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make is, that the names of the State men be printed in, and no blanks 

 left, so that we will have a neat and complete poster. 



I want to partially approve of the postal card advertising as it 

 is sent out; we want a little change in that. It says "You are noti- 

 fied." Just leave the "you" out so that it can be filled in "you and 

 your family' or "your friends," or something of that kind. 



The CHAIRMAN: We will now take up the first number upon 

 our program for this afternoon, "Doubling Crops in Market Garden- 

 ing," by the Hon. R. F. Schwarz, of Analomink. 



(NOTE. — It was understood by the stenographer that Mr. Schwarz 

 would furnish a copy of his address for this Bulletin, but up to the 

 date of going to the printer Mr. Schwarz had not been able to fur- 

 nish the Department with the copy.) 



(NOTE. — Owing to having met with a severe accident, Dr. I. A. 

 Thayer, of New Castle, could not be present to present his paper, 

 as per program, "Tile Draining: Why and How.") 



The CHAIRMAN: We will now take up No. 3 upon the program: 

 "Growing Early Vegetable Plants," by Prof. R. L. Watts, Scalp 

 Level. Pa. 



The following paper was then presented by Prof Watts: 



GROWING EARLY VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



Pkof. R. L. Watts, Scalp Level, Pa. 



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(The lecture delivered by Prof. Watts was illustrated so far as 

 possible by photographs and actual plant specimens brought from 

 his home. No manuscript was used and the paper which has since 

 been prepared discusses briefly some essential points which were 

 not considered in the lecture on "Market Gardening," given at the 

 last Farmers' Normal Institute, published in the Proceedings of 

 the Normal Institute Bulletin, No. 131, page 191.) 



Importance of Early Vegetable Plants. 



The importance of early vegetable plants is not half appreciated 

 in most localities. Nine-tenths or more of the farmers of our State 

 do not know anything about the luxury of having real early vegeta 



