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Dr. J. E. Snoclgrass. — It is a well-known fact that in some places 

 onions will not grow, no matter what is used for manure. That" 

 the atmosphere effects fertilizers is entirely overlooked. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton. — I think we attach too much importance to 

 ground being too highly manured. It is a well-kno^vn fact, that, 

 when too much manure is used, all that is required is to plow 

 deeper. Not one in a thousand uses too much manure. I am living 

 on a place that has been manured since 1690; the soil is eight 

 inches deep, and good crops are still produced. The Harlem 

 flats have been highly manured for many years, and still produce 

 heavy crops of vegetables. 



GAS LIME. 



A gardener said he had come two hundred miles to know the 

 value of gas lime. 



Mr. Cavanach stated that he has known farmers to use it with 

 excellent results. 



The inquirer stated that a friend of his had applied gas lime 

 to some of his grass, and the lime killed all the grass as dead as if 

 it had been burned. Afterward, a new crop appeared and grew 

 luxuriantly and very large, so that the grass where the gas lime 

 wa.s applied, was tall and heavy, while the grass round about the 

 ground on which the lime was spread, never grew only about half 

 as large and heavy as that on the limed soil. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn said it had the same effect as common lime; it 

 should be exposed to the atmosphere for a year before being 

 applied. 



The Chairman stated that the experiment afforded conclusive 

 evidence that there is great efficacy in gas lime when applied as a 

 fertilizer. 



SOWING THE SEED OF FOEEST TREES. 



Mr. W. p. Clark, Salem, N. J. — Timber is growing continually 

 scarcer in this vicinity. Would it pay to sow the seed of hick- 

 ories, black walnuts and oaks? 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble. — The people around Salem cannot afford 

 to raise timber. The land is altogether too valuable. 



Prof. Nash. — I do not believe there is a place on the globe where 

 it is not profitable to have one-quarter of the land in timber. 



FAEHIING m LTBEEIA. 



The Chairman introduced Lieut. L. L. Lloyd, a colored gentle- 

 man, who is acquainted with farming in Liberia, and who was 



