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A. A well drained, rich, deep sandy light soil, and
pile earth spread on top.
Q. Cause of, and cure for mildewed gooseberries(?)
A. Cause, the climate does not suit them, in part
prevent by spreading salt at the roots.
Q. How kill the insects on honey suckles?
A. Spread ashes and lime about the roots. Sprinkle
with tobacco water.
Q. What do with an asparagus bed overgrown with clover?
A. Cover with manure, and put salt on it in the winter.
Ellen Farquhar. Ninety to One hundred chickens
Sarah E. Farquhar Forty Six chickens
S. E. Stabler One hundred and fifty chickens and Forty five
turkeys.
H. B. Stabler Ninety five chickens,
Mary E. Hall One hundred chickens
Eliza Brooke. Six Turkeys Twelve geese
Seventy to Eighty Chickens
R. B. Farquhar Three Turkeys.

The Horticultural Society met during the summer
months of this season - 1864 but the records were
not to be found, they were not copied in the book
at the time, and the notes were by some means lost.

Note No minutes during Summer 1864