THE STRAWBERRY FEBRUARY 1906 



damages to the strawberry men who suf- 

 fered through its dereliction, and at last 

 reports had something liice $50,000 still 

 to pay, suggests how important that in- 

 dustry has grown to be in that section. 

 The same report from which this inform- 

 ation is quoted also says that the Armours 

 have received the exclusive contract for 

 transporting tiie strawberr\' crop of 1906 

 from that territory, upon promise to furnish 

 at least 1,800 refrigerator cars without 

 delay during the strawberry season. 

 Imagine what it must involve to handle 

 so many berries in one brief season. 



Words About the Strawberry 



THE kind words which have come to 

 us in a flood since the initial issue 

 of The Strawberry began reaching 

 our friends are more gratifying than we 

 can find woids to express. That the field 

 and the mission of the magazine is so 

 generally recognized, and that the maga- 

 zine itself is so appreciated by those best 

 fitted to judge is matter of great pleasure 

 to its publishers. We are taking the lib- 

 erty to publish herewith extracts from 

 letters received which are only typical of 

 hundreds to the same effect. It shall be 

 the highest wish of The Strawberry to 

 measure up to the good opinions and cor- 

 dial good wishes of those who have so 

 kindly announced themselves as its friends 

 and supporters. Such cooperation is an 

 element in success of incalculable value. 

 Here are some of the kind words we 

 have received: 



Edwin C. Powell, Editor Farm and Home 



Springfield, Mass., January 9, 1906. — Copy 

 of The Strawberry duly received and I have 

 read it with much interest. It is a very inter- 

 esting and valuable publication, and I trust will 

 meet with success, as there is certainly a good 

 field for it. 



Stark Bro's. Nurseries & Orchards Co. 



Louisiana, Mo., January 12, 1906. — The 

 first issue of The Strawberry duly received 

 and the writer takes the liberty of express- 

 ing his admiration for the publication. If 

 is certainly beautifully gotten up — good paper, 

 good printing, good advertisements, and best of 

 all, first-class reading matter for strawberry 

 growers. We congratulate you most heartily. 



H. A. Bereman, Agricultural Editor The Farmers Voice 



Chicago, January 6, 1906. — I have just seen 

 The Strawberry, and while it was fore-ordained, 

 I want to hand you herewith my congratula- 

 tions on its beauty, its keeping qualities and the 

 general flavor. Long may it thrive! 



Kewanee Water Supply Co. 



Kewanee, III., January 6, 1906. — We wish 

 to congratulate you on the first issue of The 

 Strawberry. We refer especially to the arrange- 

 ment of reading matter, the style of type, the 

 quality of paper, and the general get-up of the 

 magazine. We wish you a successful New 

 Year. 



M. J. Wragg Nursery Compan> 



Des Moines, Iowa, January 13, 1906. — I am 

 just in receipt of the first issue of The Straw- 

 berry which comes to my desk today. It cer- 

 tainly is a beautifully illustrated magazine, and 

 is chuck full of information pertaining to the 

 growing and handling of the c^rawberry. It is 



worth many times what it costs to the practical 

 strawberry grower, :ind we see no reason why it 

 should not become popular at once among that 

 craft. 



T. T. Bacheller, Editor Agricultural Experiments 



Minneapolis, Minn., January 11, 1906. — Vol. 

 I — No. 1, The Strawlierry at hand. It is o K, 

 and will be noticed in our next issue. 



E. F. Corbin, Adv. Mgr. Farmers Tribune 



Sioux City, la., January 9, 1906. — Volume 

 one, number one of The Strawberry has just 

 reached our desk. We congratulate you on 

 the splendid appearance of this initial number 

 and wish you every success in the venture. 



Leslie Jeffries, Red Hill Farm 



Bridgeport, Pa., Jan. 5, 1906. — I enclose one 

 dollar ($1.00) for which please send me your 

 magazine for one year. I think this is a great 

 idea and is just the thing I have been looking 

 for for some time. In all my experience of 

 agricultural and farm papers I find that they 

 have little to say on this subject. 



W. J. Stewart 

 Moline, III., January 11, 1906.— The first 

 number of The Strawberry at hand. I am well 

 pleased with it and anticipate much pleasure 

 and profit from reading and studying it during 

 the coming year. One thing I like about it is 

 that it is practical. Theories are all right, but 

 are not of much benefit to the race until worked 

 out in practice. 



A. J. Anderson, Valley View Farm 



Parker, S. D., Jan. 11, 1906.— I am in re- 

 ceipt of No. I, Vol. I, of The Strawberry. I 

 thank you for sending it to me as it is a publi- 

 cation I have been looking for. I enclose $1.00 

 for one year's subscription. I am interested in 

 growing strawberries in a small way; I picked 

 4,000 quarts from one and one half acres last 

 year. 



J. Wragg & Sons Company 



Waukee, Iowa, January 13, 1906. — We have 

 recei\ ed your paper and we must say that we 

 are well pleased with it and bespeak for you a 

 great future in the line you have taken up; and 

 if this first number is an indication of what you 

 will give your readers, they will surely be well 

 pleased. 



Recruiting the Farms 



FOR years the country boys have been 

 deserting the farms for the village, 

 the town boys have been winning 

 success in the cities, and the city boys 

 have been making their mark in the me- 

 tropolis. The process, however, threat- 

 ens to leave the farm without its work- 

 men. As the urban population which 

 must be fed from the farms increases, the 

 tillers of the soil become fewer in number 

 and poorer in quality. Those who re- 

 main to care for the crops have one fault 

 which the city dweller is quick to notice. 

 The worker somehow does not put the 

 spirit into his tasks that the eight-hour- 

 day man in town exhibits. The city boy 

 grows up in an atmosphere of hustle. 

 With his ability to make every moment 

 count, the city-bred man may get out of 

 a farm immeasurably more than the aver- 

 age farm resident. Agricultural schools 

 and a business instinct and training are 

 not bad substitutes for farm breeding; and 

 it will not be surprising if the next few 

 years witness an exodus of city-bred 

 workmen, filled with spirit and speed, to 



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