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Station with satisfactory results. Two sizes of this protector are on 

 the market. No. 2 is 12 inches s(|iiare and 9 inches hiijh. No. 3 is 

 li inches stjuare and 12 inches liig-h. Any size desired will be 

 made to order. The prices are as follows: No. 2, $6 per 100; 

 No. 3, $8 per 100. 



These protectors are made of cloth supported on light wooden 

 frames. Fig. 8 represents one of these protectors. 



The above descriptions are given here to enable the reader to 

 form a definite idea of some of the different forms of plant 

 protectors which have been successfully used. Any of them 

 will admit of various modifications to suit the convenience of the 

 individual. 



Plant protectors have not come into general use in large fields 

 although their failure when used on a larger scale is yet to be 

 satisfactorily demonstrated. Some consider them too clumsy while 

 others consider them too expensive, not fully realizing, no doubt, 

 that it is also expensive to plant the seed over two or three times, 

 which is not an exceptional occurrence here on Long Island as a 

 result of the work of the cucumber beetle, and then to have a 

 late crop in the bargain. The protectors will keep the beetles 

 away from the young plants during the time when they are most 

 easily destroyed. They may be left on until the vines have made 

 a good start. Instead of using the protectors or leaving the very 

 young plants to take their chances with the insects, some farmers 

 prefer to start the young vines under glass. 



Plantiny the cucuinhers and Tnanuring the hills. — Mr. 

 Williams, writes me that he usually succeeds in getting a 

 good start of late cucumbers by planting the seed during the last 

 of June or early in July, preferably where the ground is wet, having 

 previously put manure in the hills and covered it while wet. In 

 this way Mr. Williams succeeds in dodging the beetles, so to speak, 

 for while the young plants are coming up the early brood of beetles 

 are going through their transformations under ground and hence 

 but comparatively few of them are present to attack the young 

 vines. By the time the beetles come forth the vines are large 

 enough to resist their attacks with comparative success, foi-, as Mr. 

 Williams says, " tJie tenderer the leaves the more swiftly and surely 

 these insects destroy the plants." 



