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the center. Mr. Robinson did not advocate any system of con- 

 tinually geeing about. He said if it was practiced it would turn 

 back many a worthless ridge from the old stone walls now filled 

 with elders and blackberry bushes. The recommendation is a 

 good one, but not new. 



Solon Robinson — I suggest the subject of insects which destroy 

 wheat, as a good subject for discussion at the next meeting. And 

 preparatory to that I recommend members to read this article 

 upon wheat in the June number of the United States Magazine. 

 It is very full upon all the enemies the wheat-grower has to con- 

 tend with, with well executed cuts. It will disseminate much 

 useful information among farmers. This is the insect, the Hes- 

 sian Fly, that is now, I suppose, destroying the wheat fields of 

 Michigan. It is too early for the Clear Winged Wheat Fly, 

 {cecidomia tritici.) That comes in July and August, and preys 

 on the pollen and soft kernels. 



Adrian Bergen, farmer. Long Island, called attention to the 

 transplanting of trees. He had been successful with some by 

 taking care to have the soil to which they were to be transplant- 

 ed good. I have planted the nuts of black walnut and of horse 

 chesnut trees, and tried which was best in practice, the growing 

 trees from their seeds, or transplanting. My walnut plants grew 

 as high as my head the first year, the horse chesnuts only a few 

 inches. I dig and manure about them to make them grow, and 

 they do grow fast, instead of standing almost stock still, of one 

 size, till one gets tired of them. 



Geo. E. Waring — Some critics have found fault with what was 

 said here about geeing and hawing all one way, so making a hill 

 or a dish in the middle. Now this criterion is wanting in only 

 one particular of any importance, and that is, Mr. Solon Robin- 

 son said then what seems extremely natural — gee one way this 

 plowing, and haw the next, and your field will neither become a 

 hill or a hole. 



I see that the distinguished agricultui'al chemist, Mr. Liebig, 

 has in some measure changed his views as to manures. He finds 

 that there is much in the chemistry of nature which eludes the 

 laboratory. 



Mr. Judd — Analysis of soils, for our farmers' use, ought to be 

 perfect. Is it so? If not it avails little our practical farmers. 



Prof. Mapes felt now assured that for every practical farmer's 

 use, analysis of his soil can he made without error in any particu- 

 lar, so as to show exactly what is wanted to amend the soil. 



