MANURING AND FITTING II 



not required making over, the work of 

 manuring can begin at once. 



MANURING 



Many growers like to manure heavily In 

 the fall, applying from fifteen to eighteen 

 cords of stable manure to the acre, and 

 ploughing under, it being practically Impos- 

 sible to apply too much manure. Through 

 the winter this manure has a chance to 

 break down somewhat and begin to, or is 

 ready to, decay when the first opening of 

 spring comes. There are other growers that 

 do not spread manure until after they have 

 ploughed the land In the spring, preferring to 

 disk in the manure, following this by a light 

 cross ploughing, thereby putting the manure 

 at the best depth for the strawberry roots. 

 Many of these growers claim that manure 

 ploughed under in the fall is placed too deep 

 for the use of the plant and therefore Is not 

 so available for the current year's growth 

 of the plants. 



It is also claimed that during the winter 

 there is some loss of the food from the manure 

 ploughed under. Some advise only eight or 

 ten cords of manure, supplementing this with 



