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wilted down. I planted thirty acres of cantaloupes once and up to that 

 time had never had any blighting and then these hugs came on and whert 

 they came from I did not knoAV. They stayed wnth us. I lost nearly all 

 of these melons. Tt is the poison of the larvae of the striped beetle 

 that kills these vines and it is done by depositing it in and around the 

 vine stems. This is what causes the wilting. Then I believe that the 

 borers and late fungus get into the sap and they account for some of 

 the trouble. 



Q. Have you tried poisoning the bugs? 



Mr. Eose — Yes, but it is not a success, although once my l)rother 

 saved his by Paris Green and water, I think that lime Avater would have 

 been as good. It is however pretty hard to do and you are quite apt to 

 burn the vines. 



Q. Have you used arsenate of lead? 



Mr. Eose^ — ISTo sir. 



Q. Have you ever tried bug death? 



Mr. Eose — Yes in Tennessee, but it is like anything else, they will 

 leave it. You never kill any bugs with it. We used a powder in Ten- 

 nessee to head off the lice. The only sure way to head off the melon 

 aphis is to watch your fields and head them off by Bordeaux spraying. 

 Then every man in your neighborhood ought to do the same thing. The 

 aphis must start somewhere and if they don't have a chance to start 

 in your neighborhood why you will not be bothered with them. One of 

 the bumps that Eose got once was the loss of 113 acres wnth only $500 

 yield. 



Q. Have you ever had any trouble with cut worms? 



Mr. Eose — We grow plants so large and so strong that the stalk is 

 so thrifty that the worms do not seem to bother it much. 



Q. Have you ever tried bran? 



Mr. Eose — No sir I have never tried it but some of my neighbors have. 



Q. Have you ever tried Lime sulphur? 



A member — I don't lose one plant in a thousand with yellow bugs, 

 and I think the caution or suggestion rather, made that you grow strong 

 plants will be an effectual remedy for cut worms and many other such 

 pests. 



Q. I would like to ask the gentleman if he uses the bran Avith poison 

 and what success has he had with it. 



A. Yes we have used it and found it fairly successful. 



Q. What proportion do you use? 



A. I use about a half a dollar's worth of sugar. Melt it up until it 

 is a perfect liquid then put it on the stove and jierhaps add more water 

 and stir it up until I have a real syrup of sweet water. Then take a 

 bushel of the bran and half a pound of Paris Green and go o-ver my 

 l>lants with this mixture about three o'clock in the afternoon. I take 

 i;erhaps one-third of the bran in the entire bushel basket and pour 

 enough of that syrup over it until it is damp — until the bran is a little 

 wet. Then I work that with my hands right up until it is mixed all 

 through the bran. Then take the Paris Green and sprinkle it over 

 until it is of a light green color. A good job should be done. Take 

 this and drop next to the hill and I have been very successful. 



A voice — Will you please repeat that formula. 



Answer — -One-half ]X)und of T'aris Green to a bushel of bran and one- 

 half dollar's worth of cheap brown sugar. 



