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to displace many of the roots of the young wheat plants. There- 

 fore, if the rolling be clone before the freezing weather has passed, 

 much iujurj may result from rolling the ground too early. It is 

 an excellent practice to roll rough land in the spring, where wheat 

 is growing, as a smooth surface is thus prepared for the harvesters. 

 Clover seed is sometimes sowed in fields of growing Indian corn 

 in August, after the last hoeing. Those who practice this ai-e sure 

 of a satisfactory crop if the soil is in a fair state of fertility. Eed 

 clover seed may be sowed at any time in winter, or even in May, 

 if the soil be only in a condition to secure germination and rapid 

 growth. Adjouraed. 



February 18, 1868. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



PRESERVATION OF FRUIT. 



Prof. Nyce, of Cleveland, Ohio, exhibited grapes and pears per- 

 fectly preserved, and eggs eleven months old as fresh and deli- 

 cately flavored as though laid yesterday. He explained his theory 

 of egg-preserving, and held that we must regard the a^g as a living 

 creature, and that it must have air in order to preserve its proper 

 healthful smell and taste. In the tight houses in which these pre- 

 servations are carried on, he has chloride of sodium as an absorbent 

 of moisture, and uses charcoal in order to keep the air dry and to 

 absorb the egg smell. He says no process now known, except his, 

 will keep an egg sweet, fresh and well-flavored. They will taste 

 of the substances with wliich they have been surrounded. He 

 thinks eggs may be so perfectly preserved by his art, as to sell in 

 January at a small advance on the May price. 



STUiVIP MACHINE. 



Mr. George Pressy, Hammonton, N. J., showed a combination of 

 remarkable power for lifting great weights and pulling stumps. 

 Two men can lift twenty-five thousand pounds with it, and draw a 

 green oak stump, a foot in diameter, every ten minutes. In a field 

 they can take out a hundred stumps a day, and by active work, a 

 hundred and sixty. It sells for sixty dollars. Messrs. N. C. 

 Meeker, S. E. Todd, J. B. Lyman, J. B. Peck, and, ex officio^ the 

 Chair, were designated as a committee to visit South Jersey and 

 witness the performance of this machine operating "among the 

 stumos." 



