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7 Mo 13th 1868

Harvest and hot weather - made several
gaps in our "line", and made the members late
in gathering at W^m S. Bonds -- However "Patient
waiting is no loss" -- our short walk over the farm --
that is the garden and bone mill - was more
pleasant than if done earlier. In the flower
garden there was a larger quantity of Scarlet
Verbena in the bloom, making it very gay and
beautiful. The vegetable garden showed the want
of rain, there were some astonishingly precocious
dwarf pea-vines in bloom at the height of one
inch, we suppose they of the 'Go it while you're
young" variety. At the farm we saw no stock --
indeed four mules were all the animals
which we saw on the place. The corn was
good but not very advanced. The bone mill
was in operation -- the noise of which was music
to the ears -- the odors as sweet perfumes
to the olfactories - of some judging from
the way they lingered around in the
machinery for dissolving bones was examined
with interest.
Question 1st. Shall I sow cloverseed in corn or
wait and sow on oats?
Ans A majority would sow in corn.
2nd. Shall I sow early or late clover in new
ground?
Ans Sow early variety
3rd When shall I plow ground for wheat -
Ans As soon as you can