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and placed in a heap and left exposed to the weather, and if it 

 will benefit the land the effects of it can then be seen. When it 

 is found to be beneficial it can be spread over the surface. Analy- 

 sis of soils had not furnished any great beneficial results. If 

 land can be so far renovated as to produce clover, it is the fault 

 of the farmer if he does not keep it good. Marl he had recom- 

 mended so often that he would not say anything about that. 



Mr. Lawton moved that Prof. Mapes be invited to deliver a 

 course of lectures upon the subject of manures. 



Mr. Pardee seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. 



Prof. Mapes accepted the invitation, with the understanding 

 that his lectures should precede the regular subject for dis- 

 cussion. 



The subject selected for the next meeting was " manures and 

 spring planting." 



Adjourned. 



JOHN BRUCE, Secretary pro tern. 



April 8, 1861. 

 Mr. Wm. Lawton, of New Rochelle, in the chair. 



FROm THE LONDON FARMER's MA8AZINE, MARCH, 1861, ON RAIN 

 WATER, fcC, 



By Cuthhert W. Johnson, F. R. S. 



Size of rain drops, one-twenty-fifth to one-third of an inch in 

 diameter, the shape is spherical. 



Water enough to cover the earth with five feet annually, is 

 chiefly taken from the torrid zone, and distributed in proper pro- 

 portions by the atmosphere. It is said that the evaporation in 

 Calcutta is fifteen feet annually, in the Bay of Bengal one inch 

 daily. 



The composition of the atmosphere, at a mean pressure, is as 

 follows : 



By weight. By measare. 



Nitrogen gas _ 75.05 75.55 



Oxygen gas 21.00 23.32 



Aqueous vapor 1.42 1.03 



Carbonic acid gas 0.08 0.10 



We all know how promptly this aqueous vapor can be seen, by 

 pouring cold water into a glass it will be immediately condensed oe 

 the outside. 



