l6 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



By working with both disk and spike har- 

 rows, the soil is put in very fine, level tilth 

 and this fineness is carried to a greater depth. 



BACK FURROWING 



Oftentimes the grower wants his soil to 

 have even better preparation than the har- 

 rows are able to give, or he may desire to 

 lay ofi" his land in beds. The method used 

 in this case would be back furrowing, plough- 

 ing four inches deep, either by splitting the 

 piece in the middle and ploughing, by throwing 

 the furrows together, or by making several 

 small beds, by back furrowing in the middle 

 of a narrow strip, then starting another the 

 same way, leaving a dead furrow between 

 the beds. 



While ploughing, the furrows are raked 

 down, thereby leaving a very even, well- 

 raked bed, having all the coarse material at 

 the bottom of the furrow, and the top four 

 inches in the very best possible condition 

 for plant growth. 



Sometimes just before back furrowing, 

 which is generally cross ploughing, a good 

 layer of well-rotted manure is spread and 

 this four-inch ploughing is considered by 



