THE STRAWBERRY NOVEMBER 1906 



THE STRAWBERRY 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO 

 THE INTERESTS OF STRAWBERRY 

 PRODUCTION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 



Publiahsd the First of Each Month by 



The Kellogg Publishing Company 

 Three Rivers, Michigan 



W. H. BURKE Editor 



F. E. BEATTY - Instructor in Cultural Methods 

 ARTHUR D. AVERY . - . . Manager 



ROBERT S. FOUNTAIN Western Representative 



315 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 

 S. E. LEITH Eastern Representative 



150 Nassau St., New Yor!^ City 



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Th2 Kellogg Publishing Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 



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NOVEMBER, 1906 



NOVEMBER is the month of the 

 harvest home and of that extra- 

 ordinary American institution, 

 Thaniisgiving Day, with its hal- 

 lowed memories reaching back to the 

 bleak and cheerless time at Plymouth 

 Rock, and into the less remote associations 

 of our own days that are gone. It is fit- 

 ting that this month The Strawberry 

 should present its readers some special 

 mark in celebration of the time, and we 

 believe that the beautiful cover hat adorns 

 this issue will challenge any other that 

 may appear in beauty and significance. 

 The artist's pen and brush have vied 

 with the photographer's camera in pro- 

 ducing features for this cover, and we 

 think both have done themselves proud. 

 The beautiful scene in the background is 

 from the strawberry field of John Rucker, 

 and is laid in a lovely valley of northern 

 New York, not far from Buffalo, at the 

 little town of Boston. To our readers 

 one and all, we cordially extend the com- 

 pliments of the season, and wish them a 

 joyous day of Thanksgiving. 



CERTAINLY, The Strawberry finds 

 in the good words and substantial 

 testimonies that come to it in each mail 

 abundant reason for joy at this time. 

 And when we get a letter that says, 

 You have made it possible for me to 

 achieve success in the strawberry field," 

 or one that cries out, "If only I had had 

 The Strawberry to help me years ago!" 

 we are made to feel that indeed our work 

 is not wholly without benefit to our 

 fellows and to find in that fact deep and 

 lasting satisfaction. And then the way 

 in which The Strawberry family circle is 

 expanding! Nothing quite like it ever 



has happened before, and the rate of ex- 

 pansion appears to increase with its grow- 

 ing size. Many thousands have joined 

 the happy circle during the past ten 

 weeks, and every day's mail brings many 

 new friends within its sphere. 



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NOW that the season is ended, we 

 desire to announce that after Novem- 

 ber 20 no more photographs will be ac- 

 cepted in our prize competition. So let 

 everybody who has a fine photograph of 

 his field or patch get it here at once, or, 

 if the frost has not as yet destroyed the 

 natural beauty of your patch, have a pho- 

 tograph taken yet and send it along so 

 that it may reach us by the 20th of 

 November. Prizes will be awarded and 

 the cash sent to winners as near to Decem- 

 ber 1 as possible. And we thank our 

 friends for the beautiful pictures and con- 

 gratulate them upon the success these 

 photographs show them to have made in 

 the strawberry field. In this connection, 

 we wish to call attention to the fact that 

 the beautiful scene on the title page of 

 this issue is taken from the field of Theo- 

 dore Detwiler of Brookville, Ohio. 



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'^^HAT single feature in the domestic econ- 

 " oniy is more important — contributes more 

 to comfort, pleasure and good feeling all 

 'round — than good lighting? Consider that for 

 a moment. Here you are, all about the even- 

 ing lamp, each member of the family reading 

 his favorite book or paper. What misery in a 

 poor, or wealc, or ill-smelling lamp! Nobody 

 can enjoy a moment of real pleasure, and every- 

 body feels out of sorts. Now let some genii 

 bring in a clean, sweet, brilliant, yet soft, light, 

 and set it down in the midst of that family 

 group — say, what do you think the answer to 

 that question would be? Well, that's just what 

 happens, without any genii, when you bring in 

 the Angle Lamp. E\erything else in the way 

 of a "light" fades at once into comparative gloom. 

 We can't tell you here all the blessings that 

 lamp brings to the user, nor why, but the Angle 

 iVIanufacturing Co. that makes this modern 

 wonder of brilliancy, safety and economy will 

 tell you all about it if you will write thrm at 

 70-80 Murray street. New York, and ask for 

 Catalogue No. 54. Don't stand that old lamp 

 another night. Write them now. 



