1884.] QUESTIONS. 291 



Mr. Gold. There is one hanging up in my ofifice, and I 

 believe that it will prove quite an efficient protector against 

 the canker worm. I do not see why it will not, and, as a 

 cheap and efficient protector, it is commended. 



Mr. Wetherell. What is the cost ? 



Mr. Gold. It cannot cost much. I think about twenty- 

 five cents a yard. It is elastic and durable. I do not see 

 how the canker worm, or any other insect, can pass it, unless 

 it is provided with wings to fly around it. 



Mr. Hyde. ;^ would add that the gentleman who gave it 

 to me said he had given it a fair trial last season, and not a 

 tree was infested with insects that had this protector upon it,, 

 while all the others were. 



Question. Has any one present had experience witb 

 artesian wells? 



Mr. Gold. An artesian well was begun in New Haven ;, 

 and, after it had been bored about 2,000 feet, the augur got 

 stuck, and they have got to contrive some way to release it. 



Mr. Skilton. One has been driven in this city. I have 

 not seen it. 



Question. Will it pay the farmers of Connecticut to go 

 to raising sorghum ? How many gallons of syrup does Mr. 

 Gold raise per acre, and what is the cost of making it? 



Mr. Gold. Sorghum will produce according to the success 

 of the culture, and the quality of the land, anywhere up to 

 three hundred gallons per acre, upon good Connecticut soil. 

 If well cultivated, it is a paying crop. If not, it is a poorly 

 remunerative product, in my estimation and experience. 



Mr. Wetherell. What is the syrup worth by the gallon ? 



Mr. Gold. Well, sir, it is worth to the farmer the price 

 of a good article for sweetening that he would buy in the 

 market. It is a more than ordinarily good article for the 

 manufacture of gingerbread, and for use in the common 

 kinds of cooking in the family. It compares favorably with 

 New Orleans molasses in that respect, which is a higher grade 



