PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE. 



IJKrOHT or TIIK COMMITTEK ON AlilMcri/riJlJK. 



Tlio (.'oiuniiltcH' on Aicrii'iiltuvc of the Ainciicaii Tii.siiditi' ros[)oct- 

 fiiliy n-poit — 



Tliat (lu'V take jxrcal pK-asiirc, in iutorniii)2: Uie Instituto tliut tho 

 Fanners' Ciuh, wliirli is innli-r iho iniinciljalc cliarirc of yowv Com- 

 uiittfi', have regularly held its wcokly nuH'lin<rs (luiiiiii: the \y,i>it year, 

 ami at whirh somk" of thv ('(miniittcc; lia\<' In-eii i)i('scMit at every 

 meet in 2:. 



-file atteiukuK'e lias been V( ry iuiniero\is, an<l a imniher of farmers 

 :\ud others from distant parts of our eomitry, Avho take an interest in 

 au'rienltural ini[)r()ver.ient, have vi.sited the Cluh during its discus- 

 sions, and have given the results of the experiments in this import- 

 Mit Iiraiieh of American indu:4ry. 



The doings of the Cluh have h{>eu fully re[)orted and publivshcd in 

 some r)f the leading jjapers of the city, and, to show how Avidely 

 these reports have lieen eircidated, the Secretary lias received many 

 hundred letters, from ditterent sections of the United States, asking 

 advice or furnishing the iTsnIts of experiments made by tl:e writers. 

 The ('<»nimittee cannot let this oi)portunity pass without acknowl- 

 edging their indebtedness to Mi". A\'m. K. Prince, of the Linnacn 

 Nurseries, Khi'^hing. for ovef thii-ty vaiieties of seeds of hardy, tlo\v- 

 ' ring ]ierenni;d plants and shrubs. These seeds have becMi put up 

 into small bags and di>tributed. The demand for these see<ls has 

 been so great that two humlred and tifty letters have been received 

 in one day containing applications for them. During the last sixty 

 <lays over 14..'itJ0 of these packages liavi» been gratuitously distiii)ute(l. 

 The Farnu rs' Clu!) was established in the year l>ii:5. and was tho 

 lir.st of its kind in this country. Its regulations are \cvy simple, ami 

 constant applications Ibr intormalion ar(^ made by jjersons desiring to 

 estaiilish similar fcocieties in various parts of oui- extended countiy, 

 'Ihe «liscussi(»n.' have been very irUeresting and inslruclive; many 

 of the persons taking a pas't in them an? kn«>wn as able ;)onioIogist3 

 and practical fanners. 



In addition t<» the discu-sion of miscellaiu'ous matti-rs, ilu- i'ollow- 

 ing subjects have occupied the attention of the Clu!) : 

 'Agrieultui-al implements and improved agric iilluia! marliineiy. 

 Cultivation of corn, wheat, potato:^, fruit and fruit trees. 



