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Hopkins and Roger B. Farquhar were
appointed to experiment and report

5 How make asparagus grow large
make rich and top dress with
ashes

6 The winter had been hard on
roses and the question was asked
around whether those on light
or heavy soil had fared the better

the answers seemed to prove that
the result was the same in either
soil and whether protected or not

Some of our members had
planted out geraniums and
hoped it was not too early

The poultry report

Brooke Grove 78 chickens 8 goslings
Rock Spring 30 " 1 "
Rockland 105 "
Riverside 116 " 9 turkies
White Hall 17 "
Alloway 61 "
Norwood 65 "
Hermon 100 "
Edgewood 68 "
Sharon 34 "
Falling Green 60 "

The next meeting to be a week
earlier than the usual time on
account of the June Exhibition of