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Mr. Lyman: Yes, but he might have got a great deal 

 richer than that if he had used something else. 



A Member : He grew the very best peaches. I am nota 

 an advocate of stable manure, but in this case it did very 

 good work. 



Mr. Lyman: Yes, and that fellow ought to keep on the 

 way he is going. 



A Member : Well, he kept on the way he was going, and 

 he died very well off for a farmer. 



A Member : That reminds me of the story of a .German 

 who was sick with a certain disease. He had a doctor, and 

 the doctor told him that he must not eat sauerkraut. The 

 doctor left instructions with his wife to give him certain 

 medicine, but to give him no sauerkraut. After the doctor 

 was gone, the German said to his wife "I will never be easy 

 until I have a plate of sauerkraut, because I could not die 

 easy without some." So she gave him some sauerkraut, and, 

 to her surprise, he got better. Then she called up the doctor, 

 got him out of bed, told him what she had done, and asked 

 him to come quick. The doctor came and he was very much 

 surprised to find the man better. So the doctor made a note 

 of this, that sauerkraut was a sure cure for that certain dis- 

 ease. A little while afterwards he had a case of the same dis- 

 ease in a Irishman, and he prescribed sauerkraut. Immedi- 

 ately afterwards the Iirishman died. Then he made a note in 

 his book: "Sauerkraut sure death to Irishmen." (Laughter.) 



Mr. Lyman : There are exception^ to all rules. That 

 story emphasizes the fact. 



Q. Did you put that acid phosphate on clear for pota- 

 toes? 



Mr. Lyman : I never said any such thing. Oh no. I 

 would not any more, than I would nitrate of soda. Look out 

 for nitrate on your peach trees alone. 



Q. I was speaking of it on potatoes. 



