THE STRAWBERRY SEPTEMBER 1906 



wheelbarrow, never on the wagon, so as 

 to avoid shaking them about and loosen- 

 ing the dirt from the roots. On a wheel- 

 barrow we can usually carry only about 

 eight of these large chunks of earth to a 

 load, and possibly not over fifty on a 

 stone-boat. Consequently the job of mak- 

 ing a new plantation in this manner is 

 necessarily slow. But if it is done in a 

 wet time, the plants hardly know they 

 have been moved, and when carefully 

 handled and planted, will throw out new 

 runners abundantly, and make closely 

 matted rows by fall, and a good crop of 

 fine berries the following season. The 

 plan will answer when we cannot do any 

 better. 



If we have neither planted in the 

 spring, nor have a chance to make a new 

 bed by the "chunk method," then there 

 is the third choice, to be found in setting 

 so-called "potted plants." It is possible 

 to raise at least a partial crop on fall-set 

 potted plants the following berry season. 

 Here at the North I have been unable to 

 grow even a fairly good yield on such 

 plants, no matter how carefully they had 

 been potted off and transplanted. But 

 even a small crop is better than no berries 

 at all. Whether it be done in spring, 

 summer or fall, the strawberry patch 

 must be planted. We can't do without it. 



Women and Strawberry Culture 



I would like you to send me some advice and 

 facts on strawberry growing. I read this 

 week in a woman's journal that a delicate 

 woman or girl could take care of an acre of 

 strawberries by hiring help at picking time, and 

 that a moderate profit above all expenses on the 

 acre would be $500. Now I do not see how 

 this can be and I want your advice. I am a 

 woman, a school teacher, and not very strong. 

 I want to plant an acre of strawberries on good 

 ground sloping to the south, and would like to 

 know how much of the work pertaining to it I 

 might be likely to be able to do. The plowing 

 of the ground in the fall, the manuring in the 

 fall, the second plowing in the spring, the plant- 

 ing, the subsequent plowing and mulching 

 would have to be hired done by a man. Then 

 suppose I managed well in attending to other 

 matters: can you give me any estimate of what 

 I might clear financially on a moderate crop 

 from one acre.' I would be willing to undertake 

 it on a smallprofit, but I do not want to under- 

 take anything that I could not get back all 

 money invested and a little extra for my efforts. 

 I've never done any business except in a very 

 small way, but I always clear myself and quite 

 a bit more. 



Roodhouse, 111. E. P. 



WHAT may be accomplished by a 

 woman in your situation is past 

 estimating. Some of the very 

 finest successes in horticulture have been 

 made under just such conditions as you 

 purpose to create, and even in animal 

 husbandry women have achieved notable 

 successes. So don't be influenced at all 

 by the fact that you are a woman. 



The native chivalry' of man, where the 



individual is worthy of that appellation, 

 makes him all the more careful to do his 

 work well where it is done for a woman 

 having the pluck and courage to work 

 out her own destiny. So don't be in- 

 fluenced by the fact that you are to de- 

 pend for the heavy work upon masculine 

 help. 



The opportunity in the strawberry field 

 is excelled by none and equalled by few 

 occupations, whether considered as to its 

 adaptability to the feminine mind and 

 physical powers or from the viewpoint of 

 possible success and profits. Many of 

 the most successful of The Strawberry 

 family are women, and more enthusiasm 

 and spirit will not be found among the 

 masculine members. So rest in confi- 

 dence upon the wisdom of your choice of 

 enterprises. 



And the things which you, even though 

 not a strong woman, could do in behalf 

 of your plants would be beyond calcula- 

 tion, and the success of your veuture 

 might greatly depend upon the work done 

 by yourself in the held. Strawberries are 

 very appreciative of extra care and repay 

 it in the most astonishing way, and it is 

 just the little extra touches which one in 

 your situation might give them — the vig- 

 ilant oversight of one whose time is 

 wholly given up to them, that make for 

 large results at picking time. 



Now as to that estimate made by the 

 writer in that woman's journal. We 

 deprecate statements of that kind because 

 they are quite apt to arouse hopes and 

 expectations that may not be realized, 

 and so be followed by disappointment 

 and discouragement. Whether one may 

 secure $500 or $400 or $300 from an 

 acre of strawberries depends upon many 

 things — soil, weather, markets, plants and 

 how they are set out and cared for; the 

 intelligence of the grower, her devotion 

 to her work and the degree of "gumption" 

 put into daily practice. But $500 and 

 even $700 have been taken from an acre 

 of strawberries, and each year the oppor- 

 tunity to secure large returns increases 

 because of the growing demand for the 

 fruit. So we say, in conclusion, if you 

 will follow the instructions as given in 

 The Strawberry, adjusting them intelli- 

 gently to the particular conditions under 

 which you may be situated; set out none 

 but the best plants, give them only the 

 best of care; use the best of judgment in 

 marketing, and seeing to it that the fruit 

 is packed well, with scrupulous care in- 

 sisting that the bottom of the box shall 

 be as fine as the top — do these things, 

 and we are confident you will in this 

 instance, as you say you have done in 

 others, "clear yourself and quite a bit 

 more " 



COMPLAINTS of the injury being 

 done by the grub come to us from 

 strawberry folk all the country over. 

 There is only one remedy for this pest, 



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