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miles. Plaster is best for squashes, but not air-slacked 

 lime. There is no such thing as male and female 

 squashes, but male and female blossoms. The male is the 

 large, straight blossom coming directly up from the root, 

 while the female blossom is smaller and comes along on 

 the vine. 



Speaking generally of manures he said he would spread 

 broadcast with most crops and harrow in. If plants are 

 manured too heavily they will run to vine too much and 

 be less productive. 



Mr. Gregory described the several kinds of peas and 

 beans, and what kinds of plant food they require. For 

 beets, he said a good deal of potash was required. If the 

 farmer has any ashes he will find it an excellent fertilizer 

 for that crop. Carrots want high and very liberal manur- 

 ing. He would put on eight to ten cords to the acre. Tom- 

 atoes want good manuring, muriate of potash, and nitrate 

 of soda is good for them. Corn is also one of the best early 

 crops. It should be planted in drills. Put in six cords of 

 good, fair manure and five hundred pounds of fertilizer. 



The early cabbages should be started in hot beds. The 

 secret of success is in getting those which had been hard- 

 ened olf. For manure he would use ashes in the fall, 100 

 bushels to the acre, and about eight cords of manure to the 

 acre in the spring. 



For potatoes, Mr. Gregory endorsed the French system 

 of planting, making a deep furrow, then putting in fertil- 

 izer, placing over that a layer of earth, then dropping the 

 potatoes and covering them over. 



Onions are a great crop, but it' is a make or break crop. 

 Put in from ten to twelve cords of fish manure. He had 

 used fifteen cords, ten cords good weight manure, well 

 rotted down, that has more fish in it than any other ele- 

 ments would perhaps answer. What is wanted is six per 

 cent, nitrogen, six per cent, potash, and six percent, phos- 

 phoric acid. The farmer should build up his manure for 

 each special crop by studying results : then begin to fight 



