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5th mo 12th 1866.

We met at the house of Roger B Farquhar; S Hopkins, Wm S Bond,
& P T Stabler were absent; as guests we had Chas Farquhar of Sandy
Spring & Chas Farquhar of New Market. T. J. Lea appointed Foreman.
Upon starting out our attention was first called to the
garden, which without exception was the best we had seen, every thing
looked thrifty & well advanced, and had evidently received the best
attention; some very fine tomato plants called forth considerable
comment, & all who have not had hot beds of their own are advised
to try them thoroughly for one year, & it is thought, the pleasure
& convenience of them will be so manifest that they will not
be without them again. Our host complained that his ice
was keeping so well that he could not get his buggy into its usual
summer quarters, on a temporary floor laid over the ice, where
he generally puts it about the middle of April.

The shop with the implements lying round, mended & sharpened
ready for use gave evidence of its usefulness; the apple &
some of the peach trees in the young orchard, looked very healthy,
but most of the peach trees looked very delicate: some of the trees
needed trimming, & those of our members who have experience
in such matters, gave us some practical illustrations of the
proper manner of performing that operation.

The wheat looked only tolerably well, but the timothy in
the meadow, looked better than any seen before this season.

In passing throug the meadow, we were all called upon
to notice a mound raised over the mortal remains of an old crow,
thus utilizing what is commonly a nuisance, a very good example for
the rest of us to follow. Upon returning to the house the pigs were
just being called to supper & we went to look at them, found a very
nice lot of shoats looking as though a little more corn would not
hurt them. We were next called to supper, which
was entirely too good for an old bachelor, after which the following