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for in various ways; costing thousands of dollars for the trees, 

 which are generally placed on the choicest land on the farm, in- 

 terfering more or less with the cultivation of any crop put on 

 the same land. After waiting from four to seven years the 

 owner will begin to realize on the investment by having a home 

 supply of apples during about nine months of the year. 



It is not the aim of this paper to discourage apple growing. 

 We need even more apples; and may expect them as soon as the 

 newer hardy varieties that are now being planted are old enough 

 to fruit. While we find an orchard on nearly every farm, we 

 find but very few which hskve even a stratoherry bed, to say noth- 

 ing about a succession of berries. We are surprised at this, 

 when we compare the cost and length of time required for the 

 fruit from the orchard to become plenty with that of growing a 

 supply of berries. 



Farmers that have not, should add a liberal supply of home- 

 grown berries, thus bridging over the time between the old and 

 new crop of apples, a period in which the farmer's wife finds it 

 difiicult to provide anything to stimulate the appetite. It is a 

 great relief to a housekeeper to have an abundance of fresh 

 berries for the table, morning, noon and night; thus promoting 

 health and contentment in the home. Farmers will often follow 

 wheat growing ten consecutive years without succeeding in rais- 

 ing one good crop, and still have the grit to try it again ; but if 

 one feeble effort to grow a supply of berries is not crowned with 

 success they are ready to give up in despair. A good farmer 

 knows the importance of having a well developed plan for man- 

 aging the different crops which he expects to cultivate during 

 the season. He is also aware that success depends largely upon 

 doing everything at the proper time. If such farmers will in- 

 clude the growing a supply of berries for their home use in 

 their general plan, and give them an equal chance with other 

 crops, they will undoubtedly succeed; provided hardy varieties 

 which are adapted to the locality are selected. 



There is no class of people that can grow a liberal supply of 

 berries with as little expense as the farmer. Still, there are some 

 hindrances which he encounters that seem to discourage him ia 



