THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1906 



with vviiich to lift the runners of the phint 

 and a rake with which to place the straw. 

 It is claimed that with this simple device 

 one man can do the work of two or three 

 men in the old way of mulching by hand. 

 Uncle Herbert, who has invented this 

 simple little device is about eighty years 

 old. A patent has been applied for and 

 is now pending. 



An Oklahoma Poet's Greeting 



By J. T. Taylor 



I AM a warm friend of this little child, 

 The Strawberry. A subscriber be- 

 fore its advent, now since mine eyes 

 have seen the way in which you clothe 

 this little one (destined to be great) I, 

 with good old Isaiah, that eloquent poet 

 and prophet, cry out in behalf of straw- 

 berry growers everywhere: "Unto us a 

 child is born; its name shall be called 

 Wonderful, Counsellor!" 



My experience in the strawberry busi- 

 ness is of eight years' standing. I am sit- 

 uated in the beautiful valley of the 

 Cimarron. I market my berries in the 

 town of Lawson, the place where the no- 

 torious outlaw. Bill Dalton, met his death 

 at the hands of United States marshals. 



I am a subscriber to that splendid hor- 

 ticultural journal the 



and many times have I thirsted for straw- 

 berry lore only to look for it in vain in 

 the pages of that paper — it was absolutely 

 devoid of anything bearing on the subject. 

 But the two issues we have had of The 

 Strawberry surely meet our highest ex- 

 pectations and henceforth we may know 

 on what to depend. 



We should like to have you come 

 down and see us, and the thought ap- 

 pears to have awakened the muse, so 1 

 take the liberty of inviting you in rhyme: 



Come to the Square Four-acre farm of South- 

 east Thirty-three 



And to the west then turn thine eyes and tell us 

 what ye see. 



Look out and o'er the grandeur of this 

 scene — 



The boundless prairie with its wealth of 

 living green; 



The multi-colored tiowers that robe the land, — 



The rich and ample bounty come from God's 

 own generous hand; 



The homes where love and labor meet 



To make this good old world more sweet. 



And here's my patch of berries, too, 



And some of them are just for you. 



Come, then, though long the way, 



Come in the balmy month of May. 

 Yale, Okla. 



REPORTS received from Indiana and 

 Iowa indicate that the strawberry 

 outlook is excellent and favors an early 

 and unusually large crop. 



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To Strawberry Growers 



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