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they can be made rapidly. These barrels have straight sides. It 

 is claimed that they will hold petroleum and alcohol better than 

 iron, and that they can be used for any purpose required of any 

 other vessel. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — The members of the club have been so 

 much attracted by this invention, that no time is left for discussing 

 the '"ubject appointed for the first week in spring. I hope it will 

 be laid over for the next meeting. 



«g Winter Gardening. 



Mr. C. Taber Brooklyn, L, I. — It is a mistake that all garden 

 operations should be left until Spring. Several things can just as 

 well be done now as then, some better. Manure may be spread 

 around the fruit trees and shrubbery, among currant, goosberry, 

 raspberry, and blackberry bushes, over asparagus, rhubarb, and 

 strawberry beds, as well as on the grass plots or lawn, using very 

 fine for the latter. The manure will be advantageous as a mulch, 

 while the Winter rains will carry the soluble portions into the 

 soil, ready to be taken up by the rootlets in Spring. Stakes 

 will be needed next Summer for raspberries and blackberries, 

 trellises for grapes, poles for dahlias, &c., and these can be pre- 

 pared, in part, at least, now. Grape vines, currant, goosberry, 

 roses, honey-suckles, and other shrubbery, may now be pruned, 

 and cuttings made for increasing the stock,' burying them in the 

 cellar, until Spring. A hot bed will be wanted in February or 

 March, and the sashes and frame should be in readiness. The seed 

 box should be overhauled, and a memorandum made of the needed 

 additions. It is always best to purchase seeds early, while there 

 is a good stock to select from. Look over the vegetables in the 

 cellar, and select some of the best for seed. Home grown seeds 

 should always take the precedence over those obtained from the 

 stores. Decide upon the tools wanted, and procure them before 

 the best have been selected. 



Lice on Cattle. 



Ed. Payne, Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y. I make a large wood pipe 

 with a stem of elder; put a live coal in the bottom, fill with cheap 

 plug tobacco; then blow, but not draw, the smoke over every part 

 of the animal ; meanwhile have a blanket to keep the smoke con- 

 fined in the hair this should be repeated once a week, three times. 



