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it is sulphate of lime it will dissolve, while flinty matter will not 
dissolve. 
Mr. Benton: Will your test detect clayey matter? Will not 
sandy-clayey matter dissolve in water almost like sugar? 
Professor Daniells: Clay will not dissolve in water any more 
than sand, hut it will take sometime to settle. 
Mr. Benton: It diffuses itself all through the water and colors it. 
Professor Daniells: It will settle after a time. It won’t dissolve. 
That you can tell by taking an ordinary piece of printed paper, and 
put the water in a funnel, and pour the water through it. If it is 
well mixed up, an ounce would represent a barrel. 
Mr. Benton: There is another question. If plaster is well 
ground and put into ordinarily good conditions of storage, does it 
deteriorate if kept over winter? 
Professor Daniells: I can’t see any reason-why plaster should— 
stucco would. Owing to the physical properties of gypsum, I don’t 
see how it could change. 
Mr. Allen: I think public opinion is, that it does deteriorate. I 
understand the Iowa plaster contains, from analysis, about 55 per 
cent, of sulphuric acid—15 of lime. Both of the Michigan plas¬ 
ters are 54 per cent. I forget the traces of lime in either of them. 
President Stilson: I have enjoyed a long connection with the 
State Agricultural Society, and those connected with it. The best 
understanding and feeling has prevailed, and I have enjoyed and 
learned much from our agricultural conventions and fairs. I must 
say that among them all I have not seen one where we got right 
down to work any better than we have to-day. I regret that I can¬ 
not remain with you until the close of the convention. Business 
calls me away to-night. 
RESOLUTIONS. 
Committee on resolutions reported as follows: 
Resolved , That the agricultural interests of the State of Wisconsin demand the 
establishment of an agricultural journal in the State, devoted especially to promot¬ 
ing its progress and prosperity, and that we as farmers and citizens of this common¬ 
wealth will do all in our power to support such a paper. 
Resolved , That w r e recommend the farmers of Wisconsin, to organize, as rapidly 
as possible, town fire insurance companies, as provided for in the statutes of the 
State, such insurance companies having proved both safe and beneficial by actual ex¬ 
perience for over three years. 
Resolved , That the forced resumption of specie payments will be both impolitic 
