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E. C. Thayer thought that, on general principles, manure ought to be applied 

 broadcast over the surface of the ground, and not exclusively right around the 

 tree or plant. He thought there was very little loss by leaching. 



C. H. Farnum approved of broadcasting barn-yard manure, and spoke of a 

 grape root reaching out twenty -four feet towards the barn-yard. 



C. Hemingway would manure berry plants by spreading broadcast. 



The president said that the kind of fertilizer should be considered ; that 

 there is an immense waste of barn-yard manure by washing, which ought to 

 be prevented. 



The secretary recommended turning the soil between raspberry roots twice 

 a year, with a light moldboard plow. Trim out all canes and superfluous suck- 

 ers soon after fruiting, turn a furrow from the row, apply the manure in this 

 furrow, and then plow the entire space between the rows, throwing the soil 

 towards the row. The following spring back-furrow the space and cultivate 

 level. 



M. A. Harrington thought that fertilizers ought to be spread broadcast and 

 covered with earth. 



C. H. Farnum broadcasts barn-yard manure in the fall, and lets it lie till 

 spring. He does not think that the beneficial results of manuring on sandy 

 soil extend beyond one year. 



0. E. Mead thought that manure ought to be applied broadcast, but that the 

 important question was, where to get the manure. 



H. A. Woodruff recommended the use of salt as a preventive of rust in 

 blackberries. He had used it with success 



Mr. Mead spoke of a party's having used salt successfully as a preventive of 

 rust. He said that blackberries would stand five hundred pounds to the acre. 



S. Cook said that he had applied 25 bushels of salt to the acre, but that it 

 did not stop the rust in his blackberries. 



Mr. Woodruff would remove rusty plants as soon as they appear. 



Mr. Farnum said that he had removed rusty blackberry shoots and got new, 

 healthy ones in their place. 



H. Merry spoke of seeing rusty canes and apparently healthy ones in the 

 same hill, from which it might be inferred that the root was not affected. 



March 2, 1886. 



E. Morrill spoke about Fruit Exchanges, saying: that the object was to bring 

 fruit-raisers and buyers together, and that the great stumbling-block was lack 

 of organization. He was willing to go into such an organization if the better 

 class of fruit-growers would go into it. 



Mr. Antisdale favored investigation and agitation of the subject. 



B. C. Thayer thought the present system was far from satisfactory, and was 

 in favor of trying: the proposed new organization. 



Messrs. W. L. Kane, A. M. Halsted, 0. E. Mead, G. N. Lord, H. A. Wood- 

 ruff, and C. W. Whitehead spoke in favor of such an organization. 



Mr. Kane said that the fruit of this exchange would make for itself a better 

 market; that there is no such thing as over-production, except when poor fruit 

 is sent. Good fruit always brings good prices. A certain brand will get a 



