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winter in cellars, prepared at expense for the purpose, warmed 

 regularly from fall till spring. On a small scale, with experience 

 and plenty of manure, the crop should be, in good seasons, from 

 150 to 200 bushels. 



Adrian Bergen — Our boys used to love to use the flail in the 

 winter, and they now think it hard work, but it is good for them; 

 but now we are getting machines. 



Jeptha A. Wagener exhibited the drawing of his machine — 

 the " Seed Harvester." It costs $1,000 ; but on the large farms 

 of the west it will reap and bag grain for one shilling a bushel. 



Wm. Silliman, of Westchester — On his farm of an hundred and 

 seventy acres, us€s a machine which thrashes, chops hay, grinds 

 apples, can saw wood ! 



Prof. Mapes — Where there is a small crop of grain, the farmer 

 had better buy his bread than go to the expense of a machine. 



Mr. Field — Our immense swamps demand our attention and 

 work. Governor Hammond has cleared up and brought into use 

 some 1,500 acres of swamp, and it now grows cotton, corn, &c. 



Asher L. Smith, of Lebanon, Conn. — A townsman of mine pares 

 off the muck swamp for manure and then plants cranberries on 

 the rest. But cranberries grow as well on dry land and never 

 run out, give for a best crop well raked out, a great amount of 

 berries. 



Solon Robinson — Let us have cranberry for our next subject. 



Carried. 



Prof. Nash remarked that there was plenty of winter work in 

 our northern States ; but it was necessary to lay out that work, 

 and the men can be kept busy all winter ! 



Dr. Underbill moved as a subject — " The best grapes for the 

 middle and southern States." Add that to " Vineyards." 



Mr. Benners, of Astoria, presented grafts of the Duchesse D'- 

 Angouleme, Bartlett, Bergamot and Columbia pears, for distribu- 

 tion. 



Wax beans given by Mr. Pease, were distributed ; some seeds 

 of Japan squash also. 



Subjects for next meeting—" Vineyards," " The best grapes for 

 the middle and southern States," " Cranberries." 



The Club adjourned. H. MEIGS, Secretary. 



