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17th. Has any member noticed any sign of rot in notatoes?
No
l8th. Our host asked if we would walk out and eat some watermelon?
Answered unanimously Yes, & we went out & did full
justice to a number of melons of our host's own growing,
which were pronounced No 1.

Then adjourned to meet at Wm W Moore's at the
usual time next month.

10th Mo 13th 1866

The Club met at the house of Wm W Moore, Where Asa M Stabler
Edwd P Thomas, Wm S Bond & Thos J Lea were absent; & we had as
guests Jos T Moore & Gerard Hopkins. Samuel Hopkins was appointed
Foreman & the minutes of last meeting were read about five o'clock
at which hour we usually get together & get to business, the Sec
would respectfully suggest that we change the hour of meeting to
that time or try to be more punctual. On account of the recent
severe rains having made the fields so very wet & muddy, we made
an examination of our host's out houses only; 1st among these the
ice house claimed attention & was thought to be very complete; the
pig pen came next in order, & was found to contain as pretty
specimens of the genus "Porker" as are often seen; the barn doors
hung upon rollers originally were found lying very quietly against the fence where one of our guests said he could testify they were lying four months
ago; a load of very pretty hay was found upon the wagon all ready
for Washington. Two very fine Mule Colts one & two years old were noticed
in the barn yard; the stables were found to be uncomfortably wet
whether on account of the recent heavy rains, or that it is usually the
case we were not informed.

1st Question. What is it worth per acre to plow a clean sod field 8
inches deep?
$3.00 (4) 3.50 (4) & three don't know.
2nd. What is the hire of a horse per day, the person hiring to feed him?
60 cts (1), 75 cts (8) $1.00 (1).