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and grass on old barren pasture lots that are too rocky to plow ? 

 If so, large portions of the country, and especially New Eng- 

 landers, are greatly in need of a knowledge of the fact. The 

 great and crying want of farmers in this section of country is 

 manure in some shape or other, and for one, I am quite tired of 

 paying sixty dollars per ton for patent manures. Adjourned. 



October 8, 1867. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair ; Mr. Johk W. Chambkbs, Secretary. 



Hinckley's knttitng machines. 



Mr. J. E. Harding exhibited one of these machines. It knits all 

 kinds of goods, from suspenders to quilts; it has few parts, the 

 fabric is woven flat with a selvedge; it widens and narrows; there 

 is only one needle, which is similar to the needle of a sewing 

 machine; it will take a great many difierent kinds of stitches, which 

 can be changed while in operation, and it has a self spooling appa- 

 ratus. Price twenty-five dollars. 



Mr. William B. Harrison. — I saw this machine while it was in 

 process of construction, at Norwalk, Ohio, and it seemed to embody 

 the true principles of what a knitting machine should be. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — I like the looks of this machine well 

 enough, but there is one thing I want to know first. Is this exhi- 

 bition made for the purpose of selling patent rights, or is it made 

 by manufacturers having the machine for sale? 



Mr. Harding. — "We want to sell the machines, and do not care 

 about selling rights. 



Mr. Robinson. — Then I am willing to recommend it. People 

 want such a machine, and from what I see of it, it looks as though 

 it would suit them. Of course, we cannot tell much of the work 

 it is doing before us, but it is reasonable to suppose that they 

 "would not manufacture it unless it would do what is claimed. 



HOP LOUSE. 



Mr. Salisbury, Memphis, Mich. — I, with many of my neighbors, 

 have just commenced the hop business, but our crop this year is 

 almost entirely destroyed by the louse. Now, we would like to 

 know if there is a remedy, so that we can decide whether it is best 

 to continue the business. 



