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as good food for silk worms as the mulberry
and make a finer quality of silk

Volunteer, E. S. Iddings, Ether used by florists
for forcing blooms at unusual
seasons.

Forethought excellent as usual
Kale should be planted this month
and prepare house plants for winter.

There has been trouble at some
places with poultry; Minks were destructive.
A mink trap was described
open at both ends, an apartment in
the middle in which to put a live chicken,
for bait, woven wire would keep
the chicken safe from the mink but
not from nervous prostration. At
John Bentley's the chickens seemed
to have paralysis of the neck. He
was trying, turpentine, kerosene etc
Phenyle in the drinking water, some
members thought the disease & w was
was roup and recommended a roup
cure from Ohio.

The Exhibits were fine and the President
much pleased by the interest
shown; the variety and quality of the
vegetable and the beautiful flowers