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plummer's adjustable hand hoe. 



This has a moveable joint in the gooseneck, worked with a wrench 

 and fastened with a nut, so as to give the blade any required angle. 

 Several expressed favorable opinions, but preferred to see it work 

 before deciding. 



Stafford's hay press. 



This has some new features, the levers are ingeniously arranged, 

 and on the whole it seemed important. As this was only a model, 

 Mr. Stafford proposed that a committee be appointed to examine a 

 working press, which was agreed to. 



FORK spade. 

 Mr. C. Taber, Brooklyn, L. I. — Those who have never used any 

 other than the old blade spade do not know the superiority of the 

 fork. The farmer frequently turns over a mass without breaking 

 or disturbinof the centre, while the tines of the latter crumble it 

 through and through. The four-tined spade, or potato fork, is the 

 best, and after a trial the old fashioned kind will be laid aside or 

 kept for digging post holes. The lightness of the fork is also in its 

 favor. Adjourned. 



May 14, 1867. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair; Mr. John W. Chammrs» Secretary. 



TO KEEP BUTTER IN SUMMER. 



Mr. D. Hopkins, Orwell, Vt., communicates the follo'wlng to 

 keep butter in the summer season: Pack it in well soaked tubs or 

 firkins; put a little damp salt in the bottom and place it in a cool 

 dry cellar on a bench of wood eighteen inches from the cellar bot- 

 tom, and the same from the wall. Stone or earthenware does not 

 keep butter well, as the moisture from the surrounding atmosphere 

 in warm weather, condenses on such vessels and soon affects the 

 butter. Put no salt on or between the layers. Fill to within half 

 an inch of the top, and place a clean wet cloth over the butter, and 

 pack the edges down with a knife, and then spread thin wet salt 

 over the cloth. Having made and dealt in butter for some time, 

 the above mode of packing and keeping butter will be useful tO' 

 many, and cause a smile of delight to the buyer. 



