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as fast as they were cultivated, leavin.c^ a lii^ht cover- 

 ing of straw on the plants, the idea being that the soil 

 would be stirred up and straw put back on it would act 

 as mulch and retain the moisture. In the long-con- 

 tinued drouth that followed it proved to be a good 

 thing and saved our crop. We think we got one-third 

 more fruit by the above method. Sales from the plot, 

 two hundred and twenty-eight by eighty-nine feet, were 

 one hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy cents. 



In our opinion the hill system as the way to grow 

 big berries and lots of them. Anyone who is short 

 of ground can keep a bed set in this way in full bearing 

 for three years. It has been done on this place. 



TJic Palmetto As para i^ us beds are five years old, 

 have always had good care and plenty of manure. On 

 April 19 we cultivated these beds with cultivator, 

 small teeth on. iVftcr cultivating and ridging up soil 

 on the rows, the beds were harrowed with the harrow 

 closed to three feet. We then plowed between and 

 forced the earth upon the rows over the plants. This 

 left a furrow between the plants about six inches deep 

 and twenty inches wide. Sowed in this furrow two 

 hundred pounds of coarse ground bone, which was 

 worked in with the cultivator, going over each row 

 twice. We then went over the beds crosswise with 

 the harrow closed. This was the finish, and the beds 

 were in fine shape, being mellow and free from weeds. 

 We use bone and stable manure in fall and we grow 

 fine asparagus. 



Our Viiicyard contains one hundred and seven 

 Wordcn vines, six years old. It was manured with 

 stable manure and cultivated in the fall of 1898. On 

 April 15 we pruned the vines, cutting back all new 

 wood to two eyes, and all old wood that would in any 

 way interfere with the growth of the clusters and the 

 free circulation of air and sunshine. After pruning 



