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11^th Meeting

The " Home Interest " met at Belmont on
the 22 of 7^th Mo 1871 and discussed many questions
of interest concerning indoors and out. We
enjoyed conversation in the house until
Asa M. Stabler was made foreman
when we visited the garden and other out
door attractions. The vegetables were in
a flourishing condition and gave evidence
of fertilizers and good cultivation

Quest 1 What is the cause of blight in
W^m Moores Cabbage ? It was left undecided
but he was advised to replant and use
M^m S. Bonds J.X.L.

2 Do large white worms eat strawberry plants?
several instances were given where they
had injured peanuts, but a sovereign
remedy was to be found in Wm. S. Bonds
J.X.L.

3. Has any body present had the "colorada
bug yet? one stated that a bug described
in the papers by that name
has made its appearance in their garden.