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Mr. P^'eebles: I do this work just after every rain. 



Prof. Latta: About how late— what months do you stop? 



Mr. Peebles: About the latter part of August or the first of Sep- 

 tember. Perhaps I will work them once or twice more j'et this season. 



Mr. Henry: How many acres can a man take care of during a sea- 

 son by that method? 



Mr. Peebles: I don't know. Not very many. 



Prof. Latta: About how many would you judge? 



Mr. Peebles: I should judge about two acres. 



Mr. Henry: Do you find it profitable to raise just one crop — that is 

 do you advocate taking' just one crop? 



Mr. Grossman: I find that is good. You get the very best berries on 

 the first crop. I have found that to be true. Even in the row they look 

 fine, but they are not quite as nice as they were the first year. 



Mr. Hawkins: I think without exception that is the experience of 

 all of us. I would rather plant out a two-acre bed at one time and at- 

 tend it i-ather than to fix the old bed over, for I know that the new one 

 will be all right. I think it is easier and cheaper to take care of a new 

 bed than to try to take care of an old one. Sometimes I do not do this 

 way, because I only plant one-half of my patch new at a time, but while 

 one is growing I am getting the other ready, I am putting on fertilizer, 

 etc. 



Hr. Henry: I should like to ask Mr. Hawkins if the mai-ket might not 

 have something to do with the method used? 



Mr. Hawkins: In a market like this it is not worth while to dis- 

 criminate in favor of the large berries, at least not enough to justify the 

 increased expense. I think it is cheaper to plow up a patch, however. 



Prof. Latta: Do you agree to that, Mr. Grossman? 



Mr. Grossman: As a rule, yes. Under ordinary circumstances. Three 

 years ago I had a bed of strawberries and unfortunately they did not do 

 very well for some reason or other, and I carried thorn over, and the 

 second year tliey did fine, and then I carried them over the third year and 

 I got double the crop the last year that I did the tU'st and I got better 

 berries. I only had one-half acre. 



Mr. Hawkins: I think that is exceptional, is it not? 



Mr. Grossman: Yes, sir. But I think it was largely oti account of 

 rain. The planting, half of it, that 1 picked this year I carried over. And 



