PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' S CLUB. lOl 



addressing the writer, with stamped envelope, rc-directed, 

 enclosed." 



Mr. J. H. Holdsworth writes from Long Branch, Monroe county, 

 Mo., that " timothy and clover grow as m'cII there as at Great 

 Neck, L. I. I cut, last year, 40 tons from 20 acres. Potatoes 

 grow well here ; but the old Missourians despise them as a Yankee 

 dish, and prefer to eat corn. From three to five bushels of pota- 

 toes is a large crop for most farmers here. This is a good country 

 for farming. The great pull-back is that 19 out of 20 are either 

 rebel or copperhead, and it has been rather a hot place for the 

 Union men the last four j^ears, and the treachery of A. Johnson 

 has not helped us any." 



Mr. J. S. "Williston, Washington, D. C. — "There is a good 

 opening for farmers on the line of railroad between Washington 

 and Baltimore. I would like to see northern men come in. Land 

 is low, with an upward tendency. Fai*ms can be bought from $20 

 to $60 per acre ; improvements poor. Soil, sandy loam, a good 

 deal of gravel ; can be made to raise very heavy crops. Fruit of 

 every kind does Avell — apples not so well as further North. One 

 man that joins me has put out 20 acres of strawberries this spring." 



Adjourned. 



May 8, 1866. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair — John W. Chambers, Secretary, 



How TO SECURE A CROP OF PlUMS. 



Mr. Hugh McConnell, Ontario, Ohio : As the time for looking 

 to fruit trees is around again, will you allow me to give you my 

 experience in plum raising for the last ten or twelve years. The 

 method I recommend has not failed in a single instance. I sprinkle 

 the trees with sulphur once every week, or mix with water and 

 throw it on with a syringe, or some other way, commencing as 

 soon as the plum is shaped, and continue on in the same treatment 

 till the seed is hard. The smell of sulphur in the tree will pre- 

 vent the insect from injuring the fruit. 



Bees. 



Mr. D. C. Hunt, of Sturbridge, Vt., gave the following as the 

 result of his experience in bee-keeping during the past year: "On 

 the 20th of March, 1805, I took twenty stocks of bees, all Italian. 



