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ISTew Plow Clevis. 



Mr. T. P. Warren, Norfolk, Va., exhibited an improved plow 

 clevis, so constructed that it may be placed either iipoii the top or 

 side of the plow beam, and the special ment of which lies in this, 

 that by its use the plow may be more easily guided to cultivate 

 closer to rows of plants than where the common clevis is employed. 

 The device is best fitted for one-horse plows. 



Messrs. P. T. Quiim and W. S. Carpenter both expressed their 

 intei'est in this improvement, and a belief that it will be of great 

 value in certain operations. 



Plant Peoteotoe. 



Wilkes & Watson, Sharon, Mass., send spccim.ens of a plant pro- 

 tector, which consists in a conical net, furnished at tlie bottom with 

 .a hoop, which is pressed into the ground around the plant, while the 

 .net is sustained over the latter by a supporting stick, which is stuck 

 into the center of the htll. It is claimed that the device will pre- 

 vent the ravages of the wire worm. One of the members expressed 

 (the opinion that, although it might be useful in protecting strawberry 

 plants, for most vegetables it would prove little or no better than the 

 Jioop in common use. 



London Bush Squash. 



'Dr. Ilexamer, Newcastle, N. Y. — I have brought to the club these 

 •specimens of squash, I know of no variety superior to it. The fla- 

 vor is fine, they are hard, they keep at least half the winter, and 

 when cooked the flesh is white like well mashed potato. 



Imi^koved Sweet Corn. 



Mr. D. B. Bruen, Newark, IST. J., exhibited and afterwards distri- 

 buted several very fine ears of a variety of sweet corn originated by 

 himself many years ago,, and which has been very well thought of 

 both by producers and consumers. 



Adjourned. 



January 5, 1869. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely in the chair; 3Ir. John W. CuA^rBERS, Secretary. 



Teee Plantlng. 

 Mr. Geo. W. Shaw, of Garden Grove, Iowa, writes, in relation to 

 the culture of forest trees, that in October, 1SG4, he planted a row of 



