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sprinkle the bed with one-third part of the solution. Make another layer of 

 eight inches of straw, applying quicklime and the solution as before. Repeat for 

 a third layer. Upon this make a fourth layer of straw, and upon it sprinkle the 

 four pounds of saltpetre dissolved in thirty gallons of water. Place the box in 

 position, bank up outside, within the box spread three inches rich, finely pulver- 

 ized earth, and put on the sash. A heat will soon be generated which will con- 

 tinue for two or three weeks. — Landreth's Catalogue. 



THE GRAPE HOE. 



We show an engraving of a most 

 useful tool in the vineyards, which 

 was recommended by Prof. Hutt, at 

 Peterborough, as being of so much 

 service in the New York State vine- 

 yards. After cultivating the rows, this 

 tool will take out all grass and weeds 

 that remain under the wires, and 

 around the vines and posts, and will 



thoroughly stir the soil close to the ^^^- 435. -THrM.K..,i.-,BY Crape Hoe. 

 vines. Without careful attention in driving, the hoe is guided jn and out around 

 the vines by the dirk castor wheel, to which the handle is attached. The horse 

 is hitched to one side of the pole, which gives plenty of room for the plow to work 

 under the vines or bushes without injury to them from the horse or the whiffle- 

 trees. The engraving is shown by courtesy of Messrs. John H. Grout & Co., of 

 (irimsby, Ont. 



Commercial Fertilizeps for Strawberries.— Land of medium fertil- 

 ity requires but little, if any, commercial fertilizers. Good results have been 

 obtained from planting cow peas between the rows late in July. Open a deep 

 furrow between the rows, drill in the seed at the rate of one and a half to two 

 bushels per acre, cover with a culitvator or harrow so as to leave the soil in 

 proper shape about the strawberry plants. The shading of the land during 

 August and September, and the vines lying between the rows during the winter 

 months is a decided benefit both to the land and to the strawberries. Properly 

 managed, land in strawberries increases rather than decreases in productiveness. 

 With more or less vegetable matter growing on it during the greater part of the 

 year, and exposed to the sun only a part of the summer, the mechanical condi- 

 tion is being constantly improved, and the vegetable matter plowed in adds fer- 

 tility. —Miss. Exp. Station. 



