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I lost a piece of strawberries by tliis worm. Since that time 

 I have not been troubled at all, and consequently have 

 grown rather negligent in regard to preventing their depre- 

 dations, if I could do so. Last spring I set a piece of about 

 two and a half acres of strawberries, and, not anticipating 

 any trouble from these worms, I expected to have a very 

 nice piece of strawberries from the pains I took with them. 

 While I was setting them out a young man who was just 

 ofoinjj into the business came to see me, and he said, " The 

 piece that I am going to set is full of white worms ; what 

 shall I do? There are thousands of them." I said, "You 

 better not set it this year ; let it go until next year." Said 

 he, " I can't do that ; it is all the land I have." He insisted 

 upon my suggesting some remedy. I did not tell him I 

 hadn't any remedy, but I might have said so and told the 

 truth. I found he was bound to have something, so I said, 

 " Stir up some paris green in water and dip the roots of the 

 plants in it before you set them out, and go ahead." He 

 followed my advice, and has got as handsome a piece of 

 strawberries as you ever saw in your life ; not a worm has 

 troubled them. 



There is another thins: which has been tried with consid- 

 arable success in setting strawberries ; that is, a small spoon- 

 ful of sulphur dropped where the root is going down. That 

 is said to prevent the ravages of the worm. I merely throw 

 this out as a suirgestion. 



Gentlemen, I have attended a good many meetings of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, and I think this has been one of 

 the most pleasant and profitable meetings we have ever had. 

 We have all been treated very kindly by the people of Great 

 Barrington, and we shall all go home remembering the kind- 

 ness with which we have been treated, and the hospitality of 

 the inhabitants ; and I hope to live long enough to come here 

 again, not as a member of the Board, but as a spectator. 

 [Applause.] 



Secretary Russell. I am reminded by these pleasant re- 

 marks of Mr. Slade in regard to the success of our meeting 

 hero, that yesterday, at an informal meeting of the Board, 

 the thanks of the Board were voted to the citizens of Great 



