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perhaps cHe luy own case as an illustratidii. When I was tliirty live 

 years of age I had the consumption. The doctor told uie that 1 would 

 have to leave the business I was then engaged in. I was in the book 

 business, and had been very closely confined— was in a close room most of 

 the time. This was the trouble, and the doctor said that I must change. 

 I went down South to a toAvn in North Alabama and went into the mer- 

 cantile business, and down in that part of the country it is customary to 

 leave the doors open, Avinter and summer, otherwise the customers would 

 Ihink you wore gone if the door was closed, and they would not attempt 

 to open it. Of course m}' door was open Avhen I was in during business 

 hours, and at night I slept by an open window. In that counti'y the 

 winters are never severe, and so I breathed outdoor air all the time. I 

 recovered my health. As I went down there I was so weak, the consump- 

 tion had such a hold. I could not walk two squares at a time. When I 

 went through the city of Louisville I wanted to see the place, and at- 

 tempted to walk about the streets. There were no street cars at that 

 time. I could not walk two squares without sitting down. I had not 

 been there a great while before I was able to walk across the country 

 fifteen miles. To make 'a long story short I recovered from the disease, 

 and I wanted to give this in testimony for the outdoor ti'eatment. I 

 should like to hear from the doctor on these points. 



President Stevens: The doctor has just gone to the train. We will 

 take up the next topic. "How to Market Strawberries for the Top Price." 



^Ir. H. W. Henry: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen— I think the 

 chairman made a mistake in giving me this sub.1ect. I think the subject 

 should have been "Hoav to Entertain the Horticultural Society in a 

 Royal Way." 



Mrs. Stevens: We have had an example of that, and do not need a 

 paper on that subject. 



Mr. H. W. Henry: That is right, so I will begin with my subject. 

 First I will saj', that this subject supposes that you have top strawberries 

 to market; for we suppose that you have the best kinds of strawberries. 

 I suppose you understand your soil, and the conditions of your soil* and 

 know how to get the soil in the proper condition for berries, and also that 

 you understand the habits of the berries; that you understand the differ- 

 ent varieties, i. e., how to fertilize the pistillate, and that you understand 

 how to properly cultivate and take care of them during the season. I 

 suppose my subject begins with the bed, and from that on, and I must 

 say right here that I believe more strawberry raisers know how to raise 

 the berries better than they know how to dispose of them. The first thing 

 I will speak of is the getting of the berries off of the vines into the 

 proper vessels, or crates. I use entirely the sixteen-quart crates. We 



