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H/5/1908-1-

Edgewood

May 5th 1908

By request this meet convened at noon.
Not many members was missing, the minutes
were read and approved. Ellen
Farquhar who had been asked to tell us about
Bermuda said her account of the trip would
be out of date as there were present more recent
visitors to the island. Kate Janney who
has just returned from there said it would
take all the afternoon to tell all about it. She
said a farm of 12 acres is a large farm there.
The absence of noxious insects is delightful.

1st Reader Kate Janney read of raising a garden
with no manure but liquid manure made
by putting manure in a bag with water arranged
to filter through it. The results were good.

2nd Frank Hallowell was absent. Volunteer, an
excellent article on manuel training in schools.
Dr. Kirk read what Burbank is doing with cacti
making it spineless and good food for cattle
and hen. A man gave a dinner where cactus
soup, cactus fried and a drink made of cactus
were served. A writer on Africa says in some
regions where they have no rain for two years
the cattle live on cactus. Mariana read of a man
who had out Burbanked Burbank by producing
an odorless onion!

Forethought reminds us to sow more seeds
cultivate, spray, mulch, set out plants. For
melons spray with Bordeaux mixture 1/2 strength
once in two weeks. Sow seeds of vegetables for
succession, especially corn. Plant plenty