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approving an amendment to the constitution, but it will take a long- 

 time to adopt it. 



Mr. Philips (Wis.) : I just want to speak a word about what 

 Mr. Underwood said. He cited as an instance of the injustice he 

 mentioned the case of Mr. Loudon. Mr. Loudon was a man who 

 spent a lifetime in trying to produce something new in the way of 

 fruit. He produced the Jessie strawberry and the Loudon rasp- 

 berry. His widow is trying to pay off a mortgage. It does seem 

 as though if a man spends his time and money in trying to pro- 

 duce something that is for the general benefit of mankind there 

 should be something done to protect him so that he will not have 

 to leave his family in want, and even then it is probable he would 

 not get enough to pay him what it was worth. 



IMPLEMENTS FOR SMALL FRUIT CULTU RE . 



R. A. WRIGHT, EUREKA. 



What we really need is a plow, harrow, cultivator and hoe, 

 and if you have those implements you can raise fruit thoroughly 

 well. I have some neighbors who raise fruit with less implements 

 than that ; they do not have much more than the hoe, but they do 

 well with that. I have a few more on my place added to the har- 

 row, plow and cultivator. I have three cultivators, and I would not 

 like to get along without every one of the three. I find them all 

 essential during the year. In preparing my ground in the spring for 

 planting I must have a planter. I would not want to get along 

 without one. Then I want two markers. I used to set a string, 

 but I have outgrown the string business. As I set my plants four 

 by six feet, I have to have two markers ; they are necessary on my 

 place. So far as the cultivators are concerned, I have a regular 

 five-shovel cultivator, then I have a twelve-shovel, the shovels an 

 inch wide — and that is the tool I would not want to be without ; 

 I make great use of that cultivator. If it is a little wet we need a 

 double shovel corn plow, and in cleaning out strawberry beds the 

 second year I find it very necessary ; I could not get along without 

 it. I think those are about all the implements I have on my place. 



Mr. C. E. Sargent : What do you use to set out your plants ? 



Mr. Wright : I presume I forgot to mention the spade and 

 shovel. 



Mr. A. K. Bush : I have an attachment that I put on my cul- 

 tivator that I consider excellent. It consists of a pair of wings 

 attached to either side, and these can be kept sharp and will cut 

 off all the weeds just under the surface. I would not take anything 

 for them. 



Mr. Wright: I was just going to say in regard to using the 

 cultivators. I should use them in different ways during the sum- 

 mer. The five-shovel cultivator always ridges the ground. I find 



