THE SAME FIELD EXACTLY SIX WEEKS AFTER IT WAS BURNED OVER 



— But this illustration is graphic proof of the fact that the burning-over 

 process clears the way for better things in the life of the plant 



In cultivating this bed for the second 

 crop, the same plan should be followed 

 as in cultivating the young plants. Cul- 

 tivation and hoeing should be continued 

 until early fall. Then keep the runners 

 in check and the weeds and grass under 

 control, and your second crop will be 

 assured. 



Handling a bed in an orchard requires 

 special care, and it is dangerous to burn 

 the bed over. One of the best crops of 

 berries we ever raised was grown in a 

 young peach orchard, and after the crop 

 of berries was picked, it being too haz- 

 ardous to the trees to burn the bed over, 

 the vines were mowed ofF and the litter 

 raked up and hauled away. Then the 

 rows were narrowed down and the same 

 plan followed as in the bed which had 

 been burned over. Whether the bed is 

 burned over or not, it is always best to 

 mow the old foliage off before trying to 

 prepare it for the second crop. 



Many readers ask us as to the number 

 of crops that profitably may be grown 

 from the same bed of plants. It seldom 

 pays to grow more than two. Just as 

 soon as the second crop is picked, the 

 bed should be mowed over and the plants 

 burned, as in preparing the bed for the 

 second crop. The burning is done here 

 for the purpose of destroying all fungous 

 spores and insects. After burning, this 

 bed should be broken up and thoroughly 

 prepared, then set to some leguminous 

 crop like cow peas or vetch. As a pre- 

 caution against attacks of insects and 

 fungi, it always is best to manure this bed 

 and plant some other crop, such as pota- 

 toes or corn, and then, after that crop has 

 been harvested, the ground will be in 

 ideal conditiori for strawberries again. 

 Insects and fungi always are more trouble- 

 some where fields have been continuously 

 grown to strawberries without rotation. 

 There is no better preventive for these 

 troubles than the rotation of crops. The 

 renewing of the soil, the "freshening up" 



it receives from such treatment, is appre- 

 ciated by no other plant more highly, nor 

 will any other respond more generously 

 with bumper crops. 



The Propagating Bed 



The widespread interest among straw- 

 berry growers in the subject of the propa- 

 gating bed is reflected in the large num- 

 ber of letters received by The Strawberry 

 during the past few weeks, and the fol- 

 lowing instructions will answer innumer- 

 able questions, directly and indirectly 

 asked concerning this important and 

 interesting work. We trust they may 

 prove of interest and value to every 

 reader of this magazine. 



The first thing to be considered is the thor- 

 ough preparation of the soil, and this should be 

 done at least one year in advance of setting the 

 plants. First, give tlie ground a good coating 

 of stable manure. This should be well incor- 

 porated with the soil, and as soon as all danger 

 of frost is over, six pecks of cow peas should be 

 sown to each acre. These in turn should be 

 plowed under and worked into the soil just as 

 soon as they become thoroughly ripened or 

 woody. If the peas ripen in time so that they 

 inay be turned under and the field sowed to rye 

 (five pecks of rye to the acre will be enough) 

 this will prevent the 'surface of the soil from 

 puddling during heavy rains in the winter. It 



also will hold the plant food in reserve for the 

 use of plants the following spring. 



In the spring this ground should be replowed 

 and the cow peas and manure again thoroughly 

 mixed up with the soil before plants are set. 

 This will fill the soil so full of humus that it 

 will hold laige quantities of water. It also will 

 make it possible for the plants to develop a large 

 root system, which is essential. The roots and 

 crown are requisite to a good plant, and these 

 may be attained only where soil conditions are 



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