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it. There is no earthly use in having a bit of that in the 

 country. It is a parasite, and the parasite produces the seed, 

 the same as the seed produces the weed. 



Mr. M. C. Bunnell: Do you think every third row is sufficient 

 to plant for fertilization? 



Mr, Pearce: Yes, I think so. 



Pres. Underwood: Here is a question: "What is the best 

 way to keep berries overnight if they cannot be shipped until 

 the next day?" 



Mr. Pearce: We often keep ours overnight by putting them 

 where there is a free circulation of air. 



Mr. G. J. Kellogg, (Wisconsin) : If you find it necessary to 

 keep them overnight, put them in a dry cellar. The best way 

 to keep them is to get them off in time for supper. 



Mr. A. J. Coe, (Wisconsin): If you put them in a cool cellar 

 and then bring them out in the warm air, they will sweat and 

 spoil. 



Pres. Underwood: We have often left crates of berries in the 

 grass under the rows of grape vines or in the raspberry bushes, 

 and they would keep in perfect condition. I should think it 

 would be a good idea to have a room for fruit, have it open so 

 as to get a good circulation of air right through the room, then 

 set the boxes out so that the air could circulate around them, 

 and I should think in that way you could keep the fruit as well 

 as in a cellar. They have fruit rooms like those at Sparta. 



Question: " What is the best time to cover the plants?" 



Mr. Kellogg, (Wisconsin) : The best time I should say was 

 as soon as we have heavy frosts, not early frosts. 



Mr. Coe, (Wisconsin): Our practice has been not to cover 

 until the ground would stand it to drive on, say one load in the 

 morning before the ground thaws. 



Mr. A. F. Collman, (Iowa): I agree with Mr. Coe; that is 

 our practice. 



Mr. C. Wedge: I think an earlier slight cover would be an 

 advantage. 



Mr. Pearce: I think the best time to cover them is before 

 a hard freeze comes in the fall; cover them a little thin to pro- 

 tect them from freezing and thawing. A freeze and a thaw 

 will injure them more than freezing will. I always cover about 

 the last of October. 



Mr. O. M. Lord: Last year the frost was so severe every 

 night before the ground froze that I was alarmed about my 

 plantation. I found they were being injured by the severe 



