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well cut off a man's head, arms, and feet, and then expect him to 

 live and grow. Go into the forest after the leaves are just out, 

 select and mark the trees you wish to remove, cut them back as 

 much as you like, then leave them until the next spring, and new 

 sprouts will shoot out in every direction. Next spring when the 

 flow of sap is over, and the buds are about bursting, they may be 

 safely transplanted, and you will lose none of them. 



TEVIE-REGISTERING BAROMETER. 



Mr. G. V. Mooney, No. 53 Fulton street, New York, exhibited a 

 time registering barometer, which seemed to possess some new and 

 striking features. A chronometer or clock is held in the upper 

 end of a long case which holds the barometer tube and also a ther- 

 mometer. The exhibitor thought a time-registering barometer to 

 be a very useful affair for every farmer. 



Mr. Baldwin stated that he has a barometer, which he has been 

 watching with much satisfaction the past season, and he finds that 

 it indicates the approach of a storm with satisfactory accuracy. 



MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 



Mr. Jasper Hazen, Albany, N. Y., spoke on the management of 

 honey bees. He stated that he took 174 pounds of honey from 

 one hive last summer. He employs a hive of peculiar construction. 



Adjourned. 



December 3, 1867. 



Prof. S. D. Tillman in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



POTATO GROWING. 



Ml'. S. D. Heffi-on, of Utica, — I came to speak of raising potatoes. 

 The Rev. Mr. Goodrich, who has done more than any other man in 

 the potato business, said it was the poor man's bread. When we 

 have a poor crop, it affects the purses of the farmers in many sec- 

 tions. My object is to speak of the early Goodrich. One reason 

 why many fail in raising this variety is because they plant too much 

 seed. They should be well manured. In growing potatoes from 

 the seed, we get first fifty to sixty varieties. Some do well from 

 year to year and improve, and it takes ten years to perfect them, 

 while others rot the first year. One who commences to grow 

 potatoes from seedlings, will have to cull and select those which 



