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through cutting we turned in a flock of sheep, and the sheep were 

 not affected at all. 



Mr. Murray : What strength did you use it ? 



Mr. Bailey: For the last spraying I used one pound to fifty 

 gallons of water. 



Capt. A. H. Reed : Where do you market your cabbage ? 



Mr. Bailey : This year there was no trouble in marketing them, 

 the prices were good and there was a general demand. I usually 

 market them in St. Louis, but this year we shipped north, and we 

 are holding about thirty tons for February sale. 



Mr. Kellogg : What do you do for the black squash bug ? 



Mr. Bailey : We never had much trouble with them. We usually 

 scatter them over with lime. 



Mr. McLeran : Do you find it makes any difference in the keep- 

 ing qualities of cabbage whether it is transplanted later or a few 

 weeks earlier? 



Mr. Bailey : They do seem to keep a little better planted later, 

 although they do not seem to head up hard enough, so I must plant 

 them early enough so they get a hard head. 



The Chairman: Don't the soft headed keep the better? 



Mr. Bailey : I don't think so. 



The Chairman : I do. I used to work for Mr. Gregory, and he 

 used to winter over a lot of cabbage for seed stock, and we could 

 winter the soft heads better than the hard ones. When we opened 

 the pits in the spring we found the hard heads would burst open 

 while the soft ones would come out whole and be in a very fine 

 condition. 



Mr. Bailey : Would that be the case if they were kept in an 

 open cellar? 



The Chairman : That would be different ; in the ordinary cellar 

 it would be different. 



Mr. Elliot : Is not that the reason why the seed we get from the 

 growers produces nothing but soft heads? 



The CTiairman : Sure, there is no question about it. 



Mr. Gibbs : In regard to killing cabbage worms, when I spray 

 for cabbage worms I use one barrel of water and three pounds of 

 Paris green. 



Mr. iLano : Speaking about cabbage worms, when the cabbage 

 is large enough I take a pinch of bran and put it in the top of each 

 head, and it will kill the worms almost every time. I have tried that 

 every year. 



Mr. Nils Anderson : I use common flour. 

 Mr. W. J. Tingley : We use air slaked lime. 



Prof. Huston: Speaking about prejudice against the use of 

 Paris green, probably the most sensible thing you can use is the 

 yellow arsenite of soda. You can use less of it because it is per- 

 fectly soluble in water, and it can be made to stick admirably. A 

 single dip in water of the cabbage or whatever you spray will re- 

 move the arsenic. It is much more easily applied than Paris green. 

 It has been used with great success in various places where Paris 

 green failed. 



