FERTILIZING STRAWBERRIES . :**;* -. j, - 



CONCLUSION 



It may be confidently stated in conclusion that where 

 strawberries are grown and managed as outlined in this 

 little pamphlet, that the crop, one year with another, can be 

 made highly renumerative to the grower. The initial invest- 

 ment of capital required is not large, and hence many persons 

 can engage in the business of cultivating this crop who might 

 be prohibited from taking up other lines of fruit growing or 

 trucking. It is to be hoped that a sufficient degree of 

 attention will be centered on the cultivation of strawberries 

 in the immediate future to enable every home to be supplied 

 with a sufficient amount of this wholesome and desirable 

 fruit at a reasonable profit to the producer and at a price 

 which the consumer can afford to pay. The cultivation of 

 the strawberry on small land areas in the vicinity of our 

 towns and cities is especially commended to the attention of 

 our school teachers, and through them to the thousands of 

 boys and girls who need outdoor exercise and who, at the 

 same time, can make a little pocket money out of an other- 

 wise wasted opportunity. 



The German Kali Works acknowledges its 

 indebtedness to the Fruit Grower y Farmer, 

 St. Joseph, Missouri, for the use of several 

 photographs appearing in this booklet. 



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