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seen for sheep, and will do away with their watery turnips whe^ 

 they get it. It is no trouble to raise this grass for sheep, and 

 once sown will ever more continue, every fall, winter, and spring, 

 to yield its sweet rich, tender, and fattening blades. It bears th-e 

 trampling of stock without injury. I find my beautiful city well 

 represented in your Farmer's Club— Peabody, Iverson, and Shep- 

 herd. Well done, Columbus ! This is very gratifying to us, and 

 we prize it highly. Ah, my dear sir, this public testimony and 

 notice by the Club of our efiforts to advance the cause of agricul- 

 ture, is the right way to act. It briDgs out every good thing 

 from our whole country for the enjoyment of all. 



I have some ideas about the grape and its culture, and th« 

 apple, but have not room to state them. I will say, that with the 

 Stock of the Scuppernong, and stock of the longest lived peai* 

 known, we can obtain any where in the Union complete success; 

 the first in choice grapes, by grafting, the last in choice apples by 

 grafting. 



Your obedient servant, 



B. V. IVERSON. 



Mr. R. Paine laid upon the table some figs, two and a half 

 years old, made from tomatoes, the seeds of which resemble 

 those of the foreign fig, and they possessed a sweet and agreeable 

 taste. Mr. Paine said, to make them, he peeled the common yel- 

 low tomatoes, put six pounds sugar to sixteen pounds tomatoes, 

 oook together until they begin to be soft; then take them from 

 the syrup and spread them on plates or tins to dry in the sun, 

 frequently sprinkling over them a little of the syrup; press them 

 a little flat before sprinkling; when dry, pack away in stone or 

 glass jars. 



Prof. Mapes offered the following resolution, which was adopted: 



The Farmers' Club shall henceforth, until the first day of May, 

 meet on Tuesday of each week. 



Mr. Bowman described the process used by his wife in pre- 

 serving peaches, viz: Peel sound, ripe peaches, squeeze them 

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