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Mr. Rogers: Do you consider that mulch necessary for winter 
protection? 
Mir: Eddy: Yes; sir; 1 do, 
Mr. Harris: Do you mulch in the summer? 
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Mr. Harris: What is the best mulching for that purpose? 
Mr. Eddy: We take wet, rotten straw. 
Mr. Harris: Have you ever used fresh red clover? 
Mr. Eddy: No, sir. 
Mr. A. G. Wilcox: You then cultivate after fruiting? It makes 
a good deal of extra work. 
| Mr. Eddy: Well, it saves my blackberries. 
Mr. Haggard: How do you keep the weeds down? 
Mr. Eddy: You must put your blackberries on clean ground; 
then next fall put your mulch on the ground and that keeps it clean, 
and it will keep comparatively clean until after fruiting; you then 
take the mulching off and cultivate the ground and continue that 
until fall, which keeps the weeds out. 
Mr. Wright: How late in the fall do you cultivate? 
Mr, Eddy: About the middle of September. 
Mr. Wright: Do you cultivate that late? 
Mr Bddy= “Yes,'sir: 
Mr. Wright: Does the wood ripen up thoroughly? 
Mr. Eddy: It does with me. 
Mr. Harris: The best summer mulch I ever tried is green 
clover; the Mammoth clover is the best. Put it on at the end of 
the strawberry season, put it on thick, and it will last through the 
blackberry season, and when you want to do your cultivating it will 
not interfere because it will be rotten and work into the soil. It 
is better than a coat of manure. 
Mr. Underwood: Do you put it on green? 
Mr. Harris: Yes;'sir: 
Mr. Haggard: Where do you get it? 
Mr. Harris: If I were growing blackberries I would grow it 
on purpose. 
Mr. Benjamin: I want to make the suggestion that I would 
use marsh hay in preference to anything else. 
Plan for a Few Herbs.—Every garden should have a plot for herbs, such 
as sage, ‘dill, etc. As these are mostly perennials they should be planted 
where they will not interfere with the plowing of the garden. 
