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Lime can settle down through soil by the mere action of water. 

 In Jersey it had been frequently known to settle through a sub- 

 soil. Should this difficulty occur, it may be readily arrested by 

 deep plowing, which will bring the lime to the surface. 



At the next meeting Prof. Mapes purposed treating of potash, 

 and its influence in agricultural operations. 



Adjourned. 



Jpril 29, 1861. 

 Mr. Gale in the chair. 



WATER-WHEEL. 



Mr. Jonas Smith exhibited and explained a new water-wheel, 

 submerged, and with a central discharge. It is so constructed 

 that a small sheet of water is applied in as good a form as a 

 large sheet, and is applied at the circumference of the wheel, 

 adapting this water-wheel to a very small supply of water. It 

 may be furnished for $50 or even less, and will furnish a conve- 

 nient power for churning, washing, turning grindstones, thresh- 

 ing, &c. Wheels of more than nine inches in diameter, will cost 

 more. 



SOD SEEDER AND BROAD-CAST SOWING MACHINE. 



Mr, John B. Duane, exhibited and explained a model of a new 

 agricultural implement, costing about the same as a mowing ma- 

 chine, which cultivates, sows, covers, rolls, and sows plaster or 

 other manure, at one operation. [For description of the machine 

 and its operation, see report of Polytechnic Association, of April 

 25, and of May 1st.]- 



SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND OTHER MANURES. 



Mr. Bruce read a letter from North Blackstone, Mass., inquiring 

 what is the best way to use slaughter house manure. 



Mr. Carpenter. — It should be mixed with earth, so that it be 

 not too much exposed to the atmosphere. 



Prof. Nash we waste as many millions worth of that manure 

 as we buy of guano ; and it can be saved and applied to the soil 

 for less than half the money which we pay for guano. In the 

 country the farmers should join together and make a contract 

 with the butcher to preserve it it for them, as it cannot be ap- 

 plied from week to week. The offensive effluvia can be preven- 

 ted by mixing it with large quantities of peat, dried swamp 



