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matrimonial infelicities ; and as an educator of and companion for his 

 children, of whom he left six very promising ones, his equal, I am 

 confident, could not readily be found. Another of his distinguishing 

 and charming characteristics was the cheerful spirit he maintained 

 under misfortune and in the darkness of disappointment. He knew 

 well how fortune looked when she frowned, but he never permitted 

 his soul to be disquieted within him. He saw in every cloud, no 

 matter how black, a silver lining. He seemed to be sustained by an 

 unfaltering trust, and, to one easily cast down, his perj)etual bravery 

 was a perpetual mystery, and a not-to-be-forgotten lesson ; and also, 

 when his sky cleared, and success came, he kept the even tenor of his 

 lovely home life, and though he is dead now, the wholesome fireside 

 influence he exerted upon the interesting children who survive him, 

 and upon the friends who knew him best, cannot be measured. 



Mr. G. B. Weeks — I knew Mr. Lyman as a dairyman. He used 

 always to attend our sessions of the National Dairymen's Association 

 at Utica. He was present at our latest meeting, and spoke interest- 

 ingly. The dairymen of Central New York will feel that they 

 have suffered a severe personal loss. 



Mr. Alfred Greenleaf — I came here as a duty. I wished to 

 impress upon my own heart the lesson this sudden death teaches, 

 namely, the necessity of doing quickly what we have to do. It will 

 be well for each and every one of us, if — as was the case with Mr. 

 Lyman — we leave the world better than we found it. 



The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



Adjourned. 



February 6, 1872. 



Nathan C. Ely, Esq., in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



Lime as Top Dressing. 



Mr. D. C. Bruce, Cumberland, Md. — I would like to be correctly 

 informed as to the propriety of top-dressing meadow or grass land 

 with lime ; if so, what quantity should I apply to the acre ? I have 

 not a sufficient quantity of stable manure to apply to all my mead- 

 ows, and as lime is cheap,. costing but seven to eight cents per bushel,, 

 and within two miles of my firm on a good road, if it would be of 

 advantage to use it, I could very readily and cheaply supply all my 

 wants. I take great interest in reading every week the proceedings 

 of the " Farmers' Club," and have derived great advantage from it- 



