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use of this crusher. The cost of the implement was 
about £10 for a heavy one, and £5 for a light one ; and 
he thought the light one would generally be sufficient. 
There was a singular fact, to which Mr. Thorp had not 
adverted, which he would just mention. In Devonshire, 
where the Red Sand stone soil prevailed, the apples grown 
produced cyder possessing both a stronger body and a 
higher flavour than those which were not gro\vn on such 
soils. He was sorry that Mr. Thorp had left out this 
encouragement to the cyder trade, and this encourage- 
ment to the landlord to grow apples. 
Earl FiTZWiLLiAM inquired whether the instrument 
described by Mr. Barnes pressed the soil, or it only 
pressed the furrows ? 
Mr. Barnes. — It only presses the furrows. 
Earl FiTzwiLLiAM said he thought it would be of very 
great use on all the limestone soils. 
Mr. Charles Morton said it was a matter of gratifi- 
cation to himself and all who were friendly to the society, 
that Mr. Thorp should have undertaken to show the 
connection between Agriculture and Geology, because it 
interested a very large and very influential class who had 
hitherto withheld their support from the society. He 
did not recollect having seen at the meetings of this 
society many agriculturists before to-day. Its members 
had chiefly been connected with coal and iron mining. 
This was very much to be regretted, and he hailed the 
very able paper which Mr. Thorp had read that day as 
an inducement to those gentlemen to come amongst the 
members of the society, and he hoped they would soon 
join them. He thought they must have seen by the 
