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5^th How and when should I sow celery seed? Sow
in hot beds or very early in open ground.

6^th What is the greatest age, at which chicken
can be sold a good article? After two years
they should be called old chickens; but if
fat, they will sell as stewing chickens at a
much greater age.

7^th Does any member know of a furnace for heating
houses with wood? Very little apparent
knowledge on the subject.

8^th Is it right to prosecute a rogue when caught?
A great variety of opinions, from no opinion
at all, to a great deal of opinion. One member
thought it was right, but would not do it;
another thought the increasing amount
of theft due, in a great measure, to the
tacit encouragement given it, by the employers
not having the moral courage to make
an example of each case, and thought it a
duty to the community to carry out the law.
Another thought it would do no good; another
that it would be an expense to the
country, & render the prosecution very unpopular
with the colored people; another thought
in an intelligent community like this, popularity
should be the last consideration
and duty the first, no matter how expensive,
inconvenient or unpleasant.