1882.] QUESTION BOX. 311 



Mr. Augur. I have not as much faith in the use of salt 

 for any of these things as some, and if applied injudiciously 

 it works mischief. I think it is not productive of good qual- 

 ities in fruit. It will not stay the operations of the curculio 

 unless applied to a dangerous extent, and I do not believe 

 there is very much benefit to be derived from the use of salt 

 in that way. 



Question. Would salt be beneficial to the plum or other 

 trees ? 



Mr. Augur, I think it is favorable to the quince. 



Mr. Gold. I think that it is favorable to the plum, and use 

 it to some extent, applying a quart to a common-sized tree, 

 in the spring on the surface as far as the roots extend. The 

 plum tree grows naturally upon the beach, and salt air and 

 salt rather favor it. I have also used salt with apparent 

 benefit on the quince. 



Mr. Plumb. It is said that salt will kill vegetation any- 

 where. I had a patch of Canada thistles last spring that I 

 thought I would destroy with salt. I took an instrument two 

 inches wide and dug below the surface of the ground and cut 

 off every particle of root, and had a man follow along and put 

 in a handful of salt ; but it did not kill them. They came 

 up as fresh as ever. 



Question. Are potatoes good food for cattle ? 



Mr. Stewart. There is no doubt about their being good 

 food, but 1 think the profit of feeding them, at present prices, 

 is very doubtful. 



Question. Is cotton-seed meal good to make cows give 

 milk ? 



Mr. Stewart. Yes, one of the very best things you can 

 give them, if you don't feed them too heavily. 



Mr. Gold. Dr. Sturtevant says it is the most milk-pro- 

 ducing food he has ever experimented with. 



Question. Which will you receive the most benefit from, 

 wood ashes at twelve cents a bushel, or muriate of potash at 

 the usual price, applied to sandy loam, or any other soil ? 



