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Dr. Frisselle: There is another advantage in using this kind 

 of a box, and that is, it keeps off the squash beetles. They are 

 very destructive unless you keep them away, and this box 

 keeps them away until after the time of their appearance. I 

 have tried something of the kind myself. 



Prof. Connor: Would it not be a good idea to place that box 

 over the hill a few days before you plant the seed in order that 

 it might warm the ground? 



Mr. Smith: I have never thought that there was any ad- 

 vantage to be gained in planting earlier than when the ground 

 got warm, and, consequently, I haye never used it that way. I 

 recommend either glass or cloth for the to}p of the box. 



Dr. Frisselle: Some think the cloth is much better because, 

 if it is open, like cheese cloth, a little air will circulate through, 

 and, therefore, it will not be so hot. 



Mr. Smith: I get a circulation of air by simply putting a 

 clod of dirt under the end of the box. 



Mr. Allyn: There is a way of forwarding vines that is very 

 handy and that enables you to do away with the box. I have 

 arranged with several hotels where they use a good many 

 canned goods to have them save the old tin cans, and I place 

 those in a fire, and, in a very short time, the solder melts and 

 the top and bottom drop oif. That leaves you the outside rim; 

 and we take those rims and tie strings around them to hold 

 them together. Then we place them right in the top of the 

 hotbeds. We adjust the heating manure below, and then fill in 

 with earth and plant our seeds. You can leave them there and 

 grow them to any size you want. You can keep them there 

 until all danger of frost is over, and then you can set them in a 

 box, and put the box in a wagon, and carry them anywhere you 

 want to transplant them to. If the weather proves favorable 

 and everything is all right after that, you will get a very early 

 crop. 



There is one more point. I saw in your report last year 

 that you had a very interesting discussion on the Hubbard 

 squash, and I thought I would like to ask Mr. Chandler the kind 

 of squash that he saves for seed. The East is depending a 

 great deal upon the West for squashes. Now, our Hubbard 

 squashes are going back; unless we take care we are not al- 

 ways going to have as good a variety as we have now. I think 

 it pays better to ship pure Hubbard squashes than any other 

 kind. This year they are paying an enormous price for them 

 in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York. We sell ours 



