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A. President Hale: Cultivation. 



Q. After all the necessary cultivation, what other fer- 

 tilizer do they need? 



A. President Hale: Bone and wood ashes, or bone 

 and sulphate of potash. 



A. Mr. Barnes: Acid phosphate and muriate of 

 potash. 



Question: Can red raspberries be grown profitably on 

 any but clay soil? 



A. Mr. Sternberg: I have grown red raspberries for 

 twenty years or more, but never on clay soil, and had good 

 success with them. My soil is a loam and some a gravelly 

 loam. Have had best success with the Cuthbert. 



Q. When is ttie best time to plow under crimson or 

 scarlet clover, rye and other green manure crops? 



A. Very early in the spring in orchards, but in open 

 fields it would depend upon what crop was to follow. 



