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then cultivated both ways, it leaves the plants on the hill, and the straw 

 mulch will settle away and they will freeze out, even when covered. 

 Four years ago I had a patch, and 1 was experimenting with thirty 

 different varieties in order to determine which was best for myself. On 

 the hills and hillsides I kept the runners off until the middle of September, 

 quite a few runners came after that, and I simply let them go, and the 

 next spring I didn't get good results. I had no strawberries that year 

 for the plants were all heaved out. So it seems to me that winter killing 

 is governed a great deal by the method of planting and the methods of 

 caring for the plants. I hardly think you will have any trouble with 

 winter killing on account of late cultivation. I have cultivated after we 

 have had freezes in the fall. I think the main thing we gain is the killing 

 of the weeds that will start out in the spring in great numbers. This is 

 more than balances up the danger from loss by cultivating. » 



A Delegate: Conditions are entirely different with us, for we have a 

 very black soil— a rather heavy sandy loam, and we do not have any 

 trouble with plants heaving. We always mulch just as soon as we can 

 get into the patch after the ground freezes. 



Prof. Latta: What about the length of time of cultivation? 



Mr. Kimball: We usually cultivate up until October, and sometimes 

 into November. We cultivate once a week or thereabout in order to keep 

 the surface loose and the weeds out. So we cultivate up until the first of 

 November or along about that time. I never have had any trouble at all 

 with plants winter killing. I have tried shredded fodder and straw, but 

 that is scarce. 



Mr. Swaim: How do you like shredded fodder for covering? 



Mr. Kimball: First rate. 



Mr. Hawkins: Does it blow off? 



Mr. Kimball: Not any more than the straw. 



Mr. Swaim: Is it any improvement over straw as a moisture pre- 

 server? 



Mr. Hawkins: No, I don't believe it is. 



Mrs. Meredith: Does it have as many weeds and grass seed? 



Mr. Hawkins: I hardly know about that. 



Prof. Troop: In our country we do not have that kind of fodder. 

 It is nothing but fodder. I would like to ask if you cultivate your plants 

 in the spring before picking tinie"? 



