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how civilization and wheat cultivation have been diffused west- 

 ward together from its starting point in Egypt. South of the 

 equator, wheat is not much cultivated or consumed, and the 

 country does not produce men of great intellects. Such are only 

 fouqd in wheat-growing and wheat-eating countries. 



SOILING CATTLE. 



This subject was indorsed by Orange Judd, who is a warm ad- 

 vocate of the measure. He read two articles upon growing millet 

 for the purpose, as well as for hay. A farmer in Ohio sowed an 

 acre and a quarter the first of June, and reserved a piece for seed, 

 and made five large loads of good hay. A Mr. Lord, who writes 

 in The Rural Mew- Yorker^ sowed twelve quarts of seed per acre 

 June 1, and made twenty-two bushels per acre of grain, and three 

 to four tons of straw. A farmer at Hyde Park, Dutchess county, 

 New York, had lucerne tw^.nty-nine inches long May 27. This 

 crop should be sown at the time of sowing oats, 16 pounds seed 

 per acre. It may be cut once a month for five months, each cut- 

 ting 18 inches long. In countries scarce of fuel, the roots of 

 lucerne are dug and dried, and afford a large amount per acre. 

 The ashes are very rich in potash. 



Mr. Field-^In Germany the roots of quack grass are dug in 

 times of scarcity of fodder for cattle feed. 



President Pell adverted to modern science in feeding stock, and 

 the actual success by appropriate keeping, feeding, and in figure, 

 flesh, fat and bone of stock. 



Mr. Solon Robinson moved continuance of the question of "sum- 

 mer feed of stock" to next meeting. 



Alanson Nash, Esq. — And I move to add "feed of man too.'' 



The Club adjourned- H. MEIGS, Secretary, 



June 17lh, 1855. 



Present — Messrs. John W. Hanford, of Williarasbui-gh, Solon 

 Kobinson, T. W. Field, of Brooklyn ; J. Payne Lowe, Darling, 

 Wheelan, Evans, Van Wyck, Alanson Nash, and others, 23 in 

 all. 



Dr. Waterbury in the chair. Henry Meigs, Secretary. 



The Secretary read the following translations and extracts made 

 by him from works received by the Institute from Europe by the 

 last steamer : 



