Food for steps on each side of the row. Raspberries and goose- 

 . berries should have a small handful, and currants a 

 188 large handful to each bush. This should be cultivated 

 in, if possible, early in the spring. Sow Nitrate of 

 Soda in the same way. It will pay to put on as much 

 Nitrate as you did superphosphate and potash, but if 

 you do not want to put on so much, use smaller hand- 

 fuls. If the superphosphate and potash have not been 

 applied in the fall, sow the mixture in the spring at 

 the "same time the Nitrate is sown and cultivate it 

 in, early. 



Strawberries. 



This plant requires a moist soil, but not one water- 

 logged at any time of the year. A light clay loam, or a 

 sandy loam is preferable. There are several methods of 

 cultivation, but the matted row is generally found more 

 profitable than the plan of growing only in hills. While 

 some growers claim that one year's crop is all that should 

 be harvested before ploughing down for potatoes, as a 

 matter of fact the common practice is to keep the bed 

 for at least two harvests. In selecting plants, care should 

 be exercised to see that pistillate plants are not kept 

 too much by themselves, or the blossoms will prove 

 barren. The crop is a heavy consumer of plant food, 

 and the soil cannot be made too rich. Farmyard manure 

 should never be used after the plants are set out, as the 

 weed seeds contained therein will give much trouble, 

 especially as the horse hoe is of little use in the beds. 

 Use from 400 to 800 pounds of phosphate, applied 

 broadcast immediately after harvest; in the spring, as 

 soon as the strawberry leaves show the bright, fresh 

 green of new growth, apply broadcast 200 pounds of 

 . ^ Nitrate of Soda to the acre. In setting 



es * out a new bed, scatter the fertilizer 

 along the rows and cultivate in, before the plants are 

 set out. 



It is well to scatter the fertilizers for a foot on each 

 side of the rows so that the runners will have something 

 to feed upon. In the spring, sow Nitrate of Soda on the 

 bed broadcast at the rate of about 200 pounds per acre. 

 On old beds, sow the mixture broadcast in the fall and 



