AFTER CARE FERTILIZERS 47 



Strawberry plants is so great that the latter 

 suffer by being robbed of sunlight, space, 

 and food. 



Weeds are a godsend to man, as they com- 

 pel him to cultivate his land, thereby helping 

 him to harvest larger crops. 



TOOLS 



The one-horse eleven-toothed cultivator, 

 the teeth of which are small, is one of the 

 best tools to use in cultivating the straw- 

 berry bed. By its lever to regulate the depth 

 the teeth can be run quite shallow, and with 

 the other lever, the machine can be opened 

 or made narrower to suit the convenience of 

 the operator. Its leaving the bed so level, 

 the soil so fine, and its ability to run quite 

 close to the plant without injury or covering 

 are some of the chief advantages of this 

 machine. If the grower uses the hand hoe in 

 the rows of plants, the bed can be kept in the 

 very best of tilth with these two tools alone. 



For small beds, or for very narrow rows 

 such as are formed when planting by the 

 hill system, a man power wheel-hoe or culti- 

 vator like the Planet, Jr., Iron Age, Columbia 

 etc., which sells for about $4.50, is very 



