112 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



writes W. H. Burke of St. Joseph county, Michigan. 

 " Anyone who will observe these points in practice 

 may be assured of success. We find that, in order 

 to produce vigorous and fruitful plants, we must 

 keep the soil up to a high state of fertility. To do 

 this, we alternate annually between plants and field 



STRAWBERRY PRUNING 

 a, Plant as Dug; b, Plant Pruned; c, Plant after Setting. 



or cowpeas or potatoes. The latter are still some- 

 what in the experimental state, although giving, as 

 far as we have gone, every promise of complete suc- 

 cess. After we have turned under the peas, or dug 

 the potatoes, we cover the land with a good coat- 

 ing of manure, about i8 tons to the acre. 



