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the subject of the grasses is of very great importance, and our 

 farmers should be willing to get out of old tracks so as to experi- 

 ment with new varieties, in order that some kinds may be found, if 

 possible, superior to timothy and clover. 



DEATH OF MR. FRANCIS C. TREADWELL. 



The Chairman spoke of the death of Mr. Francis C. Treadwell, 

 an old member of the Institute, who several months ago made such 

 strenuous eiForts to have a flour inspector appointed, that people 

 who want good flour might know they were getting it. Through 

 the influence brought to bear by the millers and dealers, for no 

 other parties opposed it, the plan was defeated in the Legislature. 

 Dr. Snodo^rass then oflfered the followincf: 



^'Resolved, That this Club has heard with profound regret of the 

 death of their venerable associate, Francis C. Treadwell, sr., who 

 was a man of singular earnestness in all the afiairs of life, and of 

 great usefulness in the reformatory movements of his time. 



^'Resolvedj That we can but sensibly realize the vacancy made 

 by his absence, and that we hereby express our sincerest condol- 

 ence with his venerable relict, and the other surviving members of 

 his family, in view of their irreparable loss." 



Which were unanimously adopted. 



GAS TAR PAVEMENT. 



Mr. Wm. P. Townsend, Westchester, Pa. — This is easily made, 

 and after a year's experience I can recommend it. Mine was put 

 down after the following manner: A bed of coal ashes and sand 

 was made, three to four inches deep, raked ofl" smooth, and graded 

 a half inch to the foot from fence to curb. The tar, just as it 

 comes from the works, was drawn from the barrel into an ordinary 

 Yankee bucket, from which it was dipped with a tin cup, and 

 poured on about a half inch thick. Over this was thrown, lightly, 

 about a half inch of good, sharp saud (unriddled). This Was set- 

 tled, lightly, into the tar, by a wooden stamp, twenty by sixteen 

 inches, with an upright handle. A board, sufficiently wide to 

 stand on, was laid on, and about three feet were laid on at each 

 time, until the whole was completed. It is six feet wide, and 

 about 175 long, requiring in its construction five or six loads of 

 good, sharp sand, and about 160 gallons of tar, or four barrels, 

 which costs here two dollars per barrel at the works. The pave- 

 ment is preferable in many respects to brick. It does not become 

 green and slimy, but is hard, compact, and sheds the snow more 



