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50
1^st Mo. 11^th 1868

The club met at Arthur Stablers.
Asa M. Stabler was chosen foreman.
W^m. S. Brooke Frederick Stabler and Philip T
Stabler were absent.
As visitors we had Shepherd Wright and
Walter Roberts from Virginia having felt
sufficient interest to come especially to attend
this meeting and James S. Hallowell and
Joseph T. Moore.

We walked out to view the farm under the
guidance of our foreman he being highly
distinguished this evening for having recently
received under his roof a worthy son of an
illustrious sire the heir apparent to many
good and comfortable blessings.

During our chilly perambulations we witnessed
several objects of interest and importance
whether the agricultural part of our intellects
were more fully developed by what we saw is
yet to be determined. In the pig hen with
a providential eye to next years stock our
host keeps several fair progenitors of the
swine species.

Several of the buildings presented rather a
dilapidated appearance for the Model Farm and
are now about tumbling out the latter year of
their material existance.

The ice house built upon a new plan was not
examined consequently no opinions was expressed
The cattle in the barn yard seemed to enjoy

50
1^st Mo. 11^th 1868

The club met at Arthur Stablers.
Asa M. Stabler was chosen foreman.
W^m. S. Brooke Frederick Stabler and Philip T
Stabler were absent.
As visitors we had Shepherd Wright and
Walter Roberts from Virginia having felt
sufficient interest to come especially to attend
this meeting and James S. Hallowell and
Joseph T. Moore.

We walked out to view the farm under the
guidance of our foreman he being highly
distinguished this evening for having recently
received under his roof a worthy son of an
illustrious sire the heir apparent to many
good and comfortable blessings.

During our chilly perambulations we witnessed
several objects of interest and importance
whether the agricultural part of our intellects
were more fully developed by what we saw is
yet to be determined. In the pig hen with
a providential eye to next years stock our
host keeps several fair progenitors of the
swine species.

Several of the buildings presented rather a
dilapidated appearance for the Model Farm and
are now about tumbling out the latter year of
their material existance.

The ice house built upon a new plan was not
examined consequently no opinions was expressed
The cattle in the barn yard seemed to enjoy