I'ROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' ClUB. 4g9 



ignorant people do. One coming hither, should attend to farming 

 and let politics entirely alone. 



People have got the orange fever high, and seem to be dreaming 

 of sudden wealth. More trees will be planted this year than ever 

 before. The immense plantations of olden time are now dense 

 forests, and even large villages and missions have become entu'ely 

 obliterated. Whoever comes here expecting to find a paradise 

 will be disappointed. 



Dr. J. E. Snodgrass thought people going thither should be cau- 

 tious, for unless they get acclimated, they cannot stand the climate. 

 He had known people go to Panama for their health, and they 

 seemed to get better for a time, yet afterward, on returning to a 

 colder climate, they suddenly sickened and died with the Panama 

 fever. 



The Chairman said he was canied on shipboard several years 

 ago, surrounded by his friends, who never expected to see him 

 again. He weighed only ninety-one pounds, but after a residence 

 of six months in Florida, he returned, weighing one hundred and 

 thii*ty-four pounds, and has been gaining ever since. 



RHUBARB WINE. 



The Club unanimously adopted the following resolution: 



lie-solved, By the Fai-mers' Club of the American Institute, that 

 the selling of common rhubarb or pie-plant, in its different varieties, 

 as a 7vt7ie plant, is an attempt to deceive and to defraud the people 

 of this country. 



Mr. Wm. 8. Carpenter. — I am glad this resolution has passed, 

 but it is not strong enough. This wine plant is more than an impo- 

 sition. It contains none of the properties of wine, and it is injuri- 

 ous. Hundreds of barrels are brought into this city, and sold from 

 twenty-five to fifty cents per gallon, and is used to adulterate other 

 wines, 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I am glad to see this subject introduced. 

 Other miserable wines have been encourasred. 



THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



Prof. John Gamgee, of the Albert Veterinary College, London, 

 read the following paper on the diseases of animals, which was 

 listened to with profound attention: 



3Ir. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: In the few remarks I 

 made last Tuesday, it was my desire to impress on yoiu- minds that 

 sickness and suffering were quite as essential to the working of 



