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Mr. Horace Greeley. — I would say two pounds to five bushels 

 of muck. I have used two tons and find no trouble in getting the 

 potash to dissolve. 



Mr. R. H. Williams. — It will take three gallons of water to dis- 

 solve a pound of potash. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I have used potash — one pound to four 

 quarts of water, on thousands of trees, for twenty years with suc- 

 cess. This was on the rough bark, but a solution so strong as this 

 will kill tender plants and branches. 



UPLAND CRANBERRIES. 



Mr. A. J. Hines, Hempstead, L. I., stated he wished the Club 

 would send some one out to see this fruit, and it would be shown 

 that it is a distinct variety. Mr. Carpenter said it had been before 

 the Institute and received a premium. 



LETTER FROM MR. BERGH. 



A letter from Mr. Henry Bergh, in reply to the resolutions 

 passed by the Club, was read by the Chair. He expressed his 

 gratitude that the Club sympathized with him in his benevolent 

 work. 



MANAGEMENT OF SUGAR MAPLES. 



Mr, J. Gates Bingham, Solon, N. Y. — ^There are extensive maple 

 groves in this county, which are great sources of profit to the 

 owners. After the sugar season is over, we stop the bit holes, made 

 with five-eighth augers, with pine plugs, which are easily made, and 

 when gathering the spiles we drive in each one of these pins, and 

 within three years or less the tree will grow entirely over the holes, 

 preserving the vitality of the tree. I have often seen trees dead 

 six inches above and below, when, had they been carefully stopped, 

 they would have grown over, and in a great measure been saved. 



APPLE-TREE BORERS. 



Mr. W. S. Ruckel, of Carroll county, Mo., asks what to do to 

 kill the borer. 



Mr. Horace Greeley. — There are two ways; either to look for 

 his hole and draw him out with a little wire, or to plug him in so 

 that he can get no air. • 



Mr. Wra. A. Fitch. — Wash the trunks of the trees, about the time 

 the borer lays his eggs, with cresalic soapsuds. The odor will kill 

 them. 



