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nature. May it not be possible that the raising of seeds, when tO' 

 be used as such, should always occur in the oldest and most 

 higlily balanced soils, and that all fertilizers used upon them, 

 should be from tlie most highly organized sources ? We know 

 that seeds contain a large amount of nitrogen, and we know also, 

 that the blood and feces of man, and of the more progressed ani- 

 mals, also contain very large amounts of nitrogen, as compared 

 with their inorganic constituents, and as the food is selected from 

 the highest of organized nature, it is fair to infer, that fur this 

 reason, in part, the inorganic matter is required from such sources, 

 for perfect seed raising. 



Indeed, if this hypothesis can be sustained, it will act as a guide,, 

 not only for present investigation, but for the examination of 

 natural laws, which now seem to be beyond the comprehension 

 of man. — Ed. 



The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



Present — R. L. Pell, President of the Institution, Hon. R. S. 

 Livingston, Prof. Mapes, Messrs. Clapp, Toucey, Pardee, Dr. 

 Waterbury, and othsrs. Seventy-six members. 



President Pell in the Chair. 



Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary remarked that we may the better know our rela- 

 tive position to other nations, by comparing their progress in 

 agriculture with our own, he therefore quoted from Paris the 

 following account of a Belgium Cattle Show held recently. 



[Annales de la Societie Imperiale D'HorticuUnre. Paris. Dec. 1864. Extracts translated 

 by Henry Meigs.] 



Fair of the National Central S )ciety of A a'iculture of Belgium, 

 was held at Brussels, on the 23d, 24th, 25th and 27th of Sep- 

 tember last. It was all agricultural and nothing else. 



