Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. 311 



Sowing Lawns. 



Dr. Black, Sandyville, Ohio, inquired wliat time of the year lawn 

 grass should be sown. 



Mr. W. S. Carpenter. — In August or September will do. I should 

 sow a mixture of redtop, white clover, and l)lue grass. 



Potato Digger. 



Mr. J. O. Davis, Plillsdale, Michigan, wrote to inquire what is the 

 best potato digger. 



Mr. W. S. Carpenter. — I do not tliinh there is any I could reconi- 

 . mend. I use a two-horse plow with great advantage. 



Mr. AV^olf then showed a drawing of a digger to be used also as a plow. 

 He said he had sent one to Cuba which is doing good work. A member 

 thought it strange that such an implement should be sent to that 

 tropical island where potatoes scarcely grow. 



Mr. K. C. Meeker. — I have seen several potato diggers, and I con- 

 clude that when the ground is mellow, free from roots and stones, 

 when the crop is clean, and when the stalks are dead, they will do 

 good work. They are considerably used on Jersey sand, but they 

 clog where there is grass or green vines. 



Lime as a Pkeservative. 



Mr. Gardner Hall, Forrestville, Connecticut, stated that he had 

 applied lime to advantage on roofs. Before the staging is taken 

 down, lime is slacked, and a mixture of skimmed milk and salt make 

 a whitewash, which is applied to the shiiigles with an old broom. 



Mr. John FuUei*, of Newark. — When I was a boy, twenty-four years 

 ago, I helped to boil sap shingles, made of wliite pine, in lime water, 

 and I learn that the roof has only required a little patching. Without 

 sucli preparation tliese shingles would have lasted no more than three 

 years. 



Dr. Snodgrass. — The addition of salt is a detriment rather than 

 advantage. 



A. S. Fuller. — The Jersey farmers always apply lime to their roofs, 

 not directly to preserve them, but to prevent moss and lichen from 

 growing. 



Mr. Carpenter said he had applied linseed oil and lamj)blaek witk 

 good results in preventing the growth of moss. 



RoMEYN Seedling. 

 At this point Mr. A. S. Fuller started a discussion by asking if any 

 member could tell the diflerence between the Triomphe de Grand and 



