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Mr. Bell laid before the Club samples of his Mediterranean 

 wheat, weighing 64 pounds a bushel ; of his white sole flint 

 wheat, weighing 62 pounds the bushel ; white flint smooth head 

 wheat, 62 pounds the bushel; yellow Indian corn, 62^ pounds 

 the bushel. These samples are taken from the parcels which 

 Mr. Bell will take with him to the World's Fair, in London. 



The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS. Sec'y. 



Farmer'' s Club, Dec. 17, 1850. 



Hou. James Tallmadge in the chair. 



Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



R. L. Pell, of Pelham, made the following remarks : 



The pine tree, of all the trees growing in the universe, is par- 

 ticularly considered the " builders' timber," as oak is the ship 

 joiners. In Europe logs of pine, when only hewn square with 

 an adze, and sawed into joists, timbers for roofing, girders, &:c., 

 are called fir, but when the logs are sawed into planks, they are 

 called deals, which indicates the form. 



England obtains pine timber from the immense forests on 

 either side of the Baltic, from Prussia, Norway, Sweden, Germany 

 and Poland, and it is called after the port from which it is 

 shipped, as Riga, Dantzic; and the deals most in request are 

 obtained in very great quantities from Christiana, in Norway. 



The principal kinds of pine wood known in commerce are the 

 yellow, white, and red. The yellow is grown in large quantities 

 in Georgia, and other Southern States ; and usually is called 

 Georgia yellow pine, it contains a large quantity of turpentine, 

 and is on that account much more durable and lasting than any 

 other variety, when it is sawn into plank, it is used where 

 strength and durability are most required, such as piazza floors. 

 White pine, or pinus ahiesy holds much less turpentine than yel- 

 low Georgia, and is consequently less durable j it can, however, 



