ing held at this house and also of the last regular meeting. 4. Vote on 

 proposed members. 5. Reports of the various committees. 



(a) The committee of delegates to a recent anti-saloon league conven- 

 tion, 



(b) The peace committee. A committee appointed to inform the 

 senator of this State of the favorable attitude of this club toward the 

 peace treaties, then pending in Congress. 



(c) The committee appointed to prepare a memorial to the deceased 

 daughter of two of the members. 



(d) The forethought committee, whose advice to the club was to trim 

 the grape vines, to have oxate of lead ready to spray them, etc., regarding 

 blackberries and rhubarb and vegetables. 



6. One of the members told of a recent visit to Bermuda, and described 

 the way its farmers raised three crops of potatoes a year, and perform 

 other like agricultural miracles. 



7. Questions and discussion. 



(a) "I should like to read a letter from a student of the Maryland 

 Agricultural College, who would like a job for the summer. Will any- 

 one need the help of such a young man?" 



(b) "We are going to build a tenant house. Should we build a cellar 

 under it? The tenants will probably not keep it sanitary. Will such a 

 cellar do more harm than good?" 



This was discussed pro and con, the pros having it. 



(c) "Has anybody been able to keep cabbage this winter?" Some 

 have by putting leaves on it. 



(d) "What kind of asparagus root would you plant? How old should 

 it be? How should one plant it? " 



(Answer too technical for the investigators to grasp.) 



(e) "If cider freezes will it make vinegar?" Better get some "new 

 mother" and put in it. 



(/") "Has any one any hens setting?" No, not even laying. 



(g) "How should I make rebellious cream butter?" Use buttermilk 

 as a starter. 



(h) "I have a colored man who has been forty-five years on my place. 

 Several years now he has not been able to do a half a man's work. I 

 have continued to pay him full wages, higher than most farm hands 

 receive in this district. He has never saved any of his money nor made 

 any attempt to do so. He is now 65 years old. Living with him are his 

 wife, daughter and mother-in-law, who all depend upon him for support. 

 Shall I continue to pay this man his full wages, shall I turn him out or 

 what shall I do with him? " 



Here was indeed a fine ethical question, which was discussed at some 

 length without arriving at any definite conclusion, but it was the sense 



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