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dandelions and crabgrass.

FORETHOUGHT
Helen Farquhar was not with us. Helen Hallowell
read "Making the lawn beautiful." Cut grass as
long as it grows, use sharp rake on lawn before
planting grass seed. Rolling a lawn is always
in order. Mrs. Weld advised Italian Rye and
Blue grass, no bad effect from this, interesting
discussion. Mrs. Farquhar spoke a word in favor
of dandelions. They are not ugly to look at, and
after a short while they are not seen.

QUESTIONS.
Cornelia told of advise from Agricultural
Department regarding her Boxwood. More cultivation
this she has done, but the advise not to trim was
considered.

Would the Horticultural do anything toward
Tree planting? It was suggested that a
Committee be appointed to work with the Community
Council. The Chair appointed this Committee to
work out its own idears of where to plant etc.
Committee; - Chairman- Cornelia Bentley, Helen T.
Hallowell, Mary Tilton and Charles F. Brooke.

Rebecca Miller asked how to fertilize her
garden. Stable Manure or any good commercial
fertilizer, plenty of potash and Nitrogen.

Complaints of chickens dying. This is
attributed to lack of greennfood this dry season.
Plenty of milk is a benefit to chickens

What is the advantage of ashes on the lawn?
Ashes furnish potash and help lighten the soil.

Plant rhubarb any time.

Mrs. Weld wants to know how to keep sweet
potatoes. Keep where it is dry and there is no
danger of freezing.

Questions are not as often asked as we would
like to have them. This feature of our meetings is
for an interchange of ideas and experiences and gives
information desired.

The containers for flower exhibits, promised
at Falling Green, were brought by several members.

The Committee appointed to attend to any
business while the Horticultural is inactive was; -
Helen Hallowell, Elza Thomas, Margaret Bancroft,
Mary Brooke, Robert Miller, the Chairman & the
Secretary. Ex offico

The Secretary was authorized to pay to
the Community Council the Annual assessment of $4.25

The Society approved the purchase of the
Fair Grounds for School purposes.