Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-15
Mark TwaiMss+ Report Of the Pro-
ceedings, Of the Farmers Club.


ExzCoNsrABLE QufNN desired the club
TO inform him how to make hogs root.
Dr.iSlow had been q practical farmer for
the last six weeks, and in all the varied
Agricultural experience no SUCH article as
hog,s-root had ever come under his notice.
What was it Was it edible? Was it
useful many waS2 or was it, as he more
than suspected, another worthless humbug
devised Byeth6r shafpefs to defraud us
practical farmerseSHe knew not whether
it was Pf0Pagated by seeds, OF by cuttings
but he would advise Mr.. Quinn TO be shy
OF hog's-root, especially if it was a new
tangled or high-priced tuber. It26
Mr.. Moker, the Agricultural writer, ex;.
planned the anatomy of the hogs proboscis.
1t is designed for subterranean feraging,i
by a process vulgarly called rooting,t TO
(which Mr. Quinn,s inquiry probably
referred. Z Being a delicate organ, si1 Is
liable to injury. He would recommend
that MI: Quinn wipe his hog'snose. 1.-The
needs protection by a metallic shield.
Some resort to the strategic device of in
serting a wire ring in the hogs nose,i9
his efforts to 1removeS Which he WOULD
naturally thrust his snoutinto the son, and
sthus root unwittingly. That was playing
itrather low on theshog, and the metallic
shieldswas preferable on the score Of fair
IL AC1IluS dAl0 HDllu1IhAOPJs 20 a. q
Mr.. Greeley exhibited a pumpkin OF his
\ own raising. HAs it embodied his solitary
Land, browning success, after several years
of dscouraging failure in pumpkin cuI-
ture, the club surrounded it with uncover
ed heads and Ri9gled emotions ofsurprise,
admiration and envy. 1t was aSsuperb
fruit! and when Mr.! CTS hat was piacedoon
BIT, TO ILLUSTRATE its size and symmetry, the
hat and pumpkin seemed so perfectly
ADAPTED to each otheEA and together pro-
duced anseftect SO startling, that severa4e en-
thusiastie members swore they W9uldh 2
| Known who raised that pumpkin 1,ney
had seen it anywhere. 1t is t0'be PhotO
graphed by Gurneys SRdzneH yeaE'S EE4-
une subscribers viii receiveS cepfe& The
pumpkin was the hattering prAducttUfune
bushel Ofseedplanted on the farm in Cham
Soon after ~blossoIning the win
manifested an inclination to w1ther. 1t was
\ thereupon transplantedttesa large flower
pot and removed to1t heTtovvn residence OF
fits founder FoFsome time it pinned and
droopedSandstheg sat up nights with it, ex-
pecting that every moment would be ats
+ last, but every moment turned out not to be
I its last and with careful nursing 1T finally
rallied and came upito maturity, as CHERISH
led and tough aSpumpkinFasl ever grew. -
Hn Skhammers sggksted that there
suit of Mr.. G.'s indomitable cstrdggfe Win
d thisIpumpkin showed how every cityfamb
Iy could provide. itself with pumpkin-pie
He hoped to see the day when every@Win,
dow-sill, in every cinEpHnuld b~e"adornet
with fructifYng, pRppkin-pots, and every
workmanS cottage Nembowered M pump
kin2SineseS
4 N.T4omas Dodd, of New Hampshire
writes to the club that he is fifty years old
infirm with CONSUMPTION, has'a,largeafam
fly, ten dollars in money, and wants Il
know whatto do. X ss's.
Mf. Moker2Go out TO Greeley Colonl
and invest in our irrigating ditch
/ MI. Layman-Buy a Texas rancho or
Florida orange grove.
2 DR.: Sumble-His health requires Ugh
farming in a bracing climate. Let hin
\ start an indigo plantation in Alaska.
Mr.. Greeley-He mustn't come to Ney
York. His $40 wouldn't last a year; bu
Tout Westshe can inFestSit and grow NJ
with the country. If 1 had gone Yves
with $40 at his age 1 should be a happ.
. man now, with two suits of respectful
garments, an office, and a conscience guilt
' less of distracting tariff and farming es
says. T,
e Mr.. Herrings invited the clubto,visi
I his farm, thirty miles up the river, mex
Wednesday, and inspect a horse raids
r ground was titled sublsoiled, and toI
n dressed. He had expended upon tbs
{ plant only half ton of bone dust, on
cart load of ashes and a barrel of gaane
v yet,in. spiteSof his neglect, it had within
year grownsto the size Aof his little .inge
His foreman would explain to the cler
Y the peculiarsdiflculty of raising this RAJ
exotic. He would treat the club to aret
ular farmers dinper4 the materials Z
? which he had already Engaged at the cit
n markets. SIS H-r
The club accepted and adjourned
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