400 Bureau of Farmers' Instituti s. 



Mr. Cook. — Salt has been recommended for the purpose of kill- 

 ing wire worms. It was tried at Cornell, but the result was, the 

 worms not only lived through the test but actually became fat on 

 the salt. 



Is there any remedy or preventive of the cabbage grub? 



Prof. Hall. If the cut worm is meant, cultivation is best: If 

 the green cabbage worm, dry poisons — paris green — sprinkled 

 on is the best preventive I know. If the grub worms are 

 located near the roots, it will pay to dig about them and kill the 

 worms. Pinch their heads off. 



How can smut best be prevented In oats? 



Dr. Jordan. — At Geneva we have found " formalin '" a good 

 remedy. We will send a bulletin from Geneva giving full in- 

 structions how to use it. Smut is a parasitic disease and is 

 spread by spores that live in various ways, blown about by the 

 winds. Black knot on plums and cherries is spread in the same 

 way. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



To what extent does the sale of oleomargarine and butterine affect the 

 price of butter, and is our law effective in New York State? 



Mr. Flanders. — The first part of the first question is a '' poser."' 

 I am inclined to think that the man does not live who can state 

 just the extent of the injury done to the butter business of New 

 York by the oleomargarine trafiSc. I think, however it is reason- 

 ably fair to say that every pound of oleomargarine displaces a 

 pound of butter. There were 79,685,724 lb. of oleomargarine sold 

 in the United States during the last fiscal year. The quantitj 

 sold in New York during that year was 222,788 lb. The quantity 

 of oleomargarine sold in the different states in the Union during 

 the last fiscal year is as follows: 



