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Beds should be prepared for seed planing. Carrots, peas,
should go in. Not long after second rows should be planted.
Late in the month, cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes can go
in.
Asparagus patch should be weeded and fertilized. Nitric of
soda or sodium nitrate on asperagas is recommended.
Lawns should be fertilized but not mowed until 2 inches
tall.
Special care should be taken with any weed killers one plans
to use.

Peter Conlon provided the Meteorologist Report. In March we
had 2.52 inches of rain. The peak temperature was 79 degrees
on the 24th and 25th. The low was 12 degrees on the 22nd.
The questions regarding whether the weather had been warmer
than normal, wetter than before, and the winter shorter than
usual, the consensus opinion was non-committal with patches
of cloudiness. In closing Peter Conlon promised a
descriptive graph of the winter's statistics to be handed
out at the May meeting.

Leslie Rogers passed the exhibits.
Quailhill offered daffodils.
White japonica came from Roslyn.
There was daffodils, hyacinth, and heather from Lea House.
From Jackpine came hyacinth, jonquils and forthysia.
Riverside brought daffodils, grape hyacinth, myrtle, blood
root, iris, violets, bluebells, spyrea, phlox, candy tuft,
ivy & weeds arranged tastefully, and woodruff.
Lakeview had daffodils, forsythia and mahonia.
The Earps offered flowering cherry, magnolia, hyacinth,
grape hyacinth, andromeda, daffodils, and primrose.
Clifton brought narcissi and spirea.

The report on birds brought up a mention of an influx of
crows near Lydia Haviland's. Attention was drawn to the
buzzard hanging out at Quailhill. Peter Austin protested
that he wasn't feeding them any failed efforts at raising
sheep but that the black ugly birds had been kicked out
of the Springdale woods by construction there of large
opulent houses. Quailhill was the closest low-rent area
for them to move into...much to Peter's discomfort and esthetic
chagrin.
Peter Conlon was along the Arkansas River in Colorado and
saw hawls, eagles, thousands of ducks & teals and in trees,
30 pair of nesting blue herons.
Purple Martins were reported back in the Area on March 15 -
if you didn't get them this year better luck next.

The redundancy Cmmitee under John Hartge's guidance and
impetus wowed the gathering with an impressive showing of
its winter data organizing efforts. 11 years of old Society
minutes have been digested and the program is progressing
nicely.