92 Bukeau of Farmers' Institutes. 



fanners living on these proposed new roads are also opposing the 

 move, but the new roads will surely come, and, next year, we 

 will have more miles of them built. 



Question. — What can we do to destroy the cabbage worm ? 



A Farmer. — Feed them Paris green. 



Mr. Gould. — A little freshly slaked lime will raise a blister on 

 a cabbage worm's back and cause him to emigrate very quickly. 

 The same antidote will kill a potato bug. Put it on in solution. 



Question. — What will eradicate wild lettuce ? 



Mr. Pice. — I don't know; I have never seen it, so am not 

 familiar with it. My advice is that you send for Prof. Lowe. He 

 has a large number of charts showing many species of weeds, both 

 in blossom and ripened, so that the seeds, blossoms and stalks may 

 be seen. No doubt he will come and give you an illustrated lecture, 

 and may be able to tell you all about this lettuce as well as some 

 other noxious weeds which you may have. 



Question. — Can ordinary people distinguish oleomargarine 

 from butter by eating, or otherwise? 



Dr. Smead. — Oleo takes the place of butter in some places, 

 and is sold as butter, but not in this State, as our laws prevent 

 the fraud. It will not keep, and it is difficult to distinguish it 

 from butter by its taste ; but, if you will rub a little of it on your 

 hand, you will readily distinguish it from butter. Then, too, but- 

 ter digests in the stomach's temperature, while oleomargarine re- 

 quires 102 degrees to digest it. 



Question. — What is the value of the plant food in 20 bushels 

 of beans or 150 bushels of potatoes per acre? 



Mr. Smith. — When 20 bushels of beans are taken off an acre 

 of land, plant food to the value of $8.64 goes with them. If 150 

 bushels of potatoes are taken off $5.30 worth of fertility goes 

 with them. 



Question. — Do you advise using salt to any extent on any or 

 all crops of grain, and what do you think of sowing ffax with 

 grain that is handled unbound? 



Mr. Pice. — I do not know anything about flax. I saw it grow- 

 ing in a small way at Cornell, and remember that it requires rich 

 land, as it is a rampant feeder. I do not believe one can afford to 

 buy too much salt. It releases plant food and conserves moisture to 

 some extent, but there is no fertility in it. 



Question. — Is fall plowing a good thing? 



Mr. Smith. — It is said that naked ground is poor ground. It 

 is much better to have some crop like rye on it, to plow under 



