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tomatoes. They are welcome to all the tomatoes they want, for it 

 makes them healthy to eat good, ripe tomatoes. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I consider that a big gang of fowls in my gar- 

 den and orchard, will do fifty dollars worth of mischief. 



Mr. "Wm. Lawton. — I will show gardens and grounds against any 

 man in this club for cleanness and thrift, and my hens and chickens 

 have as free range as my children and grand-children. 



Composting of Offal. 



The same writer asks how he shall manage the offal of the sheep 

 he kills. 



Prof. J. A. Whitney. — All he wants is good dry muck or fine clay. 

 The pile of muck and offal should be shoveled over several times so 

 .as to bring the animal and the vegetable refuse in close contact. 



Tobacco Refuse 



Mr. John "W. Dickens, Louisville, Ky., has several tons, and asks 

 what use can be made of it. 



Mr. Horace Greeley. — I gave ten dollars a ton last spring for 

 strips, to use as mulch on my orchard. I may have given too much, 

 but I am sure my orchard was benefited, and I think the borer and 

 other pests were kept away. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I doubt whether you did give too much. My 

 advice to that Louisville man is to use his strips as manure on his 

 grounds. Tliey need them for manure in Kentucky about as much 

 as they do here, though they may not think so. 



Prof. J. A. Whitney. — By analysis the dust and strips of tobacco 

 should be very useful as manure. They are rich in potash and other 

 elements of plant food. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble. — The best application I ever tried to drive 

 away bugs and worms from j^lants is a very strong tobacco tea. 

 But it must be very strong. It will disgust lice, thrips and small 

 bugs, but not the curculio. 



The Pomologists est Session. 



The American Pomological Society invite the Farmers' Club to 

 ■meet them by delegation on the 15th of September, in Philadelphia. 



The Chair named Messrs. Trimble, Chas. Dowling, Hicks, Quinn, 

 Ilexamer, Lyman, and Todd, as delegates to Philadelphia. 



Plaster on Swamp Land. 

 Mr. A. J. Pass of Hinesburgh, Yt., asks if it will do good ? 



