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Poultry
378 chickens

We were told of the 6000 eggs
supplied to the Waldorf daily by
Mrs. Dinwiddy (?)

A. G. Thomas read a paper prepar
-ed for this meeting recalling to mind
all the advantages we enjoy now
which did not exist fifty years
ago. Telephones etc. It was requested
that it be published in the county paper

Mary Magruder suggests that the book
of minutes of our meetings should be
kept in some safety vault in case of
fire in our houses.

A. G. Thomas met with a Mr. Briggs who
has large green house in Washington. It
is likely he will build others nearer to
us which may be a great convenience to us

A member proposed that the secretary
read the minutes of fifty years ago at
each place this summer where it met
at that time.

Questions

Would it be better to plant salsify
seeds about the 1st of May instead of earlier?
No, best sow early

2 How tell the bulbs of Narcissus from jonquils?
Mark the plants when bloom

3 What the best rose for an eastern exposure
A rambler, preferable Doroth Perkins

4 How far apart set raspberries in a single row?
3 feet.

5 In making a flower garden would it
be best to turn the sod under? Recommen
-ded to take off the sod and pile it to de