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Monroe's Kotary Harrow. 

 The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to examine 

 Monroe's rotary harrow in operation : 



Messrs. J. B. Lyman, S. E. Todd, Dr. Ilexamer and Wm. S. 

 Carpenter. 



Adjourned. 



June 15, 1869. 



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



Cost of a Cheese Factory. 



Mr. E. F. Partridge, Morristown, K. J., asks the Club to inform 

 him what would be the cost of establishing a cheese factory. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — A good factory may be erected and equipped 

 for about $2,500 ; but before going into the business our correspond- 

 ent should consider many questions. Let him correspond witli Gard- 

 ner C. Weeks, of Sj'racuse, the secretary of the American Dairymen's 

 Association. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble. — Mr. Partridge is too close to Philadelphia 

 to think of cheese factories. He can make larger profits helping to 

 supply that city with milk and butter. 



BoTs rsr Horses. 



Mr. James Little, of Sing Sing, K. Y., gave an account of a fine 

 steed of his which succumbed to an attack of these destroyers, and 

 he solicited information as to a remedy. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble. — Bots are curiosities of natural history. 

 The eggs which produce them are deposited on the knee joint of the 

 fore leg, just where the hoi*se can easiest reach them with his tongue. 

 Here they hatch and produce an irritation, and the horse licks them 

 off', and thus they are taken into the stomach. They are furnished 

 with a kind of hook, with which they hold fast, and they feed on 

 such nutriment as the food of the animal affords. If such nutriment 

 is not furnished as is agreeable to their taste, or if their stomach is 

 allowed to remain empty, they feed upon it, and thus cause the horse 

 to perish. Of course, the stomach should be kept well filled. As to 

 the various remedies prescribed, a scientific veterinarian would not 

 meddle with them ; and the treatment of certain persons, who call 

 themselves horse doctors, is simply barbarous. 



Mr. Wm. S. Lawton. — I am happy to siiy that I am proud to stand 



