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England, where it takes from five to fifteen days to cure hay in the field. 

 There, such a machine is very important. Is it so here ? It is very 

 doubtful, or rather, it is not doubtful in my opinion. If grass is mainly 

 cured in the swath, windrow and cock, it makes better hay than when 

 fully exposed to the hot sun. If too much exposed, the juice is all evapo- 

 rated and the woody fiber of the stalk is turned to substance not much 

 more nutritious than wood. 



Solon Robinson. — I fully agree with Mr. Nash in his opinion of the 

 utility of a tedding machine. People of New England derived their ideas 

 about haymaking from England, and have pursued the same course, stir- 

 ring the hay continually in the sun, so as to get it dry enough to put in 

 store the same day it was cut. In my opinion, if left in the swath to wilt 

 and only partially dry, and then cocked and cured, it will be more nutri- 

 tious. I have seen hay cured in this way, that sweated in the cock and 

 turned quite dark, yet was sweet and was eaten greedily. This method 

 of making hay involves the necessity of hay covers, but they would not 

 cost as much as a hay tedder. 



Fifteen Seedling Strawberries. 



Geo. H. Hite, of Morrisauia, exhibited fifteen sorts of seedling straw- 

 berries, the first year's fruit of plants taken from the original. These 

 were referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. John G. Bergen, Wm. 

 S. Carpenter and the Rev. Mr. Weaver for careful examination. They 

 reported as follows: 



No. 1. Berry large, sweet, flat cone shaped, dark scarlet color, flesh 

 pink — desirable variety. 



No. 2. Very large, high flavor, scarlet color, flesh light color — berry 

 rather soft for market. 



No. 3. Large, color dark scarlet, flesh light, very prolific, excellent 

 flavor — the favorite of the committee. 



No. 4. Berry long, pj'ramid shape, some more than an inch in length, 

 color dark, flesh pink, flavor fair. 



The above may all be classed as decidedly large varieties. 



No. 5. Irregular shape, dark scai-let color, dark flesh, flavor rather tart. 



No. 6. Berry short but more regular than No. 5 — rather less tart than 

 No. 5, but in other respects somewhat similar. 



No. 1. Berry quite dark colored, not large, but the best flavored in the 

 collection. 



No. 8. Berry small at the neck, size medium, crimson color, flavor very 

 good, apparently very prolific. 



No. 9. Berry very dark, flesh dark, size medium, flavor not remarkable. 



No. 10. Color light red, size medium, flavor fair. 



No. 11, 12, 13, 14. Berries all dark, medium size, rather tart flavor, with 

 dark flesh — No. 13 being the lightest color of the four, but in other respects 

 similar. 



No. 15. Good size, light scarlet color, flesh quite light, flavor rather in- 

 ferior. 



The Committee thought it very unusual to find fifteen seedlings with so 

 few faults, and recommend Mr. Hite to continue the trial another 3'ear or 



