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with ashes, and earth from the wood-pile.
Q. Should tomatoes be planten in hills?
A. It was thought not.
Q. How to raise Sweet potatoes?
A. It was decided by the majority that it did not
pay to raise them. About the Chinese Yam
we only learned that they grew at a great depth.
Q. Should the garden be cultivated with a plow &
A. It was approved, as a Saving of labor.
Q. How destroy bugs on vines?
A. Kerosine Snuff and quicklime were recommended
but the only effectual method was to kill the bug.
Q. What is the best mode of fixing tomato vines?
A. Cover the ground with straw and let the vines alone.
Q. How should tomato vines be planted?
A. Pour water on the roots and earth as you plant and
if the stem is long, cover first of it with earth.
Q. Should gooseberry and currant bushes be trimed?
A. They should.
Q. That should be done for the gapes in chickens?
A. Asafoetida, onion tops, and black-pepper, were recommended.
Q. How deep should lima-beans be planted?
A. Very shallow. Q. Should seed be planted in dry weather?
A. Yes as they will be in the ground ready to grow.

The garden was examined; then adjourned to meet at
Sharon.