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Permit me, through you, to express my deep sense of gratitude for 

 the kindness and attentions bestowed upon me by the president and 

 members of the Institute, as well as yourself. 

 I have the honor to remain, 



Very respectfully your humble serv't, 



JOSIAH GREGG. 

 To T. B. Wakeman, Esq. Cor. Sec. Jim. Inst. 



Henry Waterman, of Hudson, presented specimens of Corn Meah 

 made from corn kiln dried by a new process of his invention j one 

 specimen from sound corn, the other from badly mildewed corn. The 

 latter but little inferior to the other. By Mr. Waterman's method, 

 the mildew is destroyed by a competent heat, and entirely drawn off 

 by a smut machine. The cost of the process is trifling. One ma- 

 chine can kiln dry corn for exportation at the rate of 5,000 bushels 

 a day, and corn so prepared may be shipped in bulk. Mr. Water- 

 man also exhibited a model of a steam engine, which is, in all its 

 moving parts connected with a small wire, which connects with the 

 valves, so that in the event of a break in any part of the engine, the 

 valves are instantly shut, so as to cut off the entrance of steam into 

 the cylinder, and so prevent that dangerous destruction of the machi- 

 nery which results from the sudden release of the power from its re- 

 straint, a destruction often amounting to many thousand dollars, and 

 with imminent danger of destruction to the boat and its passengers. 



Richard Ferris, Esq. of Michigan, presented very fine samples of 

 wool from his flocks. They are from a cross of the imported Lei- 

 cester with the Irish ewe. These samples were much admired by the 

 Club. 



Mr. Wakeman. I am informed by Charles Henry Hall of Harlem, 

 that grafts of trees, which are (the grafts) two years old, are found 

 to produce fruit sooner than those of one year old. The common 

 practice is to use the latter. 



Junius Smith, of Astoria. The new wood is the best. 



Dr. Underbill, of Croton Point. I use a small portion of the se- 

 cond year's growth at the end of my grafts. 



Mr. Smith. So do I. 



Mr. Wakeman moved for a committee of three to take charge of 

 the Delegation to the Agricultural Convention to Greenport. 



