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Mr. Wakeman. I invite communications from all our intelligent 

 friends, on matters pertaining to our farmers, in order that such of 

 them as have information for the general good of our agricultural 

 interest, may be incorporated in our Annual Report to the State Agri- 

 cultural Society. 



J. D. "Williamson. The subject of the day is interesting to the 

 farmers of Long Island, some of whom are already awakened to the 

 truth of the doctrines now put forth. The general character of the 

 soils of the Island renders this theory peculiarly valuable, being as is 

 generally known, of a light porous, sandy constitution, and the usual 

 practice of placing manure so near or on the surface, having been 

 tound very ineffectual, and the fertilizing influence of brief duration, 

 many Long Island farmers place their manures much deeper. 



Subjects for next meeting adopted: 



Agricultural Schools, Liquid Manures, and the ascent or descent 

 of Manures continued. 



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The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



Dec. 1th, 1847. 

 Judge R. S. Livingston in the Chair. 



Mr. Meigs read the following extracts, translated by him from 

 the Manuel D'Agriculturs, by Jules Martinelli, second edition. — 

 Published in Bordeaux, in 1846. 



Premising that this little duodecimo of 388 pages, is one of the 

 volumes presented by Mr. Vattemare, to the Institute, and that it has 

 the merit of containing a great amount of useful information, con- 

 veyed in a clear and intelligible way. 



Translation. 



"The Soil. — The Agriculturist, before he undertakes any serious 

 operation on his farm, ought to know what the soil is, to the bottom, 

 — and should study all the effects of cultivation on it at every season 

 of the year. Men of full age, who are strangers to science, need not 

 be alarmed by the scientific details, which they will find in this 



