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when fully developed. This takes place in about. 
amonth. The borer forms a cocoon in the ground, | 
changes into the pupal stage, and finally in a few 
weeks emerges as a parent moth to continue its. 
destructive work with any late planted squashes. 
The borer is especially partial to the Hubbard 
squash though it will attack any winter variety. 
In all parts of the country, the Hubbard squash has. | 
become a difficult crop to raise. I have tried many | 
plans, including clean cultural methods, killing the 
moths when discovered laying their eggs, spraying 
with arsenical poisons, destruction of the vines. 
after the squashes have been harvested, the con- 
struction of frames of laths covered with mosquito 
netting to protect the growing plants, late planting, 
and by cutting the plants open and removing the: 
borers. Of all the plans tried, the last has given 
the most satisfactory results; in fact I have always. 
been able to secure a crop. 
The presence of borers is generally indicated by a. 
drooping of the leaves. When this symptom 
appears, closer examination of the stalks near the 
roots will generally reveal a slight discoloration and 
the presence of some brownish matter which is. 
forced out by the borers during the process of feed- 
ing on the inside of the stalk. Ilocate the situation 
of the borers from the signs as closely as possible 
and then, with a sharp knife, I slit the main stalk 
open to a length of from four to eight inches, spread 
the stalk open with the thumb and forefinger, and 
remove the borers with the point of the knife. 
After the borers are removed and killed, I bring 
the cut edges of the stalk together again, wrap the 
cut part with a strip of old linen cloth, and cover 
the stalk with soil up to the limit of the wound. 
A good sprinkling of water is then given the plant 
to help it recover from the shock. Late afternoon 
and evening is the-best time for doing this work, 
since the plant has the whole night in which to 
recuperate. 
SOME RESULTS 
The nature of the season, of course, has some- 
thing to do with the number of squashes which 
mature. The season of 1911 gave a yield of 589 
pounds from a plot 35 x 125 ft.; but the season of 
Ig12 was somewhat less than this yield. This was 
due to the fact that the seed was planted a little 
later than usual and the young squashes were many 
of them attacked by the pickle worm, another pest 
of our Middle States. The highest yield secured 
under this system was 697 pounds on the same piece 
of ground. There was a total of 72 marketable 
Hubbards with an average weight.of 84 pounds. 
The largest squash weighed 18% pounds. At 
regular market prices, sucha yieldisequivalenttoa | | 
value of about $175 per acre. 
Maryland. James B. Morman. 
Getting Smooth Turnips 
Vy farming in the State of Maine several 
years ago, I specialized in growing early gar- 
den vegetables for a nearby market. My turnips, 
however, did not satisfy my customers and I was 
thoroughly disgusted with their poor quality. 
They were covered with prongs and were fibrous 
and woody. 
One spring we employed a Scotch gardener. Early 
in the spring he staked out one-fourth acre of grass 
land, and gave it a good coating of strawy horse © 
manure. On June roth the ground was plowed. 
By this time the grass and weeds were nearly one 
foot high. A chain was attached to the spreader 
and plow, and the grass and weeds were dragged 
under the surface of the soil. We then rolled the 
ground with a heavy roller, after which we put on 
about one half inch of fne manure. This manure 
was full of weed seeds and in five days the weeds 
appeared in such quantity that the whole field 
looked green. 
The gardener wanted to rake the ground and 
thus kill the weeds, but at my suggestion a horse 
and brush were used; five days later this brushing 
was repeated and most of the weeds were killed. 
The turnip seed was planted'on June 23rd, four or 
five weeks later than the usual time. The seed 
germinated immediately. When the turnips were 
harvested they were as smooth as apples and sold 
in the market for one dollar a bushel, while my 
neighbors’ were selling for only fifty cents. 
Massachusetts. M. A. Watton. 
