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committee desires to be very cautious in recommending tlie addition 

 to condiments of any article not known to be nutritious, or tlie con- 

 tinued use of which would excite abnormal action in the human 

 system, still it is disposed to a|>probate Mr. Sjjears' efforts in the hope 

 that he may yet satisfactorily accomplish what seems to be a very 

 difficult task, that of discovering a solution which, when applied to 

 fruits and vegetables, will prevent their fermentation and decay, 

 without destroying their peculiar flavor and those aromatic and savory 

 qualities found only in the ripe offspring of the plant. 



S. D. TILLMAX, 

 JOSEPH B. LYMAN, 

 J. V. C. SMITH, 



Committee. 

 The report was accepted and placed on tile. 



Adjourned. 



June 9, 1868. 



Mr. Natuan C. Ely in the chair; Mr. Jonx W. C'iiambers, Secretary. 

 CUT-"W0RMS, 



Mr. E. K. Bascom, Greensbury, Ohio, asks how can we get rid of 

 cut-worms i 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — Ever since I commenced keeping crows I hare 

 not been troul)led W'ith cut-worms. I have a tame crow that will 

 destroy more cut-worms than six men, and when he eats all he wants, 

 he kills them for the fun of the thing. Crows are as easily tamed as 

 hens. One morning I counted 100 rose-bugs that my crow ate for 

 his breakfast. I would keep a dozen of them if the neighbors were 

 not so prejudiced. My crow will hunt worms by turning over leaves 

 and lumps of dirt, the same as a man. Ojie undertook to go to town 

 with me one day, but lie came across a man with a gun, who shot 

 him. 



The (liair. — I unce had a crow that would fly into my neighbors' 

 windows, and come back with silver plate, breastpins, watches, and 

 all kinds of jewelry. Of course I had to dispose of him. 



Mr. Isaac P. Trimble. — Crows are of great use, for they kill myriads 

 of grasshoppers and cock-chafers, which destroy timothy grass. The 

 crow and the rook are the most intelligent of all birds. They know 

 by the looks of grass when worms are working at the roots. 



Mr. T. C. Peters. — He is the most useful bird on the farm. I have 



