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Chicken Cholera at Frederick Stablers
calls forth various recipes as cure _ Copperas
Rhubarb _ Turpentine _ three drops of the latter
in pills one dose.

Mould will not injure hams _

What to do with sawdust: it is useful in
garden paths, also in compost heap.

Why do not lilies of the valley bloom _
they require shade.

How to stick lima beans to prevent
the poles falling _ Tie two poles together with
tarred rope _ & put one across the tops as
ridge pole _ we do not care about pinching in
the vines this year _ as Edward Thomas suggests
that Benjamin Miller will be tall
enough to gather our beans for us _

Does asparagus do as well this year
as usual _ yes _ a liberal dressing of salt advised

London purple is not considered any
better than Paris green _

A proposition to send the minutes of
the last meeting to some paper in need of filling
meets with some approval.

Sarah Miller read an excellent article
entitled. .How easy it is to forget
that we ever were children _ and equally
hard to remember that we are but children
of a larger growth. Francis Thomas read