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sample has been tested. And to say it is a theory would involve 
a question of whether it is solid or dense. 
Mr. Delaplaine. Do not understand me as making that state¬ 
ment. As soon as you can produce it for a dollar a ton, you will 
find all the railroads in the country using it, and furnishing all the 
money necessary to carry on the operation. 
Mr. Newton. I have already prepared for the manufacturing of 
it on a large scale, and if it proves to he successful, as I think it 
will, I will produce fuel for the whole city of Fond du Lac next 
year. 
Paper by Hon. Hanmer Bobbins was called for, upon u Trans¬ 
portation. ” 
Mr. Robbins said, 
Mr. President: I did propose to discuss the question of trans¬ 
portation here sometime during the session, but I am not ready 
now. I would like to present my subject about the time the 
interest question conies up. 
Adjourned until 2 o’clock, p. m. 
afternoon session. 
Mr. Benton asked if any gentleman had had experience with or¬ 
chard grass, and if so he wished to know the results of their 
knowledge as to its milk-producing qualities, &c., also what kind of 
grass will yield the most and lengthen out the time of pasturage, 
and make pasturage more rich and productive. 
Mr. Stilson said that in regard to mixing grasses, he thought it 
was an established fact that several varieties of grass will produce 
more than any one variety alone, hut in regard to orchard grass he 
had no experience. 
There seemed to he no gentleman present with experience on the 
subject, and the question was dropped. 
PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING. 
BY PROFESSOR JOHN W. STERLING, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, 
MADISON. 
The object of this paper is not only to give practical directions 
as to the best means of protection against lightning; hut also, and 
