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ground many years without injurj^ and the plow will bring enough 

 of it to the surface to vegetate and form a good stand every spring. 



MELLISH AND WHEELER's YANKEE BERRY BOWL. 



Messrs. Mellish k Wheeler, Bellows Falls, Vt, sent to the Club 

 a crate of their Yankee berry bowls. They were much admired 

 by the memliers of the Club, but it was thought that some of the 

 baskets iu use were preferable. 



Dr. F. M. Hexamer said that these bowls were of a bad shape, 

 being too broad for their depth, and required too much room. 



Mr. S. B. Nichols, of Hammonton, N. J., preferred the Gothic 

 basket, as it was very cheap, and might be given away with the 

 fruit, thereby saving the expense of returning them- 



Mr. Thomas Cavanach, Brooklyn, N. Y., had used some twenty 

 different kinds of baskets and bowls, and liked the American and 

 Beecher baskets best. These cost more than some others, but he 

 had always found that a good substantial basket would be returned, 

 while a cheap one was lost. Besides, fruit would command a bet- 

 ter price in a handsome basket than in a homely one. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter preferred the Beecher basket to any other, 

 as it was not only handsome, but very substantial. 



FOLDING PEACH BASKETS. 



Mr. Olds, No. 24 Bible House, N. Y. — This is square, made of 

 slats fastened at the covers with wires, and is flat when folded. 



Dr. F. M. Hexamer and others thought it not so stroncr as the 

 common peach basket, and Mr. Dodge said it could not stand much 

 hard usage. Several spoke favorably of such a frame for a clothes 

 basket, for this article should be light, have ventilation, and be 

 large; hence, when not in use, it can be reduced to a small com- 

 pass. For this purpose alone it is likely to be valuable. 



FEEDING SHEEP. 



Mr. P. M. Rush, West Middletown, Washington county, Penn. — 

 I have been feeding wethers for market since 1857, and I am learn- 

 ing yet. I select my sheep in the fall, being but three or four years 

 old. I commence feeding lightly on corn in the ear, with some 

 salt sprinkled over them, in good troughs, so as to enable them all 

 to take hold and learn to shell for themselves. I scarcely ever shell 

 it, but when I do, I mix one-fourth oats — ^that is, one peck to the 

 bushel of corn, and give them all the hay they will eat. I always 

 have clover and timothy mixed, with plenty of good water in the 



