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each plant, and saved the crop. This season the brine was 

 applied after the plants were attacked and the plants all 

 recovered. Hilling up around the plants will be a benefit ; 

 new roots will be formed if the old roots are destroyed, as 

 they often are. 



Question. What strength would you advise making the 

 brine ? 



Prof. Maynard. The brine is a saturated solution. 



QuESTiOisr. "VYould not water have done it ? One of my 

 neighbors told me that when he set out his cabbage plants 

 he made a hole around the root and filled it with water and 

 saved his crop in that w^ay. 



Prof. Maynard. The maggot goes into its pupa form, 

 and if new roots can be formed, which would be facilitated 

 by water, the crop may be saved in that way. I do not 

 know of any remedy excepting to plant upon new land, or 

 perhaps the use of abundance of lime. It is stated that lime 

 will prevent the ravages of this insect. But it is very 

 rarely that we can grow a crop of cabbage on land that has 

 been planted with cabbage or turnip more than one year. 



Mr. . I have used barrels of brine made of fine 



damaged salt, which I have bought by the ton and mixed 

 with water, but it did not have the efiect upon my cabbage 

 that Prof. Maynard says it had upon his. They were in all 

 stages ; some were wilted, some partly wilted, some very 

 fresh ; but they all died. I got no crop. 



Prof. Maynard. You probably had both club-foot and 

 maggot. 



Mr. Williams. The raising of cabbage has become a 

 pretty serious matter in my section, thirty miles above here. 

 We could not raise any this year because of club-foot, and I 

 have come down to this meeting more to learn how to raise 

 cabbages, perhaps, than any other one thing. I would like 

 to find out. I have studied on it for the last twenty years 

 and confess myself beaten. If there is any one here who 

 will help me out he will render a service, not only to me, 

 but to all the farmers in this valley who raise cabbages. 



Mr. Vaughn of Middleborough. What kind of dressing 

 did you use on your cabbages ? 



Mr. Williams. I have used nearly every kind. One 



