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ur best sorts for market. Cumberland Triumph is one of the finest 

 s orts and does well for family use, but is not considered profitable for 

 market. 



We generally use a 12-inch turning plow, running close to the cen- 

 ter of the row and turn the plants over from each side toward the 

 center, having from six to eight inches of the row standing, making a 

 ridge in the middle. I leave the ground a few days in that way, and 

 then go over with a hoe and clean the small row left thoroughly; after- 

 wards I use a cultivator on the ridge between the rows, running several 

 times between the rows until the ground is leveled and well pulverized. 



1 keep clean with hoe and plow until about August 15, after that I let 

 the runners spread, but if rows are gone over occasionally and scatter- 

 ing runners are either cut off or straightened with the row they will do 

 better. We mulch with prairie hay or clean straw about December 15 

 to January 1. I never commence mulching until the ground is frozen 

 hard enough to bear up a loaded wagon. I put mulching on just thick 

 enough so I can not see the plants. In the spring I leave the mulch- 

 ing on but go over after plants are mostly through, move the straw 

 where too thick to middle of the row. There are grown eight to ten 

 acres in strawberries for market. 



NUT CULTURE. 



[Read by J. P. Applegate before the Floyd County Farmers' Institute at Edwards- 



ville, Indiana, Nov. 23, 18S9.] 



The subject will be divided under four general heads: Where to 

 plant, when to plant, how to plant, what to plant. 



WHERE TO PLANT. 



Anywhere that room can be found to plant a tree. Nuts can be 

 profitably grown along the northern side of the garden, if it is large 

 enough, and all farm gardens should be large. Many, if not in fact all, 

 nut trees are suitable for lawns. 



The roadside is an appropriate place. The walnuts and hickories 

 especially make admirable roadside and lane trees. Waste places may 

 be made useful, as on most of them some kinds of nuts can be grown 

 with less labor and money outlay than are required to otherwise make 

 such places profitable. Hillsides can be utilized to grow English til- 



