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by all the members of the club. Her name is Nah-nee-bak-nee-qua, 

 (meaning a good woman.) 



All concentrated manure, such as guano, phosphate, &c., should be dis- 

 solved, or sifted, lumps made fine, and mixed Avith coal ashes, or some 

 othej- divisor. 



SORGHUM, 



Being analyzed in August, showed no sugar, not even a trace. The 

 same cane, when dry, in December, gave a large percentage. 



WILD POTATOES. 



Mr. Merriam made a statement that common potatoes grow wild in 

 Tennessee. He also alluded to a valuable kind of wild grass growing in 

 that State. 



SOLUTION OP ALOES EOR INSECTS ON PLANTS. 



Mr. Peter S. Titus read an extract from a letter of Dr. Euler, of Penn- 

 sylvania, upon the use of solution of aloes to destroy insects upon plants. 

 It states that Mons. Raspail, of Europe, an eminent chemist, recommends 

 the aloes very highly, its application being exceedingly successful. It 

 destroyed the aphis on apple and peach trees, and prevented the attack of 

 curculio upon plums. In some applications, where a plaster is necessary, 

 wet clay with a solution of aloes, and it will destroy all insect life it is 

 applied to. It is suggested that watering roots will embitter the foliage 

 so as to prevent the attack of insects. It is also suggested that seeds 

 steeped in aloes water will save it from all attacks of insects. Put three 

 ounces of aloes into 145 gallons of water for a steep for seeds. It is an 

 efi"ectual preventive of rose-bugs and melon-bugs. Mr. Titus applied a 

 strong dose — an ounce to two gallons of water. • 



INDIAN AGRICULTURE. 



The Ojlbway princess, who was present, was invited to the platform by 

 Wm. S. Carpenter, to state some of the modes of cultivation among her 

 tribe. 



She said that Christianity had been successful in so far civilizing the 

 Indians, that many of them had become good farmers, and are living like 

 white men. She said that the poor Indian is not so encouraged as the 

 white men to make improvements, but still they are progressing. She then 

 stated that they 'had taken the wild rice from Rice lake, and sowed it in 

 wet places near their village, where it has successfully taken root, and 

 after about three years from the sowing, it produces a good crop. Her 

 talk was very interesting. 



A NEW FERTILIZER. 



Dr. Nab, of Vermont, stated that things poisonous to insects are some- 

 times food for animals. So this is the case with plants. He mentioned an 

 experiment, made in North Carolina, with crude turpentine as manure for 

 corn, which proved eminently successful. This was upon the soil that 

 produces the turpentine. He also spoke of the great want of proper tools 

 in all Southern countries, both in the United States and in Central and 



