12 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



one or two applications of commercial 

 fertilizer, such as wood ashes and ground 

 bone, at the time of setting the plants, and 

 a little later about 300 pounds of wood 

 ashes and 500 pounds of ground bone being 

 used per acre. The latter method could 

 be used by the commercial grower to great 

 advantage, as it would save labour and might 

 be cheaper. For the intensive farmer and 

 small grower or fancier heavy applications 

 of stable manure would be most desirable 

 and would be found to be cheaper in the end. 

 The cost of manuring will figure out like this : 



1st plan. 15 cords of manure at $2.50 per cord $37.00 



10 cords of manure at $2.50 per cord 25.00 



300 lb. wood ashes at $16 per ton ) ( 2.40 



500 lb. ground bone at $32 per ton j ( 8.00 



$35.40 



Ofttlmes the manure can be obtained for 

 the handling, or is produced on the property 

 and in that case it is the most advisable and 

 economical to use. 



PLOUGHING 



In ploughing the land the grower must 

 first decide whether to plough in the fall or 

 in the spring. 



