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after it was set, and then put on the Paris green. I proved 

 it a good thing. One 3^ear my man went over the whole lot, 

 but skipped part of two rows. When we came to reset, 

 there were forty plants gone on those two rows to one on 

 the rest. So I know it is a good thing. I think bran and 

 Paris green just as good as any sweet you can mix with it. 



Mr. FoRSYTHE. I have tried several different things. We 

 call this bran and molasses mixture " dope." I have tried 

 everything, but just common bran middlings mixed with 

 Paris srreen has g-iven me the best results. I have taken 

 something like a two-pound coffee pot with a handle, and 

 put big holes in the bottom, as big as your finger, and with 

 that a man will go through faster than a machine will, a good 

 deal. Do it just after setting ; and that leaves the middlings 

 in a bunch. I prefer not to have it just on the plant, be- 

 cause it will sweat the plant off sometimes, but just side of 

 the plant. It kills them, unless it rains the same night tliat 

 it is put on. 



Mr, Granger. I make a practice of killing them before 



1 set my tobacco. I mix up my " dope," as he calls it, and 

 take about 30 pounds of bran, 2 pounds of Paris green and 



2 pounds of water ; not have any of it dry, but have a good 

 paste ; and about sundown go over a piece and throw it 

 broadcast, and usually it kills the worms. I make it sweet 

 enough so as to attract them. 



Mr. Wilson. Isn't there a bitter or objectionable taste 

 to the Sumatra tobacco? 



Dr. Jenkins. An awful taste to the Florida and Sumatra 

 tobacco when not handled right. The unripe leaves are very 

 bitter and evil tasting. But when it is perfectly ripened 

 and has a good body it has very little bitter taste. I don't 

 think it is as absolutely free from bitter taste as the Con- 

 necticut weed, but this is very slight where properly cured 

 and handled. 



Question. You spoke about the uniformity of fertilizers ; 

 what is your formula? 



Dr. Jenkins. I haven't any. Some of us use commer- 

 cial fertilizers ; some of us stable manure almost entirely, 

 and every sort of thing in between. Some use high-grade 

 sulphate of potash, and some won't use it at all. Some use 



