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HERE'S M IDEA 



A very successful grower of strawberries in Bristol County has 

 adopted a rather unusual system of spacing,. He likes it so Yrell that vire 

 pass it along for the consideration of other groovers. In brief, the 

 system involves filling in ?/ith properly spaced runner plants the spaces 

 between alternate pairs of rows and leaving blank the spaces between the 

 remaining rows. The plants are set 30 x 45 inches. This permits 

 cultivation both ways until the spaced runner plants interfere. Vilien 

 spacing is completed, the plants will stand 9 x 10 inches apart, each 

 mother plant being allowed to develop 4 runners, one of vriiich will have 

 3 runner plants and 3 will have 2 runner plants each. The working space 

 between ravis is 30 inches although plant growth is so heavy it seems 

 somewhat less. 



. < • r 30"i- • X 30" y 



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4'5" 





45" 



v/ 



= mother plant 



FARIvi SAFETY , A F AtHLY Ar£AIR 



The recent observance of National Farm Safety Week has shown 

 farmers the importance of year round safety. Since the farmer is usually 

 his ovm boss and employs only a few men, he can make the decision that means 

 the difference between sa.fety and sorrov./ on his farm and in his home. But 

 his decision v/ill bring more results if backed up by common action on the 

 part of each member of the family. 



Farm safety is particularly a family affair because unlike the 

 urban dweller, the faiiiily is closely associated vj-ith the actual operations 

 of farming. 



