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good variet}' of healthy food for the winter months, thereby saving 

 many a doctor's bill. The roots intended for winter nse should be 

 packed in dirt, in boxes and barrels, in the cellar. Thus kept they 

 are found always in a satisfactory condition, and prove acceptable 

 for daily use. 



It has been too much the custom for farmers to neglect their 

 gardens for field crops, depending almost exclusively upon their 

 wives to furnish them with the few vegetables which they (bur- 

 dened with many other cares and duties) may be able to procure. 

 Any man who expects his wife to do the work that he himself 

 shrinks from, should never have a wife or garden, and should never 

 know the satisfaction of sitting down to a table in midwinter well 

 supplied with nice crisp celery, carrots, cabbage, corn (canned or 

 dried), parsnips, turnips, squash, etc. These things can all be had 

 in abundance by any one who has the ground and determination to 

 secure these comforts for the use of his household. 



There is not a farmer present who would not cultivate an extra 

 acre of corn or grain if he could see profit in it. Then why not 

 cultivate a good garden and enjoy all the luxury of vegetables and 

 fruit that God's earth affords us. 



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MARCH MEETING. 



The Society met in their hall in Warsaw on the 21st day of 

 March, 1883. A good attendance of interested members took part 

 in the discussions, the special subject being postponed until next 

 month. 



Messrs. C. C. Hoppe and Secretary Johnson gave a brief account 

 of the habits and doings of that pest, the cabbage moth. These 

 gentlemen have been on the outlook, doing picket duty. The Sec- 

 retary had found a single moth on the move (in the house) on the 

 17th. Mr. Hoppe had destroyed many in their Avinter quarters under 

 and along the eaves of buildings. 



Mr. A. C. Hammond said: Our old apple trees are giving more 

 evidence of injury as the season advances, and many trees will 

 probably die. 



T. F. Leeper said: In my orchard of six hundred trees I have 

 only discovered one tree bark bursted, yet I think I shall have a short 

 crop of apples, as the fruit buds are in Inid condition. 



