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soil for potatoes. I have never used anything but barnyard manure, 

 but 1 used it freely. I used twenty tons to the aciT, and I have found 

 that it pays. It must be rotted. A potato does not want coarse manure. 



Mr. Howland: I do not thinlj anything should be given in this society 

 that is not founded on facts. We should not endorse anything that we 

 can not prove to be true. My experience tells me that the ground should 

 be broken for the potato that you plant in .June, just as soon as it can 

 be broken in the spring. I would have it broken just as soon as it becomes 

 dry enough to break. It is far better than to wait until the first or tenth 

 of June to break it. I should have it broken just as soon as it is in good 

 condition to break. It will then retain the moisture better all summer on 

 account of its being broken early in the spring, and if you keep stirring it 

 on top I think you will have a better crop, because very frequently, if 

 you wait until .June the ground will be dry and will remain dry all the 

 time, and then your potato crop will not be good. So don't forget this. 

 Break the ground in the spring just as soon as it is in a condition to 

 break, and keep it stirred on top. 



My friend over there talked about the scab that he had on his potatoes. 

 He thinks that he has a preparation that will remove it. Well, maybe he 

 has. I hope he has. So. have I. I haven't one like he has. Mine is to 

 change the potatoes' ground. This is the same thing as the spraying 

 business. It is a mysterious affair. Some will tell you that they sprayed 

 and never had so many worms in their life. Another will tell you that 

 he sprayed and had a great success. The surroundings have as much 

 to do with this as the season. I think you had better spray. I do not 

 think there is any harm in it. 



President Stevens: I think this is about all the time we can devote to 

 this subject. The next on program is the report of the Committee on 

 Awards, by Mr. E. Y. Teas. 



' . E. Y. Teas: Your committee begs leave to make the following report 

 of awards:— 



APPLES FOR MARKET. 



Six varieties for market for Central Indiana. 

 S. T. S. Williams, Knightstown, first. 

 J. M. Zion, Clarks Hill, second. 



PLATES. 



Baldwin, ,T. M. Zion, first; Chris King, Rushville, second. 



Ben Davis, Chris King, first; Simpson & Son, Vincennes, second. 



Benoni. Chris King, first. 



Duchess of Oldenburg, Chris King, first. 



