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M. Meigs. — I have held the door open for fifty years. I learned 

 early the policy of that wise king of Persia who declared that his 

 wealth, power and glory did not consist in lands or property but in 

 men. 



Judge Van Wyck. — No doubt, we shall have plenty of people 

 coming in among us, and we owe it to ourselves as well as to 

 them to render it as agreeable and profitable as possible to both par- 

 ties. 



Mr. L. G. Morris. — I propose as subject for next meeting, " Sub- 

 soiling, deep ploughing and under draining." Adopted. 



Adj. to 3d Tuesday of February, at noon. 



M. MEIGS, Sec>y. 



January 15th, 1850. 

 R. L. Pell of Pelham, in the chair. Henry Meigs, Sec'y. 



The Secretary read the following translations made by him, from 

 the Normandie Agricole, one of the valuable works presented to the 

 Institute by Mons. Alexandre Vattemare : 



An old military veterinary surgeon of our army, Mons. Mariot, has 

 taken great pains in the poultry line. He has ascertained the value 

 of it to France. It as follows : 



The 86 departments of the Republic produce although by negligent 

 treatment, 5,715,200,000 eggs, valued at 133 millions of francs. That 

 France can just as easily have 150 millions of poultry, as the 50 mil- 

 lions she now has. 



The eggs now cost upwards of 25 millions of dollars ; so that with 

 reasonable care, the farmer of France can as easy as let it alone 

 have three time as much — 75 millions of dollars a year for their eggs. 



Mons. GeofFroy St. Hilaire remarked, that immense regions of the 

 globe have not furnished yet any domestic animals to France. It is 

 impossible that there should not be some kind valuable to us for their 

 flesh, skins, hair and labor. It may be affirmed that we are (as it 

 were) only at the commencement of our discoveries in this respect . 



