PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMEKS' CLUB. 271 



November 20, 1866. 

 Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Sec'y. 



Osier Willow. 

 Mr. "VV. R. Prince, Fliishing,^sent twelve bunches of osier willow 

 cuttings for distribution among the members of the club, which 

 should be stuck out along the banks of rivex-s when there is danger 

 of the soil being washed away. Mr. Prince sent also six golden 

 Japan quinces for gratuitous distribution; also a very large green 

 Japan quince, and some Osage orange seed. Besides these he sent 

 one hundred tubers of the Chinese yam, which he proposes to 

 show, by demonstration, to be the greatest agricultural boon from 

 God to man. 



Rhode Island Sweet Corn. 



Mr. James B. Olcott, East Greenwich, R. I., forwarded two barrels 

 of seed sweet corn for distribution among farmers and others. 



Pie says: I think the variety the best in the world, and want every- 

 body to have it. I think it ought to drive out every other variety. I 

 have tested a dozen sorts, and marvel that people will eat such 

 tnish as some kinds are. 



Storing and Handling Hay. 



Mr. James B. Olcott says: The question of storing and hand- 

 ling hay is one upon which we need more discussion, greater light. 

 The people further Avest have some good notions. Professional 

 builders do not fully realize the necessities of the case. There 

 undoubtedly is a form of internal arrangement for barns and 

 stables — cheap, convenient and comfortable — to be worked up to 

 after a world-full of costly experience. I say cheap, because by- 

 and-by we shall learn to build durably — convenient, for that is 

 cheaper — and comfortable, for both man and beast, for that is 

 monej^ saved. Shall we ever press our hay in bales before 

 storing — thus altering the shape of our barns entirely? Will 

 some one yet o;ive us a tremendous "beater" fixture which shall 

 stamp fifty tuns of hay into a tithe of the room we now give it ? 



Potatoes. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter exhibits the " Calico potato," one of 

 Goodrich's seedlings, of which he speaks highly. 



Mr. James P. Kclscy, Lancaster, Penn., recommends highly a 

 new sort called Shaker Fancy potatoes. He obtained twenty-five 



