D. Williamson, Dr. Field, Dr. Underbill, and Gen. Chan- 

 dler 



Chairman. Our regular subject is Dairy Husbandry. 



