THE STRAWBERRY NOVEMBER 1906 



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by one woman, with a girl or two to help 

 in picking time. 



The carefully selected plants were set 

 as early as possible in the spring in ground 

 as rich as we could make it. The weeds 

 were kept down, and the rows of plants 

 thoroughly cultivated until autumn. 1 he 

 first spring the blossoms were picked off 

 and no fruit allowed to mature, in order 

 that the plants might be perfectly devel- 

 oped. 



Late in the autumn, when the ground 

 first froze hard, a slight covering of straw 

 was given to protect the plants throughout 

 the winter and keep the berries clean 

 when ripened. Then there was no more 

 to do until the next spring, when we 

 slightly removed the straw where thickest 

 to let the plants push through. 



But there was indeed plenty to do when 

 the season arrived, and bushels and bush- 

 els of large, clean, luscious berries began 

 to appear. 



By setting early varieties on a southern 

 or eastern slope, and late varieties on a 

 northern slope, the season may be much 

 prolonged. But the main thing is to find 

 the varieties that do the best in one's own 

 locality. 



May women who need outdoor exer- 

 cise and that excellent thing, a replenished 

 pocketbook, try a strawberry patch and be 

 as well satisfied with the results as we 

 were. 



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T^HE other day a neighbor and his son 

 *■ were sent into eternity in an instant 

 by the explosion of the boiler of his steam 

 engine used in his farm operations. If 

 we had a list of all such similar tragedies 

 for the season of 1906 what a grewsome 

 record it would be! And why should 

 we have such disasters at all, in this age 

 of gas and gasoline engines and with the 

 day of free alcohol at hand.'' After Jan- 

 uary 1, 1907, every farmer may make his 

 own alcohol, provided the government 

 attests the fact that it is denatured; that 

 is, made non-drinkable by the addition of 

 some poisonous substance. Gasoline en- 

 gines are now run at such an economy of 

 fuel as to be quite inexpensive, and if the 

 farmers and gardeners will engage in a 

 cooperative still in their respective neigh- 

 borhoods, and enter upon the manufacture 

 of alcohol, the vast amount of waste that 

 annually receives no profitable attention 

 may be turned to good account. Light, 

 heat and power may be generated — is 

 now generated in European countries — 

 from this waste; and it is the best and al- 

 together the most satisfactory light and 

 fuel known. 



PARMERS are getting the "reading 

 ■*■ habit," writes Mrs. Linda W. Loy 

 of Effingham, III, in Agricultural Adver- 

 tising. They read more and more and 

 better books and papers each vear. Yes, 

 and they read the advertisements. They 



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realize that many of the best and most 

 useful things they have were brought to 

 their knowledge through the medium of 

 the advertising columns of their magazines 

 and papers. . . . And farmers are 

 fast learning that advertising is a game 

 that they can play with marked success, 

 and they are beginning to play it freely 

 and with perfect confidence. They are 

 reading the old school maxim in a new 

 form thus: "We must advertise! Wt 

 must advertise! or we must perish by our 

 own indolence and indifference!" 



With the Funny Folks 



TT was at the close of the weading 

 ■*■ breakfast. One of the guests arose 

 and, glass in hand, said: 



" I drink to the health of the bridegroom. 

 iMay he see many days like this." 



The intention was good, but the bride 

 looked up as if something had displeased 

 her. — Tit-bits. 



A N Irishman slept in the same room 

 ^~*- one night with a Negro. His face 

 was blackened during the night by a prac- 

 tical joker. Starting off in a hurry in the 

 morning he caught sight of himself in a 

 mirror. Puzzled, he stopped and gazed, 

 and finally exclaimed, 



Begorra, they've woke the wrong 

 man ! 



THE climate here is salubrious, isn't 

 it.^" inquired the tourist. 

 "Say, mister," replied the native, "jest 

 write that there word down fur me, will 

 yei? I git tired o' swearin' at this climate 

 in the same ol' way all the time, an' any- 

 thing new in that line tickles me " — 

 Catholic Standard and Times. 



A YEAR or two ago," said a young 

 man to a friend, "I spent a fev\' 

 weeks at south coast watering-places. 

 One day I saw a machine which bore the 

 inscription. Drop a penny in the slot, and 

 learn how to make your trousers last.' 

 As I hadn't a great deal of money I 

 thought an investment of a penny to show 

 me how to save the purchase of a pair of 

 trousers would be small capital put to 

 good use, so I dropped the required coin 

 in and a card appeared. What do you 

 suppose it recommended as the way to 

 make my trousers last.^" 



"Don't wear 'em, I suppose." 

 No. 



"What did it say.f^" 



"Make your coat and waistcoat first." 



THE caller was angry, and even belli- 

 gerent. "I want an explanation and 

 an apology, sir," he said. "In your paper 

 this morning you had an account of the 

 wedding at the Smithby's last night, and 

 you spoke of 'the jay that attended the 

 happy pair as they went to the altar.' 

 Now, sir, I'm the" — 



"Not at all," said the editor calmly. 

 "I wrote it 'joy.'!" — Chicago Tribune. 



