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high price of the seed, but at the present time the price is 

 within reach, and the crop has never failed. 



Prof. Gulley : Last week I heard of a new mixture, one 

 bushel of oats, 15 pounds of vetches, 8 pounds of clover, and 

 half a pound of cow-horn turnip. I thought that was a pretty 

 good mixture. 



Vice-President Drew : Here is another question which 

 has been called for: "What is the best treatment for winter 

 apples during the first month after picking?" If a person had 

 cold storage, I don't think there would be much question what 

 to do with them when you got them picked and packed, and 

 that is to put them into cold storage. If you haven't got cold 

 storage facilities, why, the best thing is the old-fashioned cellar 

 storage, I should suppose. 



A Member : I would say I have had the best success in 

 putting them in the cellar, opening it when the wind is good, 

 and shutting it when there is moisture. I certainly should not 

 advise piling them up outside, or even barreling them up and 

 putting outside, as we used to do. 



Vice-President Drew : Here is a question : "Why is 

 the chemical action superior with the home mixture of lime 

 and sulphur?" That is, I understand it, why is the commer- 

 cial lime and sulphur superior? Do I understand that is the 

 question, why is commercial lime and sulphur superior to the 

 home made mixture? Is that the meaning of that question? 



A Member : Hardly, but I think the question there is 

 one we had up yesterday, as to why is a concentrate or a dilu- 

 tion of lime and sulphur preferable to the home-mixed lime 

 and sulphur? 



Dr. Clinton : Going back to the question of the com- 

 mercial, compared with Scott's mixture, I think if I may 

 answer the question, the point is that at last we have come to 

 the opinion that the reason that the concentrate, properly di- 

 luted, is more satisfactory than home-boiled lime and sulphur 

 for the control of apple scab, is that when the spray dries on 

 the trees, the sulphur, which is the active principle, is much 



