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Mr. Van Hougliton stated some experiments of his with the 

 artificial and other fertilizers, superphosphate of lime of Prof. 

 Mapes' factory, of which he spoke most favorably, giiano, etc., 

 and of his practice of plowing his lands^Az^e or six times and indeed 

 as often as he could. 



Mr. Meigs remarked that three hundred years ago Torello of 

 Italy, broached and practised the doctrine of eight deep plowings 

 a year, and that he found it more productive on one acre than one 

 shallow plowing on eight acres a year. 



Mr. Olcott spoke of the practice of a Syracuse farmer whose 

 stock was in fine order by using carrots from February or March 

 till May or June. The effect was to smooth and loosen the hide 

 and establish health, and the abundant proofs of this leave no 

 doubt of the high value, recently proved, of carrots as food for 

 stock, independently of its immense superiority in quantity per 

 acre to oats or any grain whatever. 



Dr. Wellington adverted to the decided profit made by a farmer 

 of his acquaintance, who raised five thousand bushels of all sorts 

 of roots per annum, fine crops of them and made money. He is 

 well off at the roots, and crowns too. He has earned and he 

 deserves it. 



Eev. Mr. White, of Staten Island — I keep but three horses, 

 which I feed each with two quarts of what is called here " ship- 

 stuff," three pints of oats and two quarts of carrots, chopped. 

 Potatoes seem to me to produce the same effect as the carrots on 

 loosening and smoothing the skin. I always give some hay too. 



Dr. Waterbury stated some of his experiments with the chemi- 

 cal manures, according to Liebig, etc. The land which he paid 

 $20 an acre for was advanced to $100 in a few years. 



A Member — Town lots. Doctor ? 



Dr. Waterbury — No sir, mere farm land. 



Mr. Lawton distributed a hundred or two of raspberry rooted 

 canes, so hardy that they have not been the least affected by the 

 severe winters in fifteen years. The fruit is red and plenty. Its 

 great value consists in this — that it requires no care in laying it 

 down, covering it with straw, or anything whatever. 



