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of finciipss. The coarsest portion would be of more benefit to a 

 crop four years hence than the present year. In our opinion there 

 is no better nor cheaper manure than l)one flour. 



Training Peach Trees Low. 

 D. H. Cole, Memphis, Mich. — "For five years I have succeeded 

 in getting a crap of peaches every year. I plant the trees close 

 together, train the limbs within one foot of the ground, and upon 

 each side of each row, and across the ends, build a board fence 

 eighteen inches high. The space inclosed is sixteen feet wide. 

 In winter the top is covered with ])oards or slabs, and it might be 

 with poles, and straw or brush. Sometimes I lay the boards over 

 ct night, in blossoming time. If you are in a section where the 

 snow falls deep, plant your trees where the drifts form highest. 

 Train your tops in the same way, and in the fall place supports 

 under the limbs, such as chunks of wood, or anything you please, 

 to prevent them from breaking. Peaches can be grown, with a 

 little pains, in any part of the United States." 



Garnet Chili Potato. 



Ecv. Henry Ward Beecher stated that he had experimented with 

 the Garnet Chili potato the last season. He considered this 

 variety an earlier potato than the Dykeman by at least ten days. 

 It is a thorough winter potato, improving as it approaches the 

 spring. 



Dr. Ward asked if the gentleman had tried Goodrich's seedling, 

 as this potato has the same characteristics as the Garnet Chili. 



Mr. Beecher replied, he had planted some of that variety, and 

 would be able to report next season. 



Adjourned. 



Kansas and Nebraska. 

 The followins; interesting: and instructive letter from a member, 

 Dr. J. V. C. Smith, now traveling in Kansas and Nebraska, was 



read before this club : 



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To the President of the Farmers' Club : 



Dear Sir — While attending the club during the past winter, so 

 many curious facts were presented in illustration of the science of 

 agriculture, that while passing over this maguiliceut region of 

 Kansas and Nebraska, the thought struck me that it might be 

 quite proper to address you in regard to the actual appearance, 



