Froceedixgs of the FARMER'S^ Club. 797 



about a gill. One application is generally enough. On tenacious soil it 

 might be necessary to loosen the earth around the stem of each plant 

 a little. As a preventive, all that is necessary is to water the plants 

 with the decoction once or twice after they are set out. It also acts 

 as an excellent liquid manure, as any one can see by the vigorous 

 dark green the plants assume after the application. It is better to 

 boil the elder in the open air, as it emits a villainous smell. My 

 brother had a whole patch so badly affected by the club foot that the 

 outside leaves turned yellow and the plants would wilt in the 

 heat of the day. One application saved them, and they produced as 

 fine heads as you would wish to see. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble stated that the committee on marl had some 

 letters which would answer this letter : 



C. S. Macknet, Newark, N. J., writes : I received over a bushel 

 of marl as an experiment on cabbage. I set out about 100 

 plants ; to about one-third of them I put a handful of marl, the 

 other two-thirds I did not put anything, and the two-thirds were 

 nearly all club footed — good for nothing ; the one-third that I marled 

 grew very large, no club foot about them ; the only drawback was 

 they grew so fast that they did not all head hard, but were much 

 better than those that had no marl, although the hard heading might 

 not happen another year. 



Mr. Stephen H. Young, Boonton, N. J., writes : In regard to the 

 effects of marl, I received nearly a ton from Mr. Paul, in ]N^ewark. 

 It was late in the season to apply it in the hills of either corn or 

 potatoes — both had been planted. But when they were up I applied 

 as much as I could hold in both hands around the hills, and hoed in. 

 The effect upon both was very manifest, and especially upon the 

 corn. Many of my neighbors were so amazed at the rank growth as 

 to be ^'ery anxious to know what had been used. I raised cabbages 

 in great quantities. My last crop was planted on a clover sod, highly 

 manured broadcast. I also applied manure in the hills of all but two 

 rows, and in these I put a double handful of marl. The growth of 

 the cabbage in these two rows, from the beginning till the heads were 

 matured, was much greater and more rapid than the others, the heads 

 large and heavy, and were the best of the whole crop. Another 

 thing, there was not a club foot in the whole of them. I shall cer- 

 tainly use marl freely in the future, if I can get it at anything like 

 reasonable terms, as I found out the value of it. 



