CONSTITUTION OF THE MCLEOD COUNTY HORT. SOCIETY. I97 



Article V. The secretary shall keep a record of the doings, 

 collect membership fees, receive and answer all communications, 

 establish and maintain correspondence with directors of townships, 

 aid the president in the dispatch of business, and make an annual 

 report to this society, and to the secretary of the state society on or 

 before Dec. ist of each year of the doings of the society, member- 

 ship, etc. 



Article VI. The treasurer shall hold the funds of the society 

 and pay out the same only on the order of the president counter- 

 signed by the secretary. He shall make a report of all the re- 

 ceipts and disbursements at the annual meeting and at such other 

 times as required by the executive committee. As one of the execu- 

 tive committee he shall take an active part in promoting the in- 

 terests of the society. 



Article VII. By-laws and alterations to the constitution for 

 the purpose of meeting the future wants of the society may be en- 

 acted by vote of two-thirds of its members present at any regular 

 meeting. 



BLACK ROT OF CABBAGE. 



PROF. SAMUEL E. GREEN. 



This disease is occasionally very troublesome, and our cabbage 

 growers complain of it more and more each year. It is very cer- 

 tain that when the soil is once inoculated with it, it will be a long 

 time before it can be thoroughly cleaned out of the soil. In some 

 experiments carried on at the Geneva Experiment Station, it has 

 been found that there is no satisfactory method of controlling the 

 disease after a field has become infected, and the only way to^ do is 

 to use new land, and to allow the infected land to rest for a number 

 of years, and it had best be used for the growing of grasses and 

 grains. It should not be used for the growing of turnips, as this 

 disease will grow on them, and it will also' grow on mustard and 

 other plants which are nearly allied to cabbage, and this would tend 

 to keep the disease in the soil. 



The conclusion of this experiment station bulletin is that much 

 of the cabbage seed on the market is contaminated with the germs 

 of the black rot disease, and that some of these germs may sur- 

 vive the winter and become a source of infection to the young cab- 

 bage plants. As a precautionary measure it is advised that all cab- 

 bage seed be disinfected before sowing, by soaking for fifteen min- 

 utes in a I -1000 corrosive sublimate solution or in formalin, one 

 pound to thirty gallons. It is not expected that this treatment will 

 prevent root infection in infected soils, but it may be safely relied 

 upon to prevent all danger from infected seed. It will not injure 

 the germination. 



