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detritus of the granite. " If so, in which waj, gentlemen, ought it to 

 be applied, and when ?" 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — Compost it with lime, or use as litter in the 

 barn-yard. If spread*on the land this tall it probably would be fit 

 to ploAV under next spring. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — The value must depend on the character of 

 the wood. If hemlock, or other resinous variety, it is not of much 

 consequence, unless for its mechanical effects, A saw-dust decayed 

 must be judged by the value of the same wood in the ash. Oak, 

 beech, and maple ash is worth five or six times as much for manure 

 as the ash of pine, and is much better than hemlock. If AEr. Dow's 

 saw-dust is mostly from hard wood it will by all means pay to cart 

 it out and compost it— if mostly hemlock it may j^ay, but his hopes 

 must not be sanguine. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — If his soil is hard, might it not pay for its 

 mechanical effect ? 



Mr. J. B. Lyman. — Yes, if the distance is moderate. 



Snails. 



Mr. K. TV. Smith, of Clearfield, Pa., wrote as follows : I have 

 been greatly vexed with snails in my garden this year, and expect 

 (unless yon can give relief), to be unable to raise anything next year. 

 Also, whenever my egg plants attain the size of a walnut, some 

 pest eats into the heart of the stem, and off goes the fruit. When, 

 there is no fruit they cut off the plant. This may be the snails 

 also. Now, will your delightful society give me some information 

 on the subject tending to relief, for which I w' ill be ever grateful. 



Mr. Solon Hobinson. — Let our complimentary correspondent 

 endure a drought. A friend of mine in New Jersey says this did 

 the business for him. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — Scatter fresh-slacked lime in the places Avhere 

 the pests most do congregate. We had them in Brooklyn once, 

 and the annoyance was very great. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — I was not aware before, Mr. Chairman, 

 that they ever had anything as slow as snails in the cit}'- of churches. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — The snails spoken of were not indigenous to 

 the soil, but were imported with certain shrubbery from France. 



Clovek on Pkaikie Land. 



Mr. Louis Jackson, Rockford, 111. — Gentlemen of the Club : What 

 kind of manure should be used with clover sod for the production 



