THE STRAWBERRY OCTOBER 1906 



the breaking plow the sod will be 

 kept on the under side where it will not 

 be in the way in cultivating the straw- 

 berry plants. If you are growing cow- 

 peas, you should turn them under also 

 this fall, replowing in the spring as di- 

 rected above. The cowpeas, when re- 

 turned to the surface by the replowing in 

 the spring, come into contact with the air, 

 and quickly decompose, filling the soil 

 with rich vegetable mold. 



Strawberries in Spare Time 



T WOULD like to start in the strawberry bus- 

 iness next spring. Do you think I could 

 take care of one acre of strawberries in my 

 spare time? I work in a store from 8 o'clock 

 till 5:30, and I would not like to give up my 

 position till I was sure it would pay. You say 

 not to plant in ground infested with the grub. 

 What I want to know is how to tell if it is, as 

 I have had no experience in that line. Can get 

 a few acres that have been in corn this year, and 

 one other place now pasture land. Would fall 

 plowing he sure to kill the grubs, and could I sow 

 rye after that.' 

 Davenport, Iowa. S. S. 



IT is a pleasure to receive such ques- 

 tions as this, because we desire to see 

 every young man seeking to get into an 

 independent business of his own. Every- 

 body can not, and would not care to, 

 embark in the strawberry business, but 

 we can truly say that no other business 

 offers a broader opportunity to the intelli- 

 gent and enterprising young man or 

 woman. 



There is no reason why you cannot 

 give the best of attention to an acre of 

 strawberries during your spare time. We 

 estimate that you will have two hours to 

 work before going to your regular em- 

 ployment in the morning, and that you 

 will have about the same length of time 

 to devote to your patch in the evening. 

 During the morning and evening of one 

 day you can give this acre of plants a 

 thorough cultivating, provided you have a 



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cultivator and horse. If you use a hand 

 cultivator, it will take the spare time for 

 two days to cultivate the acre. This will 

 leave you at least four days each week to 

 hoe among the plants. 



It may be necessary for you to hire 

 some little help after the ideal row is 

 formed, because then there will be a 

 great many runners to remove, and this 

 work should not be delayed. Of course, 

 at picking time you will be obliged to 

 hire pickers, when the big crop of berries 

 will justify whatever expenditures may 

 be needful. We predict that you will be 

 pleasantly surprised when you come to 

 count up the cash receipts and net profits 

 from your venture. More than that, we 

 are confident that no doctor will be able 

 to prescribe anything that will be of more 

 benefit to your health than that which 

 you will receive while working among 

 your plants. Every blister the hoe makes 

 on your hands will be repaid a thousand 

 fold. 



It is rather difficult to tell whether the 

 soil is infested with grubs. However, 

 when the soil is broken up the grubs are 

 exposed and easily may be seen. One 

 should be careful to avoid using old tim- 

 othy sod, as the grub is partial to the 

 wiry roots of that grass. We have set 

 plants this year on blue-grass sod never 

 before broken and found it free from the 

 grub, but the ground was broken last fall, 

 which may account for that, as breaking 

 sod at that time brings the grubs to the 

 surface and exposes them to freezing and 

 the attacks of the birds. We should pre- 

 fer the ground that has been in corn. 

 Break it up this fall, sow rye in the early 

 days of October at the rate of five pecks 

 to the acre. On top of this spread well- 

 decayed manure; the manure may be 

 spread during the winter months. Next 

 spring replow it and work up finely before 

 setting the plants. 



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STRAWBERRIES suffer from aphides 

 or plant lice unless the grower is 

 careful to dip the roots of the plants in 

 tobacco tea before they are set out. Be- 

 tween the aphides and the ant exists a 

 strange relationship which is thus referred 

 to by Prof. E. D. Sanderson in the Gar- 

 den Magazine. He says: "In their mi- 

 grations from plant to plant the lice are 

 often aided by their foster-mothers, the 

 ants, for many species are carefully cared 

 for and guarded by the ever diligent ants. 

 A peculiar sweetish liquid called "honey 

 dew" is secreted by the aphides of which 

 the ants are extremely fond. To secure 

 this they herd the aphides, much as if 

 they were little green cattle. Frequently 

 an ant may be seen tapping an aphid with 

 her antenns, upon which a drop of the 

 honey dew is exuded and quickly lapped 

 up. Thus the ants are probably entirely 

 responsible for carrying the young aphides, 

 which affect the strawberry roots in Del- 

 aware, Maryland, New Jersey and else- 



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where, from the foliage down to the roots, 

 and for carrying them from plant to plant, 

 as the plants wither from their injury. 

 The melon louse is similarly carried by 

 the ants from hill to hill. But most re- 

 markabls of all is the case of the corn- 

 root aphis, which lays its eggs in ants 

 nests in the fall, where they are carefully 

 guarded all winter and in the spring the 

 young aphides are carried by the ants to 

 the roots of their favorite food plants. 



Just One Word 



By D. S. Copeland 



A Word may call a hidden smile 

 ■^^ From laughter's fountain in the heart; 

 And Sorrow chase away the while. 

 Or check the tear prepared to start. 



A Word may open windows bright 

 Where sunny Hope may love to stay; 



And store the Heart with blessed light, 

 That Time can never take away. 



A Word may be the golden chain 

 To link the soul to Heaven above; 



Where Pleasure never hears of Pain, 

 Where all is Peace and perfect Love. 



IT is said by Ralph Waldo Trine that 

 we cannot desire anything that we 

 cannot attain to, writes Grace B. Faxon 

 in the New York Magazine. That to 

 have the power to desire gives us the 

 power to attain. Desire awakens the 

 power to do and dare. Now that you 

 have the desire, realize that it is your will 

 that can bring you the attainment of your 

 aspirations. Will to be patient, coura- 

 geous and firm. Live in the present. 

 Act as though your whole life depended 

 upon 5'our taking advantage of the pres- 

 ent moment. A man's environment does 

 not make him great. A great man is not 

 restricted by his environment. He adapts 

 himself to it and lifts himself out of it. 

 He uses his environment as a means of 

 growth. 



