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think it would pay to raise roots to feed in this country; poor food 
for winter. Said he knew a man in Ohio who said water was good 
in its place, but for a common drink, give him rum. So of roots, 
they are good in their place, but for common, nutritious, valuable 
food, give him oats and corn for cattle and hogs, and the same, 
with a little flax seed added, for horses. Could make more money 
frcm such feed than from roots. 
Mr. Lewis asked how to kill Canada thistles. 
Mr. Peffer; Pasturing sheep upon the land, or frequent plowing 
will exterminate them. 
Mr. Daubner: You can kill them in two years by mowing once a 
week all summer. 
Mr. Wilson; Haven’t been able to kill them by mowing; they 
seem to come from roots which have lain dormant in the ground 
for years. 
Secret'ury Field: The trouble is, I think, with Mr. Wilson, that 
he doesn’t do his work efifectually. He allows a few thistles to go 
to seed, and then, perhaps, plows the seed under deep, and when 
brought to the surface again, grow, even after many years; think he 
is mistaken about the roots living in the ground over one or more 
seasons without growing, and then years afterwards under more 
favorable circumstances, sending up shoots. 
Question: How can T get rid of the weed known as snap-dragon? 
Mr. Peffer: Treat it the same as the thistle. 
Mr. Thomson: Summer fallow the land and you will be rid of this 
pest. 
The business of the Convention appearing to be completed. Sec¬ 
retary Field said that it had been his duty as well as his pleasure 
to call and attend these conventions. He hoped, if that duty should 
not longer be imposed upon him in an official capacity — and he 
thought it would not, he should still have the privilege and pleas¬ 
ure of meeting with them and taking pirt in their deliberations. It 
was impossible not to be benefited, where so many able and in¬ 
structive papers were read and commented upon by men of such 
intelligence and practical experience. The attendants at these con¬ 
ventions could not only improve themselves, but could impart much 
useful knowledge, gained by this interchange of ideas, to others 
who were so unfortunate or indifferent as not to be present. Farm- 
