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swill pail to the hog pen twenty rods or more away; cover 

 all dishes of food, and the swarm of hungry flies will seek 

 more prosperous fields. 



Flies in the barn are not only pests to us but doubly to our 

 animals. 



Kemove daily all droppings and litter and you will soon 

 wonder at results. 



Screens and curtains at windows and doors of stable will 

 make it a place of rest instead of torment. 



With the flies come the spiders, not enemies but friends — 

 not very loveable canny friends yet great helpers in the de- 

 struction of many insect pests. 



In this rambling talk there certainly is no Latin, but I hope 

 there may be found sense and point enough to emphasize 

 the two little words " tidy up." 



Prof. McGinnis, of Minnesota, was introduced, and re- 

 sponded in a graceful speech. 

 Pres. Smith — We will now listen to Mr. Kellogg. 



NEW VARIETIES OF SMALL FRUITS. 

 By GEO. J. KELLOGG, Janes^ville, Wis. 



Mr. President: — Your secretary has assigned me the above 

 topic, I will try and not weary you while recounting the 

 ivonders of creation. 



Of currants, nothing so marked in improvement as " Fay's 

 Prolific" — as large as cherry and five times as prolific — the 

 other wonder is, that after five years the price of plants 

 still remains so high, from 25c to 50c at retail. 



gooseberries. ' 



"Downing American Cluster" and " Smith's Imported," 

 are leading other varieties. 



" Industry," being of foreign birth, will probably succumb 

 to mildew. 



