ii6 State Horticultural Society. 



vation a smaller acreage with a larger yield. It is better to get 400 crates 

 from two acres than from four. I believe this is also true of apple 

 orchards. 



Little commercial fertilizer is used in South Missouri, but in Arkansas 

 they use cotton-seed meal and commercial fertilizers. Of the latter they 

 use from three to four hundred pounds on three or four acres when re- 

 newing old beds. 



Mr. Katherman — Ground bone gives good results. 



Mr. Tippin — Armour's combined fertilizer is better to stimulate plant 

 growth. 



Mr. Katherman — I consider wood ashes good, therefore burn my 

 patch over. Pure ground bone is also good. 



Mr. Tippin — As a rule, we can not get enough wood ashes, but they 

 are best. Put on enough to sprinkle the ground white. 



Mr. Stephens — Do you use them fresh or leached? 



Mr. Tippin — It does not matter, as they are scattered through the 

 patch. 



L. A. Goodman — Coal ashes make a good mechanical mixture, but 

 are not fertilizing. 



Mr. Dutcher — The Wolverton is a good fertilizer for Haverland, and 

 the latter is one of the best home varieties if we can get it properly ferti- 

 lized. Marshall is a good home berry and grows large with proper at- 

 tention. I have raised it in hills for seven years. The Haverland I raise 

 in matted rows. 



Mr. Goodman — Armour's fertilizer, 3-8-6, is one of the most complete 

 we can use. The figures represent the proportion of the ingredients. 



Mr. Dutcher — The 3-8-6 is a fine fertilizer for potatoes. 



Mr. Goodman — It is also best for fruit trees. 



Mr. Dutcher^For mulching the strawberry^ beds get straw early in 

 the fall, spread it out thin until the ground is frozen and then put it over 

 the plants. The seed will fall on the old field where it was cut, and not 

 on the strawberry field, so that you will have a clean mulch. In the spring 

 it will need to be pulled off the plants where it is too thick. The Haver- 

 land fruit stems are long and trailing, hence this variety needs a mulch. 

 The Marshall is stronger in stem and holds its fruit up. 



Mr. Katherman — Wolverton is a fine fertilizer for Haverland, but 

 is not itself a good producer. 



Mr. Tippin — The Dunlap is a good all round berry. 



Mr. Gano — I call for the young men, and would like to hear from Mr. 

 Wayman and Wild. 



H. S, Wayman — We are just getting into the strawberry business 

 in a commercial way. I have brought specimens of Gandy. This variety 



