208 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Bush: Have you ever tried the plan of using: two 

 plows, one on either side of the row. and fastened together, 

 using a team on each plow? 



Mr. Sampson: No, I have never tried that, but I think that 

 would be a good idea. 



Mr. Wright: What would be the advantage if you had to use 

 two teams and two men to hold the plows? 



Mr. Bush: It bends the bushes down as you go along and 

 covers them at the same time. You save the labor of laying 

 them down before you cover them. 



Mr. T. T. Smith: Did I understand you to say that you bend 

 the vines before you cover them ? 



Mr. Sampson: Oh yes, we bend them over and fasten the 

 tips with earth before we plow them over. 



Mr. Benjamin: What do you use in uncovering? 



Mr. Wright: I use a fork. 



Mr. Yahnke: Do you lay them all down one way? 



Mr. Wright: We lay one row down one way and the next 

 the other way. We take them up in the same way, because it 

 saves walking back and forth. 



Mr. Benjamin: Do you have any choice as to which way the 

 rows should run ? 



Mr. Wright: My rows run mostly east and west. I do not 

 know that it makes any difference. 



Mr. Barnes, ( Wis, ) : Is there any one present who knows 

 anything about a new black raspberry called the "Trempe- 

 leau?" It is claimed to have originated near Trempeleau, Wis. 

 It is being boomed by one nursery. 



Mr. C. L. Smith: Philips ought to know. 



Mr. Philips: He ought to know lots of things he doesn't 

 know. 



Mr. Yahnke: I heard one of my neighbors speak of it as a 

 pretty good berry. 



Mushroom Growing in the Fields. — Wet places in the woods 

 are not suited for mushroom growing, as the spawn would be apt to 

 rot before sprouting. Rich, old pasture lands, not too dry and not 

 too wet, are best. About the middle of June, with a sharp 8pade» 

 make V-shaped cuts in the sod, about four inches deep, and raise 

 one side enough to allow the insertion of a piece of spawn, two or 

 three inches square under it, so that it shall be about two or three 

 inches below the surface, then tamp the sod down. Make these 

 plantings three or four feet apart, and if the season is favorable, a 

 good crop should appear the following August and September. 



