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Mr. C. W. Sampson : I do not know that I can see much differ- 

 ence in my experience, only that I would prefer to have them run 

 north and south; in that way they get the sun in the forenoon 

 and in the afternoon; in that way I have had a little better 

 success. 



Mr. Harris: Now, I disagree with you there, I- would rather 

 have the rows run east and west. The sun rises in the north 

 and it is the early sun that we want. 



Dr. M. M. Frisselle: I do not know how it is where Mr. Harris 

 lives, but it seems to me at Lake Minnetonka that the sun 

 does not rise in the north. (Laughter.) 



Mr. E. H. S. Dartt : What do you think the average yield is year 

 after year? 



Mr, Sampson : I should say not over one hundred bushels to 

 the acre. 



Mr, Dartt: Would it come up to that ? 



Mr, Sampson: We have had some very poor strawberry 

 years the last few years, 



Mr. Dartt: Have poor years been the rule? 



Mr. Sampson, I think the last four or five have. 



Pres. Underwood: What h'as been the cause, drought? 



Mr. Sampson: Last year drought was the cause of our fail- 

 ure. 



Pres, Underwood: Is there any way to overcome that 

 obstacle ? 



Mr. Sampson: Mulching tends to prevent it. 



Dr. Frisselle: I notice Mr. Sampson recommends that the 

 farmer among other things should plant a few grapes, and he 

 recommends the Delaware, Moore's Early and Concord. 

 I would like to ask him what he thinks of the Brighton in place 

 of the Concord or added to it. 



Mr, Sampson: From what I have heard from the 

 Brighton. 1 should think it would be very profitable to raise. 



Mr. Taylor: I would liii:e to ask Mr. Sampson what propor- 

 tion of strawberries he has raised of different kinds, 



Mr, Sampson: I have had the best success with Warfield 

 fertilized with Parker Earle. We have a rich, black sandy 

 loam, and with us the Wilson also thrives exceedingly well. 



Prof. S. B. Green: I want to make a criticism on part of Mr. 

 Kellogg's paper. Mr. Kellogg takes exceptional pains to say 

 that the only thing the Michel's Early is good for is to give 

 away plants. Now, if I mistake not about three years ago Mr. 

 Kellogg recommended Michel's Early very highly. I may 



