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Cloverley
June 6th 1905

The meeting was called to order
nearly at the proper hour.
The minutes were read and, with
some amendments approved. The
1st reader Ellen Farquhar gave us an
article on Peonies. If the clumps are
large they should be divided. You
sometimes have to wait a year or two for
blooms after moving. They should be manured
every fall. 2nd Reader Mary E Gilpin,
Enemies of the Cabbage, recommending
tarred paper to catch bugs, and carbolic
to destroy larvae. Volunteer Mary B
Thomas, read of an exhibition of Heintz's
pickles and preserves and his method
of preserving strawberries. Ten lbs of
berries, ten lbs. of sugar. Let them come
to a boil, dip out the berries and keep
in the sunshine all day; boil the syrup
down to half, use half of it for the berries
and the other half for jam or jelly.

Dr. Kirk read of the wonderful plant
growth produced by the application
of electricity to the soil and to the