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The club convened at White Hall.
Members gathered slowly. An agricultural
Croquet was indulged in until nearly five o'clock
when Charles H Brooke was chose foreman.
Thomas G. Lea, Benj. H. Miller, W. S. Brooke and
Roger B. Fangrihan were absent. Gerrard Hopkins
was the only guest. The foreman led us around first
to the milk vault, which seems to have been discarded
but which our host pronounces a good thing, it
certainly needs more light-and ventilation. At a distance
we [?] a Grindstone mounted on an old floor
barrel whether it was put up there for use or
ornament we were not-informed.

Passing an old graveyard enclosed with a brick
fence some avaricious members wanted to know
whether there would be any harm in taking away
the brick and using them. The corn was ripe
unto harvest the stalks were well eared a neighbors
horse was enjoying the [?] of freedom and plenty
of corn. We passed by some pear trees where there
had been pears, the foreman set-to work
stoning the trees as though he were angry with
them for not having fruit-on now.

Our host-called forth with a stentorian voice
and a fine lot of hogs and shoals came to view.
We walked out-into a meadow to see the
virtue of different kinds of manure. We could
see to a line where lime was put-but 20
of Bone Dust-per acre made no show comparatively.