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opinion was in favor of scalding thoroughly and then packing in
a cask with corn cobs.
5th. Would you thresh oats & sell them directly after harvest?
Keep & thresh them at convenience
6th. A member has a field where he thinks a hand
can pull all of the Richardson's pink out in three or four
days, & asks whether it will pay to do it?
Yes by all means.
7th. What is the best time to haul manure?
Spring (8) Fall (3)
8th. Will clover set in corn, if sowed just after the last working?
Five say yes, & five no, but all encourage the member to try the experiment.
9th. Is it best to work potatoes after they begin to bloom?
Yes (6) No (4)
10th. Would you plow for corn now where the land is bare, or leave till fall?
Three would plow now & six leave till fall, & four don't know.
11th. How long would you leave clover sod to imnrove the land?
One year.
12th. What is a four horse team worth per dqy for a 2 day trip when all expenses are paid?
$5.00 (1) 6.00 (7) 7.00 (1), 7.50 (2).

Then adjourned to meet at Thos J Lea's
on the 14th of next month.

7th mo 14th 1866.

We met at the house of Thos J Lea, where Wm S Bond,
Wm S Brooke, & R B Farquhar were absent, & we had as
guests, Ed Lea, Ed Pierce, Ed Ruse, Isaac Hartshorne, Geo
L Stabler & Albert Gilpin. It being the warmest day of the season
we were very late getting together, & after that we
were very loth to start on our rounds, but finally Fred R
Stabler having been appointed foreman, we started out,
& went to the cellar first where we found a mi1k vault some feet deeper
than the main portion of the room, & which felt delightfully cool
compared with the temperature above ground, & which we were
told keeps milk very well; we also noticed the ice house,