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five thousand gallons of air. The gluten a man eats repairs the 

 muscles, the oil makes fat, the saline matters bones, and the starch 

 sustains respiration — and the whole makes manure. 



As the carbonic acid gas flows from our mouths, upon the res- 

 piratory organs of plants, it is immediately absorbed by the little 

 orifices that stud their leaves. One hundred and twenty-two 

 thousand of these, are contained in a single square inch, and the 

 tremendous rapidity with which they act, is so great, that a cur- 

 rent of breath cannot pass over them, without being entirely de- 

 prived of its carbonic acid gas. 



Mr. Meigs — I like one of the questions of the day proposed by 

 Mr. Solon Robinson. That is the '' Grindstone." I will now re- 

 mark that I have found it one of the best hands on the farm or 

 garden. Well used he keeps all tools sharp, so that they can do 

 double the work of dull ones, and better work too. 



Subjects for next meeting — same continued, viz : " Threshing," 

 " The Grindstone," and also by Dr. Wellington, "Artificial Light. 

 What shall we use, both for economy, convenience and safety." 



The Club adjourned. H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



March 16, 1858. 



Present — Messrs. President Pell, Vail, Olcott, Doughty, of New- 

 Jersey, Livingston, Judge Scoville, Dr. Peck, of Brooklyn, the 

 venerable Benjamin Pike, of New- Jersey, Wagener, Lawton, of 

 New Rochelle, Hon. John D. Ward, of Jersey city, Silliman, Da- 

 voll, Dr. Wellington, Solon Robinson, Asher L. Smith, of Lebanon, 

 Conn., Fuller, of Long Island, Dr. Smith, Dr. Waterbury, Pro- 

 fessor Nash, Mr. Bruce and daughters, and others — 57 members 

 in all. 



President Pell in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following papers, prepared by him from 

 the last works received by the Institute, viz : 



[Journal of Agriculture, <tc., of ScoUand, Jan. 1858.] 



The mission of our Anglo-Saxon race, evidently is to be the 

 Pioneer of a world-wide civilization, and to act no unimportant 



