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impossibility, that this combination of
Flowers & Chickens have proved very profitable.
The lady plants dahlia roots, that she
did not need in her garden, in her chicken
yard, twelve years ago, putting each root where a chicken coop had stood the
previous year, & she was most successful
in raising the flowers, & by so doing, making'
shade for the little chickens, the whole
chicken yard is [annually?] a forest of
flowers, & the sales from these have helped
her in buying eggs from [blooded?] poultry
& [choice?] varieties of dahlias.

[Name?] had a volunteer article on
Country [?] corn, it said corn that
was planted on Aug 6^th [altho'?] there had
[been?] frost. made a good crop, [number?] doz.
ears were sold @ 50 [cent symbol?] a doz. - & when
thanksgiving came it tasted mighty good,
as did also tomatoes which had ripened
on the vines that had [been?] put in the
cellar. Mrs. [Janney?] also gave
us the proportions for various sprays which
will be kept in the Sec's. box for future
federence.

Ellen Farquhar read us a beautiful poem