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Mr. Kidd of Westchester stated that petitions for our agricultural 

 college were circulating in Westchester, where there was a very fa- 

 vorable opinion held of the valae of such a system of agricultural 

 instructions. 



Mr. Wakeman moved that the committee hereafter appointed to 

 select delegates to the State Society, and that to frame a petition to 

 the Legislature, be united, with power to add to their number, and 

 to confer with members of the Legislature, and that Judge Living- 

 ston be chairman of the joint committee. Seconded and unanimous- 

 ly adopted. 



Edward L. Youmans. It would be well that the system to be pur- 

 sued in the Agricultural College should be well understood before- 

 hand, to give it success with the State government and the commu- 

 nity. 



Mr. Meigs remarked that our most valuable systems required con- 

 stant support. That it was necessary to maintain what the poet call- 

 ed iteration. It was necessary to repeat even once a week the most 

 important duties. It is proper that we should keep the new plan be- 

 fore the eye steadily. If good it will soon fix that eye upon it, it 

 will prevail. 



Mr. Wells, President of the Horticultural Society of Northampton, 

 Massachusetts. Ring your hell at every crossing! Your object is 

 worthy of all consideration. 



By composting we save much of the most valuable parts of ma- 

 nure. We, in Northampthon, have attended much to fruit. Our Hor- 

 ticultural Society, of which I have the honor to be President, was 

 established about the same time your Farmers' Club was. It was 

 small at first, but it waxes stronger and stronger. We have prepar 

 ed the orchards for plentiful crops of the best apples. Our peaches 

 this season were equal to the best of the New- York markets. We 

 also distribute the most valuable seeds of all sorts, and select scions 

 from best fruit trees. We are looking for the speedy establishment 

 of an Agricultural College among us, beginning with private means, 

 and carried out by public aid. It is called Smith's Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



Ti:e Secretary distributed seeds of the Affghanistan Lucerne 

 among members. ' 



