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The southern cow pea is the least hkely to attract the white grub. 

 Is it because the white grub does not like the cow pea? No, it 

 is not. I thought we had got hold of something that the white 

 grub would not touch, but 1 found that it was the late cultivation 

 tiiat destroyed the insect. Constant surface cultivation late in 

 the season is the only thing I know of to cut down the white 

 grub. 



In this wav we secure a heavy growth of cow pea vines. The 

 next spring we plow them in. We either set our strawberry 

 plants in the spring or keep the earth constantly stirred up until 

 we get ready to set in June or set our runner plants in the latter 

 part of July or about the middle of August. In the first case 

 you can take your plants and put them in in little trenches put- 

 ting the roots down — keeping them well watered until ready to 

 set. 



For setting strong runners we use what is called a Richards' 

 transplanter. This is shaped like an ordinary tin can with the 

 bottom and the top cut off (they are made of sheet iron), fasten 

 a bail to it, and you have the transplanter. We go along and 

 pick out the plant that we want ; the strong ones. Then we take 

 the transplanter and drive it right down, around that plant and 

 press it down with the foot, then take hold of the bail and pull 

 it up. You have a young, vigorous plant growing in the center 

 of a large ball of dirt. We dig them in that way. A man goes 

 along and digs out the most vigorous plants, puts them right on 

 a wheelbarrow, hauls them right into the field and with another 

 transplanter digs a hole just big enough for the plant with its 

 bale to slip down into and there it is. It has not lost even a 

 single instant of growth and will not even wilt. 



I have transplanted in Northern New Jersey every month in 

 the year. You can't do that up here. I spoke of having this 

 land rich. We work it up and get it into beautiful shape. We 

 take this fertilizer I speak of and apply all we dare, or say about 

 twelve hundred pounds to the acre, putting it right in across the 

 field in a narrow space where the plants are to go. We don't 

 pretend to broadcast it all over the field. We would rather put 

 it right where these roots are going.. Then we take a cultivator 

 and run it up and down several times and work that thor- 

 oughly into the ground. Then put a light roller on and 

 pack it into the ground. Then we are ready to set out. 



