74 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



experiment stations to take up this matter and see if this 

 fungus does travel down the stalk and into the tuber, and, 

 if it does, if cutting ofl' the stalk and burning it will pre- 

 vent its o-etting into the tuber. 



Dr. Thomas Palmek. I do not happen to be a farmer 

 working with my hands on my own acres, but, fortunately 

 or unfortunately, I have a little farm in the outskirts of the 

 town here. I made a little experiment in regard to the 

 time of planting potatoes last year and the present year, 

 that I would like to state. I planted two kinds very 

 early, — the Early Rose and the Beauty of Hebron. I 

 planted half an acre of each. I planted the first as soon as 

 the frost was out of the ground. They were dug early, 

 were free from rot, and are now keeping very finely, while 

 those phmted late last year would not pay for digging, and 

 this year a good many of them have rotted. That is my 

 experience. 



Adjourned to 7.30. 



Evening Session. 



The meeting was called to order at 7.30, Mr. Cruick- 

 shanks in the chair. 



The Chairman. The committee of arrangements have 

 added something to the programme for this evening, and 

 I have the pleasure of introducing to you the Masonic jNIale 

 Quartette, who will sing us a song. 



The quartette, consisting of Messrs. C. E. Keyes, W. M. 

 Barber, W. E. Macurda and L. M. Bartlett, sang a medley, 

 which was loudly applauded, and in response to the encore 

 they sang the favorite army song, " We are tenting to-night 

 on the old camp ground," which was also heartily applauded. 



The Chairman. The lecture upon the programme for 

 this evening has for its title "Impressions received from 

 Rambles in the West," by Prof. Levi Stockbridge of Am- 

 herst, whom I have the pleasure of introducing to you. 



