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the wings and head. But poor bobolink! he died with grief 

 before May day came. 



Subjects for next meeting, " The most profitable crop for a farm, 

 locality considered;" and " the most profitable succession of crops." 

 Adjourned to May 12th, at noon. H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



May 12th, 1857. 



Present — Messrs. Low, Lawton, Martin E. Thompson, Meeks, 

 Judge Scoville, Prof. Mapes, Godwin, Montgomery, Doughty, of 

 Jersey, Fields, of Baltimore, Olcott, Rev. Mr. Corwin, of Sacra- 

 mento, and others. Forty-three members. 



William Lawton of New-Rochelle, in the chair. Henry Meigs, 

 secretary. 



The secretary read the following papers prepared and extracted 

 by him, viz : 



THE GRAPE OF CALIFORNIA. 



It is cheering to know that bread and wine, far more precious 

 than all the gold, are becoming magnificent crops in our gold 

 country. In 1856, in ten counties, thirteen millions of pounds 

 of rich grapes were produced. The town of Los Angelos, alone, 

 made one hundred fifty thousand gallons of wine and six thou- 

 sand gallons of brandy ; and wheat is almost ahead of the reap- 

 ers and millers. 



The glory of our Pacific shores will be vegetable wealth ! for 

 there is none like it in that. 



HOW TO MAKE CUTTINGS GROW. 



Prof. De Lacroix Besangon, France, says : That cuttings of 

 roses, apple, apricot, pear, plum and others, if put out in June, 

 after his method, will grow. He takes a cutting long enough to 

 let its two ends be well bedded in the soil, and a bud in the middle 

 close to the ground, grows well. These cuttings should be kept 

 properly moistened by sprinkling ; the cuttings must be of the 

 growth of the last year, the cuttings thus draw nutrition from 

 both ends, instead of drying up the end in the air. 



Mr. Pell made the following remarks on CITY DRAINAGE : 

 All offensive smells from the decomposition of animal and 

 vegetable matter in our city, indicate the generation and presence 



