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guard him all the while, and hurry him not, or slight his work in any 

 respect. In this way, and no other, can we properly educate shearers 

 to do their work with tact and increased profit to the flock-master. 

 The above is a transcript of my own course, followed for many years. 



Adjourned. 



April 30, 1872. 



Nathan C. Ely, Esq., in the chair; Mr. John "W. Chambers, Secretary. 



Pipes for Under-drains Ckoe:ed by Grass. 



Dr. J. !N". Riggs, Hartford, Conn., was present, and made some inter- 

 esting remarks regarding his agricultural experience and experiments. 

 He said he was a thorough believer in the advantages of under-drain- 

 ing ; that many of his fields had been greatly benefited thereby. One, 

 however, had proved very refractory, and it was partly for the pur- 

 pose of asking advice regarding it that he visited the Club. He 

 explained that tile were put in in the best way ; but a long, fine, silky 

 grass or root has gained a foothold, and during the growing season 

 clogs the passage, and almost wholly prevents any outflow of water. 



Prof. Henry E. Colton asked if the ends of the tile were closely 

 joined and capped. 



Dr. Riggs replied that he placed strips of tin carefully over the 

 junctures, but the enemy would creep under and thrive vigorously. 

 Speaking of tin, he explained that it was his practice to send his team 

 into the city now and then, and his man gathered up such rubbish as 

 might prove useful on the farm, where most anything comes hand} 7 

 one time or another. In fact, he had had occasion to use almost every- 

 thing except a mast of a ship but expecting that there would, soonei 

 or later, occur a necessity for this, he was on the lookout. The tin, 

 he resumed, was from a discarded roof, and cut in strips of the proper 

 size and shape for the purpose named. He had an idea that if the 

 water were turned off by a pipe he purposed to put in, for the sake of 

 conveying a portion of the water to a still lower field for drinking 

 purposes for his stock, the foul growth would be deprived of suste- 

 tenance, and, therefore, die a natural death. 



Canning Corn. 

 A correspondent asked to be informed concerning the process of 

 canning corn. 



