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feeding to cattle, to hogs and to poultry. It is very fattening, 

 particularly the Honolulu squash, and may be fed for a long time. 

 Any atmosphere that will keep sweet potatoes will keep pump- 

 kins. I paid $5 per pound for the seeds of the Honolulu squash 

 last year, and I believe they are worth it if they cannot be pro- 

 cured for less. It will probably produce more pounds from the 

 same seed than the mammoth varieties. 



Prof Nash. — It will cost twice as much per pound to raise one 

 squash weighing 100 pounds as to raise 10 squashes weighing the 

 same in the aggregate. With regard to raising pumpkins among 

 corn, I believe in the principle of one crop only in one year upon 

 the same soil. The better way is to plant the pumpkins by them- 

 selves, and to prune them so as to produce pumpkins instead of 

 pumpkin vines. I speak now of farming and not of gardening. 



Mr. Carpenter. — In planting pumpkins among corn, I never 

 could perceive any difference in the corn in the hills where the 

 pumpkins grew, so that I conclude it is not detrimental to the 

 crop of corn. I have seen three heavy crops, corn, turnips and 

 pumpkins on the same ground, each of which was sufficiently large 

 to satisfy any farmer for a single crop. What the effect upon the 

 soil is I cannot state, but I have never seen any detrimental 

 results from growing the three crops together. It is supposed 

 that turnips are not very exhausting, drawing most of their nutri- 

 ment from the atmosphere. 



Mr. John G. Bergen. — Culture of that kind is very common 

 among market gardeners; but the more crops you take off the 

 ground the more manure you must put on to keep the ground up. 

 The most profitable pumpkin that I have seen grown is the West 

 India or cheese pumpkin. It is not uncommon to sell |100 worth 

 per acre, besides feeding the small ones. The most profitable 

 squash I have found to be the early white scollop squash, not so 

 much for its quality as for its being so early. I have received 

 $400 per acre for this squash. 



TOUGH TURKIES. 



Mr. Pardee stated that tough turkies could be made tender by 

 steaming them an hour before baking. 



GAS STOVE. 



Mr. Pardee stated that the gas stove sold by Mr. Pierce, 806 

 Broadway, would heat a room at a cost of 1| cents per hour, 

 without any unpleasant smell. It seemed to be a great improve- 

 ment upon the common gas stoves. 



