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support, merely covering the edges with loose dirt to hold them in 

 place. The cloth covers should be loosened occasionally so that the 

 plants will not be crowded. In the same book Dr. Weed describes 

 another protector which has been successfully used. Referring to 

 the method of covering the plants with cloth or netting he says : 

 "A modification of this method which has been successfully used 

 consists of two end boards one-half inch thick, about fifteen inches 

 long by six or eight inches wide. On the middle of each of these 

 is nailed a piece of pointed lath at right angles to the long way of 

 the board. The lower end of each lath projects below the edge of 

 the board, and is stuck in the ground a few inches. Before the 

 lath are put on, the end pieces are connected with each other by a 

 piece of plant cloth about 16x17 inches, the ends being tacked to 

 the top and sides of the boards. * * * When it is desired to 

 cultivate the hills, it is only necessary to pull up one end, stir the 

 earth and put the ends back in position." 



Another form of protector is easily made by bending two hoops 

 into a half circle and stickling the ends into the ground so that the 

 hoops will cross each other at right angles over the center of the 

 hill. The covering may then be placed in position and the edges 

 fastened down with loose dirt. 



Mr. WiUiam 11. Williams, of Jericho, Long Island, recently sug- 

 gested to the writer a style of protector as described below. Ordi- 

 nary wire netting, such as is used for screen doors, etc., is cut into 

 convenient lengths and bent longitudinally through the middle in 

 such a manner that the edges, when the protector is placed in 

 position, will not interfere with the hill, but will come as close to it 

 as seems desirable. A cross section of the protector when placed in 

 position will then represent an inverted V. The protectors may be 

 made long enough to cover several hills, and when a number of 

 them are placed in position, each should lap over the other slightly 

 until the end of the row is reached. The openings at either end 

 may then be covered in any convenient manner. Protectors of this 

 kind will last indefinitely if properly cared for. They are of 

 especial value where the cucumbers are grown in rows. 



On page 424 of Bulletin 75 of this Station another form of plant 

 protector is mentioned in connection with a brief discussion of the 

 striped cucumber beetle which is therein given. This protector is 

 manufactured by I. E. Sherman, of Sidney, New York, and is 

 known as the Folding Plant Protector. It has been used at this 



