No. 216.] 735 



Daniel Rogers, of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, N. Y. Sept. 22(J^ 

 1847. A letter from him on wool, to T. B. Wakeman, was read, 

 which will appear next week. 



John Travers offered a premium of twenty five dollars to be given 

 by the Farmers' Club for the best essay on the condition of the linen 

 manufactures of the nation, what has caused them to languish, what 

 is necessary to make this branch of industry prosper, and the best 

 method of growing and curing hemp and flax. 



A memoir on the history and growing of sheep, was received from 

 an intelligent friend, and referred for examination to Charles L. 

 Fleischman. 



Mr. Wakeman offered the following resolutions, which were unan- 

 imously a'lopted: 



Resolved, That the growing interest taken in agriculture, has in- 

 duced farmers, gardeners, &c., to make more accurate observations 

 and improvements than formerly, both in the field and in the garden, 

 and with fruit of all kinds, particularly in the silk culture, which if 

 brought to the knowledge of the public, would no doubt promote the 

 public welfare. 



Resolved, That individuals in all parts of the country be requested 

 to communicate all such facts and information as have come to their 

 knowledge, to the New York Farmers* Club of the American Insti- 

 tute, that they may be read, and selections made for publication. 



Resolved, That the interchange of choice grafts (in the proper 

 season) and seeds are eminently beneficial, and that our fellow citi- 

 zens be invited to forward such as may come in their possession, and 

 receive others that may be contributed, that the most valuable pro- 

 ductions of all kinds may be easily and generally known and propo- 

 gated. The last fair has shown that there are multitudes of valuable 

 seedlings worthy of propagation, of very recent origin, which it 

 would be a public benefit to have brought into general cultivation. 



Ezra Ide of Shelby, Orleans County, N. Y., states in a letter ta 

 to Mr. Wakeman, that potatoes may be preserved from rot in the 

 field, by hilling up every hill so as to carry off the ram rapidly. He 

 found that in low hills, the rain in hot weather accuniulated in the 

 middle of the hills, and thus produced rot. 



