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ported a mare from Lord Grosvenor's stud ; her mane and tail 

 were like those of tlie northern horse. 1 bred out of her the 

 celebrated Black Maria and Shark. Maria 16 hands high, was 

 never bi aten in the race. Tlie pure Arabian horse is from 14| 

 hands to IG hands high. 



The chairman exhibited drawings of his farm with the white 

 pine trees flourishing on it. 



Mr. Carter moved that we adopt the 58 th rule of the American 

 Institute by-laws, viz : " No member shall speak more than twice 

 upon one question at the same meeting, nor more than ten mi- 

 nutes at a time, unless by leave of the meeting." Carried. 



The Club adopted the pine tree and its culture as the exclusive 

 subject for next meeting. 



Ordered that these proceedings be printed in the newspaper, 

 the Artisan. Carried. 



The Club adjourned to 1st Tuesday of December, 1850. 



H. MEIGS, SecY 



American Institute, I 



Farmers^ Club, Dec. 3, 1850. I 



Judge Van Wyck in the chair. 

 Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following article, prepared by him, as 

 an introduction to the discussion on the pine tree and its culti- 

 vation : 



The Pine tree, especially the white pine, is^ one of the most 

 important and of almost universal utility in building ; we do not 

 know any wood which is equal to it for the same purposes. Our 

 population is increasing with sucli vast rapidity that, in another 

 quarter of a century, there will be as many new buildings erect- 

 ed as have been built during the last two hundred years. The 

 demand for white pine will be therefore immense. While all 