THERE have been times when we didn't have 

 any particular use for a pocket book, but 

 the American farmer and fruit-grower has been 

 having the time of his life recently, and a good 

 strong pocket book is a real necessity now. We 

 speak of this because one of our advertisers of- 

 fers you such a bargain in pocket books this 

 month that vou can hardly afford to neglect 

 the opportunity. The Metropolitan and Rural 

 Home is filled to overflowing with practical ag- 

 ricultural advice and interesting reading, and 

 with the pocket book the offer made is pecu- 

 liarly inviting. 



OUR readers who became acquainted with 

 the Gardner Nursery Co. of Osage, la., 

 last season will be glad to see the handsome ad- 

 vertisement of that company in this issue of The 

 Strawberrw The reputation of this company 

 for square dealing and good goods is such that 



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a customer once is almost sure to be a customer 

 all the time. The evergreens of this company 

 and the hard)' sweet chestnut trees propagated 

 by them have a name the country over that in- 

 stantly suggests beauty and quality when they 

 are mentioned. 



ANOTHER old friend is Carl Sonderegger 

 of the famous German Nurseries at Bea- 

 trice, Neb. Mr. Sonderegger is of the solid 

 German stock that finds greatest pleasure in 

 serving his customers with the very best that 

 careful selection, intelligent breeding and thor- 

 ough cultivation may combine to produce. 

 That is why his business has grown from year 

 to year, until today it is one that commands the 

 trade of substantial horticulturists all the countr> 

 over. When you write to Mr. Sonderegger 

 mention The Strawberry; it will please him and 

 do your favorite magazine a good turn. 



AND the Chattanooga Nurseries folk are 

 with us again, with a bright new an- 

 nouncement of their business. The campaign 

 for 1906-07 is a great one, and the strong nur- 

 serymen who find the columns of Tlie Straw- 

 berry fecund in business returns, are better pre- 

 pared than ever to supply our readers' wants. 

 A note addressed to this company at Box 10, 

 Chattanooga, Tenn., will bring immediate re- 

 sponse to Strawberry readers. 



EDUCATION is the keynote of the present 

 generation. Practical education — the fit- 

 ting of each one for some special work in 

 life — is one of the most remarkable developments 

 of the time. The introduction of labor-saving 

 machinery has brought about marvelous changes 

 in the social and economic life of the people. 

 The boy is no longer "bound out" to learn a 

 trade; indeed, it is becoming each year more 

 difficult to learn a trade, in the way our fore- 

 fathers w ere used to do, and this at a time when 

 the world demands higher perfection than e.er 

 before in some special department before the 

 youth of this day may hope to secure position 

 and achie\'e success. In view of tliis re\olu- 

 lutionary change, how important it is that edu- 

 cational institutions are now established that fit 

 the individual for his chosen work. It is with 

 no little satisfaction, therefore, that The Straw- 

 berry calls attention to the several advertisements 

 that appear in this issue of practical schools 

 which aim to prepare the boy or girl so that 

 each may be independent and find a way to a 

 successful career. 



THE Three Rivers Business College is one of 

 these, and of its merits and advantages we 

 spoke in the October issue. This month we 

 also present that long-established and worthy in- 

 stitution, the Commercial Correspondence 

 Schools of Rochester, N. Y., to the consider- 

 ation of our readers, confident that any transac- 

 tions had with that well-known educational es- 

 tablishment wlli be in all respects satisfactory. 

 And what may appear unusual to many is ti;e 

 advertisement in this issue of the Chicago School 

 of Bricklaying, which teaches the young man 

 to do this important work with skill and insures 

 him employment at a remunerative wage; not 

 only this, but puts him in the way of progress 

 and the upward climb. How many young 

 bricklayers have become the master-contractors 

 of the world? The young man without an ed- 

 ucation that fits him for some special work is 

 lost, in this dav of specialization, of stern de- 

 mand and of fierce competition. Whether he 

 lays bricks, keeps books, runs a typewriter or 

 builds ships or locomotives, the only way to 

 success is to know how so well to perform his 

 alotted task as to bring his services into demand. 



