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methods at present in vogue with him he will realize on the 50 per cent, 

 left about Rs. 90 and this leaves only a small margin of Rs. 30 on the 

 assumption that he does not spend anything on preserving. Fumiga- 

 tion methods may bring him Rs. 4-5 a ton more than by following his 

 own methods. 



Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar. 



Ml. Ramrao. 



Mr. Ghosh. 

 Mr. Ramrao. 



Can you get the people to fumigate ? 



Fumigation is done in a cemented chamber and the people have also 

 built such chambers. Each costs from 200 to 222 rupees and is all made 

 of cement, with an iron lid. Of course, it is all done on the co-operative 

 system. 



Did you try storage under sand ? 



We did try. It was efficacious against moth but there was more 

 rot. 



How do you use the petrol ? 



It is poured onto cotton placed in trays at the top of the bags. 



In England the practice is to dig the potatoes early and then to 

 harden them in the sun and then they are stored in a pit. They escape 

 decay to a great extent. I think that storage m trays is also very good : 

 in trays they do not sprout but remain green. 



We have no Potato Moth 



I do not know if the moth is present in ^ftogland and whether they 

 sufl'er from the rots we complain of. 



We find that mature tubers keep well [under sand] and therefore 

 they should be dug late. 



That means that the later you dig, the longer the tubers remain in 

 the ground, and the more liable they are to get some disease from the 

 soil. 



Mr. Dutt, have you anything to say ? Have you found any parasite 

 on the Potato Moth ? 



No ; I have nothing to add. We have found no parasite on the 

 moth. 



41.— BEE-KEEPING IN INDIA. 



By C. C. Ghosh, B.A., Assistant to the Imperial Entomologist. 



The Usefulness of the Honey-bee. 

 The honey-bees yield the two very useful products, viz., honey and 

 beeswax. Probably they do more good to agriculture and to plants 

 generally as pollenizing or rather cross-fertilizing agents than as pro- 

 ducers of these two substances, although their usefulness in this direction 



