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The essay of Mr. T. was much complimented by Dr. Smith and 

 others, and a copy of it requested for use by the press. 



Mammoth Squash. 

 Mr. W. Ingersoll, Jersey City, exhibited an enormous squash which 

 had grown in twenty days. Being a beginner in farming, he thought 

 he might challenge old cultivators. 



Hand Cobn-Huskek. 

 Mr. Grorton, Peekskill, N. Y., showed this invention of his, being 

 two flat forks, sharp at the ends, and fastened together by a spring, 

 by means of which the thumb and fingers are | saved from injury. 

 The device appeared as if it might be a valuable one ; but a practi- 

 cal test is required, as with all such things. 



Beoadcast Seeder. 



Mr. C. "W. Tothaker, from Ohio. — This weighs about six pounds, 

 is not complicated, and it sows grain of all kinds, from the coarsest to 

 the finest, equally well. The spread is from thirty to sixty feet, and 

 it throws low. It works as if one were playing on a fiddle ; and as 

 the exhibitor walked two and fro across the stage, telling his story 

 and drawing the bow, he created much amusement. Of the great 

 things the machine will do, he said a boy had sown fifty bushels of 

 oats in five hours. This the gentlemen and ladies .thought was good 

 farming ; but those whe had walked over thirty or forty acres of 

 ground thought the boy uncommonly smart, or that there was some 

 mistake. Still, the machine was commended without dissent. 



RoMEYN Seedling Stkawberky. 



The Chair said that two weeks ago Mr. Fuller had raised the ques- 

 tion as to whether there is any diiference between this variety and 

 the Triomph de Grand. Mr. Romeyn had sent a long reply, from 

 which the Chair read extracts to the effect that being a seedling of 

 the Triomph it would naturally be similar, but that in cultivation it 

 is found to grow where the Triomph will not, and that the plant is 

 more vigorous. Chas. Downing had called it the best strawberry he 

 knew. Mr. Foster, Kingston, then exhibited several plants of each 

 kind in tubs, and on examination a difference in vigor, as claimed, 

 was presented, but not in the appearance of the leaves or stalks. The 

 points of di:5erence claimed are, that the Triomph will flourish only 



