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members were called on for their knowledge in this case. No 

 one present had read or heard of such a result. The advantages 

 of it are great, as any one can have his crop just where he 

 pleases. 



^; Richard W. Meade, of the U. S. Navy, sends to the Club a spe- 

 cimen of Mercer potato, raised in Virginia. It was considered a 

 good one. 



Mr. Samuel Auld, 22 West street, presents to the Club a supe- 

 rior quality of potatoes, from French seeds, same as he exhibited, 

 at the Fair. They were in perfect order, and were distributed 

 for propagation. 



Messrs. Hovey & Co., of Boston, sent t-^o specimens of the Old 

 Colony corn ; one of twenty rows and the other sixteen. Both 

 of them have grains very much shrivelled, like the sweet corn. 

 The grains were distributed. 



Pierpont Phillips, Esq., of Pompfet Landing, Conn., sent a 

 number of Wood's seedling potatoes. They are unusually large. 

 The crop was 350 bushels per acre. The quality is improving 

 every year. 



William M. Abrbatt, of 29 Burling Slip, sent specimens of solid- 

 ified milk, made in Poughkeepsie for him. Some of our ships 

 take it, and it is found very good, and may be relied on for du- 

 ration. A grater was employed to pulverize it, and it was then 

 put into cofiee, and tasted by members. The experiment should 

 have been better managed. No doubt can be better entertained 

 of its great utility, when we recollect that some 40,000 sail of ves- 

 sels belonging to our country and England only, require milk as 

 a comfort, and they cannot allbrd to carry cows. 



Captain Holmes had commanded at sea for a great many years, 

 and had generally managed to carry eggs enough to be substitu- 

 ted for milk in coffee. 



Captain George F. Barnard was requested also to speak, and he 

 stc'^ed the same practice on board his vessel in long voyages — that 

 eggs can be preserved some five months or more, so that they 

 meet the wants of long passages. He used to have the yolks well 



