HARVESTING A FIELD OF SOWNCORN GROWN FOR MULCHING 



drops of rain would beat sand and dirt in- 

 to the bloom or flowers, destroying the 

 influence of pollen. 1 his will make 

 many blank blooms as well as knotty and 

 undeveloped berries. It also keeps down 

 the dust in a dry blooming season. And 

 there is the weed problem: mulching is 

 the best check on weeds ever discovered. 

 Mulching forms a carpet not only for the 

 berries, but fot the pickers. And then 

 when you go to market with your fruit, 

 your customers welcome you with a glad 

 hand and cheerfully pay the price for a 

 hrst-class product. Another great advan- 

 tage of mulching is that after the fruit is 

 picked you are able to burn the mulching 

 off, which will destroy insects and fungous 

 spores, and will furnish enough ashes to 

 aid materially in growing a second crop 

 of choice fruit. 



SINCE the above was put into tyje we 

 have received from a Morenci, Mich., 

 subscriber the following inquiry: 'Are 

 sorghum cane stalks that have had the 

 sap or juice squeezed out of them good 

 for mulching strawberry plants.''" and ad- 

 vising us that he can secure an ample 

 supply of this material from a near-by 

 sorghum mill. Nothing could be better; 

 indeed, the sown-corn concerning which 

 we have had so much to say, is very 

 much like sorghum pomace as a mulch, 

 and the latter will give our reader excel- 

 lent satisfaction. It is wise thus to use 

 the products that grow locally, and there 

 are few neighborhoods which do not pro- 

 vide some mulching materials. 



A MONG the pleasures of this life few 

 ^^ are more enjoyable than visits from 

 congenial friends. And, as everybody in 

 the horticultural world knows, or ought 

 to know, James M. Irvine, editor of the 

 ^ruit Grower, published at St. Joseph, 

 Mo., all will understand what a good 



time we have been having when we say 

 that Mr. Irvine spent two days with us 

 in October. Mr. Iivine is a fruit grower 

 himself, a lover of flowers, and, most of 



all, a lover of his fellow-men, and he 

 radiates sunshine and happiness wherever 

 he goes. Mr. Irvine is not only winning 

 success in his journalistic work, but as a 



Let Me Quote You b Price 



on the AMERICAN 



Manure Spreader 



We manufnctnre and sell the celebrated Amer" 

 fcna Manure Spreader to the oonsumer direct 

 from our factory — saving all the middle profits 

 made by jobbere and dealers. Theee pronta are 

 left out of consideration in the prices that I want 

 to make yon direct from our factory oq an Ameri< 

 can Manure Sproader. 



This means that you can buy from our factory at 

 factory [■rices— be a Wholesale Buyer. 



And that isn't olll We don't ask yon to pay cash 

 lo advance. 



We sell the American 

 Manure Spreader 



^Pi^^ liberal time payments — 



An I IIM A ^^ giving our customers easy 



nil I llllv terms to pay for their 



Spreaders— I etting th» 



Spreader real ly pay for Itself as i t eo rns for pou. 



We are the only concern in the United States 

 manafacturing and selling Manure Spreaders 

 direct to the ueer on time and on trial at low fac- 

 tory prices. 



The American Manure Spreader has 40 per 

 cent more exclusive features than any other 

 Spreader. It is hiirh-clasa in every res pec t— 

 made to last a lifetime. 



There is no question obout the American 

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30 Days' FREE Trial 



To prove all of onr claims for the celebrated 

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 on every Spreader we sell. 



This permits the customer to use the Spreader 

 on his own farm for a full month to be satisfied 

 that it is just as represented. If not as represented 

 it can be returned to us. We pay all freight both 

 wav8-trial being FREE. 



The low price 1 want to quote yon on an Ameri- 

 can Manure Spreader will be for the Spreader de- 

 livered at your station. 



We Pay All Freight 



This price will be for the Spreader on time— this 

 price will be for the Spreader on trial— and this 

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 Write for my price— and write for my catalogue 

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 on the question of ferti- 

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 every farmer is i nterested 

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 about. 



Just write me today on 

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I will f;ee that yon (jrt 

 our book and my especial 

 price at once. 



W.W.COLLJER. Gen. Manager 

 AMERICAN HARROW CO. 

 4541 Hastings Si. DETROIT, MICH. 



Start your orchard now. Fortunes have been made by it. Start right by planting 

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