A Member: Don't you think in covering them with a plow you might disturb the roots?
Mr. Johnson: That is the danger.
A Member: I saw a fellow covering up twelve acres of black caps and he plowed them shut. After I heard what you said I thought maybe that he was injuring his roots.
Mr. Johnson: You know the black cap has a different root system from the reds. The roots of the reds will run out all over the road.
Mr. Willard: How thick do you leave those canes set apart in the row, how many in a foot?
Mr. Johnson: I generally try to leave them in hills four feet apart, not let them come in any between. About three or four in a hill. I generally try to cut out the weak ones.
Mr. Willard: You pinch the end of the tops, I think?
Mr. Johnson: Yes, sir.
A Member: When do you cut those sucker canes?
Mr. Johnson: I generally hoe them just before picking time and loosen the ground in the row. That is very important, to give them a hoeing, not hoe down deep, but just loosen that hard crust there and cut all the plants that you don't want, and then generally, after the berries commence to ripen, your suckers don't come so fast, and you keep on cultivating once in a while.