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proved Durhams. We had as good a foundation to make the ex- 

 periment upon. Our friend Mr. Blakesiey, of great experience 

 and knowledge of the best stocks of our country, and who pro- 

 posed this question, says he has raised from an American Devon 

 bull and good native cows stock that would compare with any, 

 no matter where bred and reared, either as milkers, fatteners or 

 workers. 



Prof. Mape/then proposed as subject for next meeting, " The 

 Breed of Cattle" and " The Management of Manure in the Stable 

 and the Compost Heap" Mr. Morris seconded the motion. 

 Adopted unanimously. 



Gen. Chandler moved to refer the proposed premiums of Mr. 

 Blalfesley to the Board of Managers. Carried. 



Mr. Nash desired the publication of the Farmers' Club Circu- 

 lar, with every report of the proceedings of the Club. 



The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Sec'y. 



American Institute, } 



Fwrmers> Club, Jpril I5th, 1851. j 



Judge R. Swift Livingston in the chair. Henry Meigs, Se- 

 cretary. . 



MANURE. 



Chairman. — The subjects for consideration to-day are the feed 

 of cattle, and the management of manure in the stable and in the 

 corapost-heap, and called upon Professor Mapes to give his views. 



The Professor said that he did not pretend to any extensive 

 practice in the care of cattle, but had found that great economy 

 can be used in their feed. One of his neighbors tried two pairs 

 of cattle of equal weight and condition. One of which he fed 

 with cooked and the other raw food — one without and the other 

 with a proportion of roots, and found great advantage in the 

 cooked food . I analyzed the excretia of both experiments and 

 found great difference in favor of the cooked, especially as to t\\e 



