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grow. My neighbor took up a patch two rods square, cleared off 

 the turf, and made beds a foot square, and in each of them put seeds 

 and covered them with straw and they have done finely. 



In reply to an inquiry of the secretary in regard to the use of 

 marine manures in his section, he spoke of the application of a mix- 

 ture of muck and eel-grass and rock- weed ; also, the pogy — a fish 

 cauo-ht in immense numbers on the coast for its oil, and afterwards 

 used very successfully as a top-dressing to the soil. Crops have 

 been much improved by mixing the pogy-chum with gravel and 

 ploughing it in. It is a remarkable fact that the coarse wire-grass 

 has given place to herds-grass by the use of the pogy-chum. The 

 chum could formerly be obtained at twelve and one-half cents per 

 barrel ; but since, its use as a manure, it has risen to one dollar per 

 barrel. Mr. W. said the effect of muscle-bed manure also was very 

 marked. In the winter of 1889 his father had a piece of clay land 

 •which grew nothing but white weed. He hauled on one hundred 

 loads of muscle bed, which killed out the white weed, and herds 

 grass came up profusely in its place. Nothing but herds grass has 

 grown on the land since then until lately, when the white weed 

 again made its appearance. The ground was not seeded at all. 



Mr. Dill of North Franklin, was not prepared to discuss the 

 topic presented, but would speak of his society. Its condition is 

 improving. Have not, as yet, been able to locate, although the 

 subject is in agitation. Its geographical situation is not favorable 

 to location. The notion among us that farming does not pay is 

 nearly exploded. He cited several instances of successful farming. 

 One man cleared twelve hundred dollars this year on his farm. 

 Improvement is going on, not only in the farms, but among the 

 people. They are waking up to their true interests. 



Mr. D. presented the following statistics of exports from Franklin 

 county, based upon an average of several years, as follows : 

 75,000 sheep. 



200,000 pounds wool, - - - $70,000 



20,000 wool-skins, - - - 15,000 



30,000 lambs, - - - 45,000 



4,000 cattle, - - - 100,000 



200 horses, - - - 20,000 



120.000 pounds clover seed, - - 15,000 



