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believe that I am somewhat acquainted in tlie matter, Yonr corres- 

 pondent does not say the amount of water his spring yields, or its 

 temperature. I^ow, these are important items, especially if you 

 expect to raise trout. Your ponds must vary in size, according to 

 the supply of water; and for raising brook trout, the mean annual 

 temperature must not be above fifty degrees Fahrenheit. They will 

 live in warmer w'aters, say sixty -five degrees, but you caimot propa- 

 gate and raise healthy fish in such water. However, with the spring 

 as you describe it, you can raise hlack hass, without doubt, and in 

 quantities that will pay better (for the amount of labor) than any 

 farming ever uiidertaken. The black bass of our lakes is a superior 

 fish to the brook trout, both for the table and for sport, and will do 

 well in water where the summer temperature is up to seventy -five 

 degrees Fahrenheit. 



Old Bones. 



Mr. C. L. Brooks, Anna, 111., wrote that there is no mill nearer 

 than 300 miles, and he would know the best method to prepare bones 

 for application to asparagus without more machinery than a farmer 

 can make for himself or get cheaply. 



Mr. Fuller. — Dissolve them as he has occasion to require. If he 

 has ashes enough, and can wait, he might mix them with the bones, 

 and they will become fit for use in, say, six months or so. 



Mr. Ely. — There is a process which I remember to have heard 

 described, that is to bend over a small sapling, attach a heavy stone 

 to the top, and work it after the manner of a ti-ip-hammer. 



Mr. Bruen. — If he has plenty of barn yard manure, he might get 

 along very well, so far as asparagus goes, without the use of bones at 

 all. 



Adjourned. 



November S3, 1869. 



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

 The Peeservation of Eggs. 

 Mr. F. D. Curtis. — I am not exactly prepared to say what process 

 is best, but I can speak with authority against ashes^ which are a per- 

 fect failure, and against lime, which depreciates the price in market 

 fully fifty per cent. A new notion is to pour hot water over the 

 eggs, and then pack them in salt. I have no experimental informa- 

 tion of its feasibility. 



