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our hostess was apparent in all its arrangements, the water ram which intrested many of the club at the last meeting was still working admirably,
The foreman called attention to the large quantity of manure remaining in the stable, which was though not the best management, in view of the loss sustained by heating, and the consequent escape of its best properties. We viewed at a distance the two cornfields, one was on the wheat field destroyed by the hail, and though not so good as the [sod?], was a fair crop.

We then visited the [bone?] mill where a large stock of fertilizer was being prepared for fall use, judging from the [?] of the materials forming these fertilizers and free to public gaze together with the manipulation, the reputation of the manufacturer of proprietor for the manufacture of an honest and valuable article, can be well maintained.

The last object, though not the last interesting to many of us, was the scrap pile when almost every manner & variety of [?] & other trash could be found, deposited among the bones by the tricky and cunning young [?][?] of Washington city.
Greenbacks were not in sufficient quantity to be [deemable?] among the other matter, but at our next visit they may be