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application was just as good as a pound, and better, for the larger 

 quantity is a damage to the vines, and causes them to look as though 

 they were blasted. 



I applied Paris Green to my early potatoes last year three times, 

 and to my lute ones six times. I mix the green with dry ashes finely 

 sifted, and sprinkle it over the tops while the dew is on the vines in 

 the morning and not a bug will dare to show his head in the afternoon 

 of the same day, if it is done faithfully. Don't go to buying any of 

 the patent water sprinklers that are being brought around for sale. 

 It takes a large quantity of water to go over an acre, and water is 

 heavy stuff to carry. Anybody can make for himself an apparatus 

 that will answer the purpose. 



Gentlemen, I thank you for your indulgence in listening to my dis- 

 connected and rambling dissertation. Allow me to add in conclusion, 

 that while we may find it profitable to buy some corn and other grain 

 from the West, yet in roots and vegetables, we have a chance to raise 

 something which needs no grinding or expensive preparation to fit it 

 for food, and which will help us to diminish the quantity of western 

 produce which we have been obliged to purchase. 



