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asked and answered.
Q, Was it then too late to manure asparagus?
A. It was thought not, but Fall was the best time.
Q. What is the best manure for a strawberry - bed?
A. Most kinds were good but bone-dust was preferred.
Q. What is the best manner of plating strawberries?
A. In hills.

Sarah Stabler had no young chickens to report.
Eliza Brooke had two -- Francis Miller had five, -- Granville
Farquhar, two -- and Ellen Farquhar, three.

OLNEY

April 25th 1863.

The Society met at Olney; present George S.
Eliza Brooke, E. S. D.A Lea, Francis Miller, H. C.
Hallowell R. B. Farquhar Margaret Brooke and
Ellen Farquhar. Margaret Brooke was appointed
foreman and we went to examine the garden.

Were first struck by the clean appearance of the
yards both front and back. A highly ornament[ed?]
bird house attracted our notice. Attention was
called on entering the garden, to the novel tool-
house. We found peas up, and beets, bean, onions
and corn planted. Lettuce and radishes looked
well, and things generally were in a forward