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We shall always be ready to render any assistance in further- 

 ance of the laudable objects which the Institute has in view. 

 We remain, Dear Sir, 



Your obed't serv'ts., 



J. BUNNELL & CO. 



We recommend, as the best mode of stimulating improvement 

 in calico printing, the offering of a series of valuable prizes, as 

 follows, and continuing them from year to year until the require- 

 ments are fully and satisfactorily answered, viz : 



$1,000 for the production of 100 hhds. American grown madder. 



A gold medal, worth say $100, for an improvement in the 

 present mode of dying, whereby the durability and lustre of the 

 dyes shall be increased, without materially increasing the cost of 

 production. 



$500 for the introduction of a new tissue, all wool, or cotton 

 and wool, and woven by machinery, which, when printed, shall 

 not greatly exceed in cost the cotton and wool de laines now 

 made. 



A gold medal for the discovery of a process whereby " steam 

 colors," as they are called, shall be rendered less fugitive than 

 at present, without enhancing the cost or lessening the brilliancy 

 of the colors. 



IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTRY RESIDENCES. 



The Rensselaer county Agricultural Society have made a 

 praiseworthy movement in reference to this important matter, as 

 will be seen by the annexed report, which they request to have 

 inserted in our volume of Transactions. 



To the Executive Committee of the Rensselaer County Agricultural 

 Society: 



Your committee appointed by this society pursuant to the fol- 

 lowing resolution adopted by the executive committee. May 14th, 

 1850, as follows: 



