506 Traxsactioxs of the American Institute. 



though.I grant it is good for corn. Farmers will gain in the end 

 if the}'" compost their manure. 



CUBAN iGUANO. 



Mr. White sent several bags of guano to the Club, for the mem- 

 bers to ivy and report upon. 



REPORT ON PRESERVED EGGS. 



Mr. Wm. B. Harrison said that the eggs which Prof. Nyce, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, presented to the Club for trial, were used in his 

 family, and they could see no diiference between them and fresh 

 eggs. 



CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman oifered the following resolutions, which were 

 unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That we, the members of the American Institute 

 Farmers' Club, have observed with growing satisfaction the disin- 

 terested and unwearied labors of Mr. Henry Bergh, and the gen- 

 tlemen associated with him as a Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals. 



Resolved, That for the disinterested motives which prompt such 

 activity, for the humanity Avhich such efforts display and which 

 they cultivate in others, and for the fearlessness with which old 

 abuses and detestable but long-established practices have been 

 assailed, followed up and abolished, Mr. Bergh deserves the high- 

 est commendations from all classes and conditions of society; and, 

 since the brute creation, for which he principally labors, are unable 

 to express their sentiments, we deem it the more important that 

 we, and all similar organizations, should give Mr. Bergh the fullest 

 and warmest utterances of our approbation, and the admiration we 

 feel for his conduct and his character. 



Resolved, That in taking these steps for the defence of animals 

 against the inhumanitj' of man, Mr. Bergh is acting in the spirit 

 of the Divine commands: "Thine ass and thine ox shall rest and 

 enjoy their Sabbaths;" "Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the 

 ox that treadeth out the corn;" "Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 

 mother's milk;" "Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox 

 fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them; thou shalt 

 surely help him to lift them up again." 



Resolved, That we pledge to IMr. Bergh our hearty cooperation 

 in eveiy step, measure or recommendation that he may suggest for 

 the furtherance of the objects for which that society was instituted, 



