344 TRANSACTIONS OP THE JO DAVIESS 



JUNE MEETING. 



The June meeting was held at Mrs. Clauer's. 



Mrs. Crummer read a full and well written paper upon Fruit- 

 Canning. She attached much importance to having the fruit ripe, 

 and perfect, and perfectly picked. Should be canned the same day 

 as harvested. Must not wait until the last end of the season for 

 canning if you desire a good article ; it must all he done in the nicest 

 and daintiest manner. Use silver, not iron spoons. 



Mr. Hallett spoke of the rapid increase in demand for and sup- 

 ply of fruit. He remembered the first barrel of apples he had ever 

 seen. 



JULY MEETING. 



The July meeting was held June 24th, at Mrs. Crummer's. 



A paper on Ornithology, by Edgar Hallett, was read. He was a 

 friend of the birds; he thought we only paid an honest debt when 

 we let the robin feed upon our cherries, for the same bird, a few 

 weeks before, had been seen carrying to his nest the grubs that were 

 wont to destroy our crops. Yet he acknowledged the English spar- 

 row an outlaw. 



The main business of the meeting was feasting upon Mrs. C.'s 

 magnificent strawberries with Jersey cream. All the members were 

 able to do good work in this department. 



AUGUST MEETING. 



The August meeting was held July 28th, at the Hallett Fruit 

 Farm. 



Some fine specimens of early Vermont potatoes were exhibited, 

 the same having been grown after red clover, as follows: the garden 

 had become so old by continued cropping in vegetables, depending 

 upon stable manure as a fertilizer, that potatoes could scarcely be 



