Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. 730 



tins knowledge — which is a fact not flattering to these so-called 

 educational institutions — I am disposed to think well of Miss Marwe- 

 del's enterprise. I am sure I hope she will succeed, and as much as 

 I can I will give her hearty support, and look hopefully forward to 

 better results than the agricultural colleges have shown us. 



Dr. J. V. C. Smith. — I, too, approve the scheme, but I do not 

 think at all well of Long Island as the theatre of action. It is quite 

 too poor in soil and too near the city. Let Miss Marwedel go further 

 and fare better ; let her seek out the promised land— of course I meaa 

 Kansas. There she will find pastures ever new, and not soils that 

 require at the outset a fortune to fertilize. I am so earnest in this, 

 Mr. Chairman, that I would gladly give her a twenty years' lease of 

 a 160-acre tract, and at the end of that time I would, if necessary, 

 renew it for an even longer period. 



Mr. A. M. Powell said that Miss Marwedel had come before the 

 Club and stated her plan. He thought it a good one. She was a 

 thoroughly practical and well educated woman, and he had entire 

 confidence in her ability and integrity. At first Mr. Cornell had 

 oftered her inducenients to settle near his place, but these ofiers had 

 been practically withdrawn, and the lady was not under obligations 

 to go anywhere in particular. He hoped that the Club would enable 

 her to carr}' out her plan. Miss Marwedel sought to open a new field 

 for the working girls. 



Mr. R. H. Pearsall thought that Miss Marwedel did not wish to 

 establish the Horticultural School of the United States or of Kansas, 

 but of New York. They wished to take the 38,000 unemployed 

 women out of the city. The plan deserved hearty co-operation. The 

 question was : Is it possible to establish a horticultural school for 

 women ? 



Manure ix the Hill. 



Mr. J. D. Cree, Landisburg, Penn. — Four years ago I bought a 

 piece of land that was completely worn out ; limed and manured 

 it well, seeded it to wheat and clover. According to Mr. Geddes, it 

 is prepared for corn. The quality is loam, and I am anxious to make 

 a good crop. Now, what fertilizer will be the best to apply in the 

 hill. Any information will be thankfully received. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — Not any manure in the hill. A fertilizer 

 so applied, unless the land is very strong, will push the growth of 

 stalk, but when the ears set the roots are away out beyond the hand- 



