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1776 AND 1868. 

 Dr. J. Y. C. Smith made some interesting remarks on the modern 

 fanner's family, as compared with that of the last century, and con- 

 cluded by reading the following contrast; the first lines by Dr. 

 Franklin. 



1776. 

 " Farmer at the plow, 

 Wife milking cow, 

 Daughter spinning yarn, 

 Son threshing in the barn. 

 All happy to a charm." 



1868. 

 Farmer gone to see a show. 

 Daughter at the piano, 

 Madame gaily dressed in satin, 

 All the boys learning Latin, 

 With a mortgage on the farm. 



Oil for Manure, 



Mr. John Yeend, Claridon, Geauga county, Ohio. — Break twelve 

 pounds potash into pieces, mixed with four gallons of water ; let it 

 stand forty-eight liours, then add fourteen gallons of oil. In a few 

 days add fourteen bushels of sand, or twenty of dry mold ; mix with 

 fresh horse manure to bring to a heat ; turn frequently to prevent 

 fermentation, and in six months it will be fit for use. 



Mr. J. D. Lyman. — Does the oil do any good ? There is no proof 

 that it does. The potash, salt and water, mixed and stiffened with 

 dry garden loam and horse droppings, would make a fine manure of 

 themselves. Mr. Lawes, of England, made full and faithful tests to 

 ascertain whether oil has any fertilizing power, and his conclusion 

 was that it has none. In making fish guano of moss-bunkers it is 

 found that nothing valuable as manure is withdrawn by expressing 

 the oil. 



Enemies to the Strawberry Yine. 



Mr. S. P. Meyrs, of Mifiiinburg, Pa., asks the Club what mulch to 

 apply to strawberry beds, and how to kill the v/orm that damages 

 the vine ? 



Mr. A. S, Fuller. — This Club often exposes itself to attack in the 

 country press by answering just such questions as this asked by Mr. 

 Meyrs. It is easy to prescribe a good mulch. He may use grass, 

 straw, coarse hay, or, what is a little better than either of these, half- 



