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pared our product with "Heinz," "Beech Nut" and other brands, 

 and we are willing to leave the verdict as to comparative quality 

 to the consumer. 



The two worst enemies that the strawberry grower has to 



contend with is the 

 strawberry aphis 

 (louse) and the white 

 grub. It pays to dip all 

 plants before setting in 

 a solution of nicotine 

 and water, mixing it ac- 

 cording to directions on 

 g the can. This will kill 

 S all lice or lice eggs that 

 c may be on the plant. 

 = Ants plant the lice eggs 



* on the roots just below 

 | the crown of the plant, 

 3 where they hatch out, 



* and the young louse 

 = proceeds to suck the sap 

 t out of the roots. Just 

 % a few lice on a plant 

 si will lower its vitality so 

 | it cannot do good busi- 

 | ness in making run- 

 \ ners or bearing fruit, 

 c and in a few weeks the 



plant will dwindle and 

 die. The ants person- 

 ally do no damage to 

 the plants, but they 

 tend the lice after 

 hatching as faithfully 

 as we tend a herd of 

 cows and for practical- 

 ly the same purpose. A weak solution of lime and sulphur can 

 be used instead of- nicotine. We used it in the spring of 1915 ; 

 this year we used nicotine. 



Plant strawberries on clean, new land that has been well 

 fertilized and under good cultivation for at least two or three 

 years, being fall plowed every year. The reason of this, as every 



