Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. G27 



Mr. A. S. Fuller, — The idea of our correspondent may be a good 

 one. I hope others will trj it and report. 



Geology and Farming. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn, offered the following : 



" Resolved, That the Farmers' Club of the American Institute, 

 tender an invitation to Prof. George H. Cook, State Geologist of 

 New Jersey, to read a paper on the geological formation of New 

 Jersey, giving such information as he may consider of interest to.the 

 farming community." 



Prof. J, A. Whitney. — I second the motion very cheerfully. Any 

 one who has read Prof. Cook's voluminous report of the geology of 

 New Jersey, will, I am sure, be glad and anxious to hear him speak, 

 and will go away wiser than he came, on practical points of agri- 

 culture. 



The Chairman. — I have the pleasure of slight personal acquaint- 

 ance with Prof, Cook, and have known him by reputation for a long 

 time. His appearance here will add value to our proceedings. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn. — I learn that he is making efforts to be with us 

 frequently, but his duties to the State, and to the agricultural college- 

 of which he is chief, may prevent. 



Plum Grooving. 



Mr. Ira Brown, New Haven, Yt, — My success with seventy of the 

 most popular varieties, has been all I could desire ; and that, too, 

 without the use of dunghill fowls or swine. Moreover, I doubt the 

 benefit of those last named filthy creatures. They will eat half 

 ripened plums I know, but I have not seen a hog that would eat 

 them only one-third grown, when the larvae is in the fruit ; but half 

 ripe it has gone. Nor did I ever know of a chicken swallowing a 

 curculio. I allow nothing but a horse and a plow or cultivator 

 attftched, to pass among m}"- trees. 



Mr. H. B. Smith, — I think the gentleman is wrong on this point, 

 at least. I have frequently fed curculios to fowls, and seen them 

 gobble the creatures in short meter. 



CoKN Cobs. 

 Mr. John Rice, Elliottsburg, Penn., wished to be informed if corn 

 cobs cut fine asd mixed with grain, are worth anything as feed for 

 cattle. 



