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just, humane, moderate and firm, if at the same time you are austere 

 and incommunicative — your men will tax you with pride — a very 

 serious reproach in their eyes — and they always put this in the very 

 first line of their griefs against their master. They willingly feel 

 your superiority in rank and intelligence, but their self love is hu- 

 miliated when you make them feel it. On the other hand, they are 

 very sensible of affectionate and benevolent words. 



Mr. Meigs mentioned the observation of James Madison, when he 

 was President of an Agricultural Society, having been President of 

 the United States, viz: That on general level surfaces, aU over our 

 globe, soil averages about ojie foot in depth, just enougk for our 

 spade and plough, and below which no seed will germinate. That 

 one foot is the great laboratory of human life, 



Mr. Wakeman presented the following communication from the 

 Secretary of the State Agricultural Society. 



Agricultural Rooms, Albany, Dec. 3, 1847. 



To the J\''ew-York Farmers^ Club. 



Gentlemen: I forward through T. B. Wakeman, Esq., samples of 

 wheat received from S, Bentz, Boonsboro, Maryland, showing an im- 

 portant improvement in preparing wheat and other grains for flour- 

 ing. 



The improvement consists in taking the outer coat or bran from 

 the berry previous to grinding, and it cannot be doubted, that if this 

 can be economically and expeditiously done, it must prove of great 

 importance to the growers of wheat as well as to manufacturers of 

 flour. The sample A. sent you, is white blue stem wheatj B. the same 

 variety of wheat with the bran removed, showing a most beautiful 

 berry ready for flouring. The bran is removed perfectly without the 

 least injury to the berry, a sample of which accompanies the wheat. 

 The advantages which are claimed for this process are the following: 



1st. All varieties of wheat, White, Yellow and P.ed, &,c., are at 

 once improved from 5 to 15 cents per bushel, and the good varieties 

 of Red wheats will make as good and fair meal as the white varie- 

 ties now do, which ordinarily sell at 10 to 15 cents higher per bush- 

 el, than the Red. 



2nd. The outer coat being taken off before grinding, all impuri- 

 ties at once are necessarily removed, and the brown speculas which 

 detract from the quality of the flour, will not be found. 



