Solon  Robinson— But  sir,  where  the  land  is  worth  the  trouble
and  expense  of  fencing,  there  soiling  is  best— otherwise  grazing
or  pasturing,  of  course.
Mr.  Kimball — Some  say  labor  hurts  the  milk  of  the  cow.  I
saw  cows  continually  at  work  in  Germany,  and  the  women  too
out  doors,  while  men  (they  were  or  had  been  soldiers  chiefly,)
were  then  playing  old  soldier  in  the  taverns,  drinking  lager  bier
perhaps.  The  rye  I  saw  there  was  taller  in  one  field  than  an
officer  six  feet  four  inches  high  with  his  hat  on,  and  right  excel-
lent bread  was  made  of  the  grain.  The  cows  were  as  well  lodged
as  the  people.    The  bam  on  one  side,  house  on  the  other,  both


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equally  neat  and  clean,  made  of  stout  timber,  frame  heavily
filled  in  with  bricks,  and  the  timbers  all  whitewashed,  showing
in  contrast  ^ith  the  red  bricks,  the  posts,  braces  and  girders  of
the  buildings.  Except  a  little  ammonia  in  the  bam,  one  was  as
well  off  there  as  in  4he  extremely  neat  dwelling  opposite.  The
young  men  employed  at  hard  study  in  the  schools  during  fore-
noon, were  ajl  hard  at  work  in  the  afternoon,  showing  robust
health.
The  Club  then  adjourned^  *

H.  MEIGS,  Secretary.
July  I69 1856.
Present — Mes^.  Solon  Robinsoo,  Dr.  Waterbury,  Adrian  Ber-
gen, of  Gowanus,  L.  I.,  Charles  F.  Loosey,  Consul  Goneral
of  Austria,  James  K^  Fisher,  Mons.  Charles  Louis  Lezare  Oli-
vier Marie,  of  Paris,  and  his  friend  Mr.  Mitchell,  introduced  by
Mr.  James  Kentish,  of  New-York,  Frederick  W.  Geissenhainer,
Jr.,  Dr.  Smith,  J.  Slakeney  Auld,  Esq.,  and  others.
Mr.    Adrian-  Bergen,    of    Gowanus,    L    I.,    in    the   chair.
Henry  Meigs,  Secretary.
Miscellaneous  business  first  according  to  the  standing  rule  of
the  club.
