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Mr. Murtfeldt. — My daughter has discovered them on mig- 

 nonette. 



Dr. Thomas. — I have tried every remedy that could be thought of 

 to drive them away or destroy them, but have found quite all to fail. 

 Brine was the only thing that seemed to check them, and that only 

 temporarily ; I have watched them eating away quite unconcerned when 

 they were buried in slaked-lime dust. There are methods which I think, 

 if followed, will quite rid us of this pest, and I will endeavor to discover 

 to you more of this matter to-morrow evening in my lecture on ^^Life in 

 Little Things y 



SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 



The President announced the following committees : 

 On Fruits on Exhibition. — Messrs. McWhorter, Nelson and Earle. 

 On Final Resolutions. — Messrs. Emery, Ridings and Webster. 

 On Obituaries. — Parker Earle. 



On President s Address. — Dr. Humphrey and Messrs. Robison and 

 Bailer. 



DISCUSSION RESUMED. 



Mr. Galusha. — I cannot agree with the statement in the report of 

 the Third District, that "the Turner raspberry is the lazy-man's berry." 



The Turner is a wonderful grower, and throws up such multitudes 

 of suckers as to cover the ground and prevent fruitage, unless kept in 

 narrow rows and thoroughly cultivated. A neighbor of mine tried an 

 experiment this year on his patch of Turners, thus : all the rows having 

 been heretofore treated alike, he manured all as usual last winter; and 

 during spring and until the berries began to ripen he thoroughly 

 cultivated a part of the rows, while he merely plowed the others once, 

 as is the usual custom to do to keep the young plants between the rows 

 in check. The result was a good crop of good fair berries on the portion 

 once plowed, but a much larger crop of the largest Turners I ever saw 

 on the cultivated portion. If grown by a lazy man who would not even 

 manure and plow, he would have a patch of lazy-man's brush, but few 

 lazy-man's berries, and those of an inferior size. 



J. S. Johnson. — By lazy man I meant one who would give only ordi- 

 nary cultivation; and that the Turner would give good fruit with such 

 care. 



Dr. Humphrey. — I wish to say that in my county (Knox) apples 

 were a failure the past season ; they did not bloom. My trees are eleven 

 years old, but I did not get three bushels of good sound winter apples. 



