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say, '"Cut out the old wood as soon as you are done picking," but I do 

 not see how you are going to get it out, if you have long rows, without 

 damaging the bushes. 



Mr. Hester, Flojd County: The red raspberry at my place is sub- 

 ject to a worm working on the stalk, and it is killing the entire patch. 

 This is a little worm, very small. 



Prof. Troop: Whenever that gets started in the stem, the only thing 

 to do is to cut out the stem and burn it while the worm is still in it, 

 and thus hold it in chock. It can usually be prevented by spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture and using Paris green with it. If this is done 

 early in the spring, and thoroughly, there is not much danger through 

 cane borers. 



Mr. Hobbs: We practice cutting out the cane immediately after 

 the crop is matured, for two reasons: The chief obstacle to the rasp- 

 berry is the anthraxnosc, and this is carried over with the old canes, if 

 left till spring, and perpetuated with the new, and as soon as we get 

 them away from the old stem we do so, and we think the sooner the 

 better. Immediately after the crop of fruit is removed, we go through 

 the rows with shears, having handles two and one-half or three feet 

 long; and cut them out. A man can get the shears in easily among the 

 canes and clip them off; another man follows with a fork, and two or 

 three rows are throAvn together; and a narrow sled with high stand- 

 ards is brought along. The rubbish is thrown into it and hauled away 

 to a place where the canes are burned. We get rid of the anthraxnose 

 thus, and also destroy any insects that may be in the cane, and the 

 young canes have a better opportunity to develop into branches. We 

 have pinched back the present season's growth to 18 to 20 inches high, 

 making low plants. 



Mr. Ritterskamp: We find that right after fruiting, before the tips 

 of the cane take root, there is still considerable sap left in the cane 

 that has borne fruit. We use a clipper and cut it then, because in the 

 spring it takes considerable more muscle and time and strength, when 

 the cane is hard. But I should like to ask Mr. Stewart in regard to his 

 tools. I know of one or two planters— the Georgia and the Iron Age; 

 but I would like to know where he gets a seven-foot tool? 



Mr. Stewart: We made it. If you have the standards on your old 

 cultivators, use them, and make a frame to put them on. Sometimes 

 we can not find the tools that we need on the market, and have to 

 make them. 



Mr. Fawcett: I should like to ask about spraying for anthraxnose. 

 When do you begin that. Prof. Troop? 



