314 TEANSACTIONS OF THE 



J. T. Johnson — Is it a gain as to time of maturing to plant the 

 potato very early, provided it lays for several days longer before 

 sprouting? 



L. S. Dennis — Possibly it is; as a neighbor who is always early, 

 is seemingly as much in advance at ripening as he is at planting, 

 although later planting seems to grow more rapidly. 



W. W. Chittenden — Have recently read an article on using 

 whole potatoes of medium size for planting. What say you all? 



Mr. Hilton — The condition of your land, the kind of season, and 

 the manner of cultivation have more to do with the crop than does 

 the condition of seed. I have never done better than when I planted 



single eyes. 



CLOVEK. 



C.N.Dennis — The question is asked, "Is clover a biennial 

 plant." If so, when and under what circumstances will it appear 

 differently? Instance a 200-acre pasture (of Col. B. F. Marsh's) that 

 has been pastured the past two years too close to seed, and now the 

 young clover is showing very plentifully. How is this? 



A. C. Hammond — Once a crop of clover seed is in the land, it 

 may lie dormant several years awaiting a favorable opportunity to 

 come up. 



Mr. Hilton — By lateral branches clover makes seed when we 

 are not aware of it. 



Mr. Chittenden — If you wish to grow feed your stock will eat 

 up clean, without waste, double seed your clover and timothy. It 

 will cost for seed, but your hay will not be coarse stalks, to be re- 

 fused by your stock, your crop will yield largely of palatable and nu- 

 tritious food, to be eaten up clean. 



The time to harvest the hay crop is when a very few of the 

 heads are ripened. 



MAY MEETING. 



ORCHARDS. 



In response to a call for committee reports, Mr. Leeper said : The 

 outlook is not very encouraging. My old orchards that bore last 

 year did not bloom this spring, but a young orchard has set well. I 



