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color, like ti'lacco. Wlicn it l»»'trins to sweat it sliould not be disturbed 

 till tlie sweat is o\vr. The nKiislure and steam will go to the top, no mat- 

 ter what the height, and the top is the only part in danger. A foot of 

 straw on top absorbs the moisture and saves the hay. 



"One farmer eut 12 to 14 tons of mixed timothy and clover, and carteil 

 as fust as cut, without regard to weather. Straw was placed on the top 

 to absorb moisture. The straw rotted, but the hay turned out good. 

 Anotlicr cut four or five acres of clover, raked and cocked it all in one day 

 Threatening rain caused its hurried cartage the following da}'. It occu- 

 pied a bent and a half in the barn. The full bent came out bright and good 

 except about IS inches of the top. The half bent was partially injured by 

 adding other fodder, and thus keeping the steam in. Another knew of 30 

 to 40 tons of hay being cut and carted the same day. The mow smoked, 

 sweat and generated toad stools, but only the top was spoiled. The bal- 

 ance was sweet and good, the blossoms were unchanged, and the cattle 

 lappe<l it down like meal.' 



The Chairman.— I have lately conversed with a man who had just finished 

 the cutting of 35 acres in Norwich, Conn., and sold the crop at 812 a ton, 

 taken from the cock in the field. At that price would clover be a profita- 

 ble crop? Several members said yes, if cured in the manner stated in the 

 article just read. 



Moving Trees from one Locality to Another. 



The Chairman. — A gentleman has lately expressed himself very ddcidedly 

 to me that it would be far more profitable for persons desiring to plant an 

 orchard to procure their trees from their own neighborhood than from a 

 di; tance. What is the experience of the Club ? What would be the ex- 

 pense of moving trees, say from the old Colony Nursery-, where they have 

 always been exposed to strong sea winds, to the interior of the country ? 



Mr. Carpenter. — My experience is that I have lost fewer trees from those 

 imported frcjm France than I have from those grown in my own nursery. 

 It makes no difference to me where the trees have been grown, nor in what 

 soil, so that the growth has not been forced by stimulating manures. 



XIr. John G Hergcti. — This is a difficult qiu'stion to settle by individual 

 experience. For instance, one might get his trees from abroad this year, 

 and owin;^ to the drouth loose half of them. He might attribute the loss 

 to change of climate or S(jil. Of this he wtJuUl be convinced next j'car by 

 getting trees in his own neighborhoiKl and not losing one. My experiena; 

 has Iten during several years as follows: I obtained trees from a nursery 

 QUO and a half miles distant, where tke soil is sandy loam, exactly like that 

 of my farm. Also from Boston, where the soil and cfimate are both dif- 

 ferent, and from France, from soil with which I am not familiar, and from 

 Mr. Herd's nursery, Elizabethtown, N. J., some ten or fifteen miles west- 

 ward, where the soil is a stiff* clay. Invariably Reed's trees have proved 

 best, and those from Boston worse. The only reason I ct)uld give was, 

 (hat Heed's trees seemed to be the best grown and in the best condition. 



