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H/4/1896 -3-

Wakefield early Winning stadt and Henderson's
early summer

4 Will it do to plant asparagus on the
North side of a hedge? No it will make
it too late

5 How many have planted garden seeds. Six
Hot beds and cold frames had been planted
by nearly all the members
A. G. Thomas burried 50 bushels of apples
coverings with rye straw and earth and
2/3 of them came out in good condition
Apples kept remarkably well in this region
The Bentley seedling can be had at
College Station

Various experiments with nitrate of
soda show it to be a good fertilizer
or stimutant to growing plants. It is applied
in small quantities on the surface
and raked in. If put on just before
a rain it goes into the ground immediately,
apply to peas when they are ready
to stick, a teaspoonful to a rose
bush is a sufficient dose. Some of the
members decided to join and take 500 lbs

Report on Poultry
Brook Grove 5 chickens
Cloverlea 10 chickens