THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1906 



set bird, composed mostly of meat and 

 feathers. He is a mighty poor singer, 

 having a hoarse voice, caused by getting 

 too many frogs in his neck. He likes the 

 water and carries a toy balloon in his 

 stomach to keep from sinking. The 

 duck has only two legs and they are set 

 so far back on his running gears by na- 

 ture that they come pretty near missing 

 his body. Some ducks when they get 

 big have curls on their tails and are called 

 drakes. Drakes don't have to set or 

 hatch, but just loaf, go swimming and 

 eat. If I was to be a duck I'd rather be 

 a drake every time." 



JN urging the necessity of mulching, the 

 A Manchester (N. H.) Farmer makes 

 some interesting points relative to the 

 nature and habits of the strawberry plant, 

 calling attention to the fact that there are 

 other reasons for mulching than to protect 

 the plant from th£ injurious, sometimes 

 fatal, effects of freezing and thawing. Our 

 contemporary says: "By nature and habit, 

 the strawberry plant is an evergreen. 

 Unlike the bush fruits, it does not ripen 

 its vegetative growth and cast its leaves 

 with the coming of autumn, but will, if 

 given protection, remain green, in a dor- 

 mant state, waiting for the coming of 

 spring, when it may again take up the 

 process of life. Leaves that come out 

 bright and green will begin work in the 

 spring where they left off in the fall. On 

 the other hand, if the leaves and crown of 

 the plant are left exposed to winter sun- 

 shine, the moisture in the leaves will 

 evaporate, and as connection between root 

 and leaf is cut off because of the frozen 

 soil, the leaves shrivel and die." 



/^NE of the best records for 1906 

 ^^ comes from California. The Haw- 

 ley ranch, located in El Cajon Valley 

 reports that from two acres Mr. Hawley 

 sold $1,000 worth of strawberries. Dur- 

 ing the first four days of June he sold 

 $135 worth of the big red fellows. Now, 

 it is said, $1,000 worth of the best of 

 fruits may be gathered from one acre of 

 Golden-state soil, and some ambitious 

 growers will try to make that record in 

 1907. This is a good example for others 

 to follow. 



OTRAWBERRIES have their limita- 

 '^ tions. As a steady diet, intended to 

 supply one with nutriment, they are far 

 from a balanced ration. An official of the 

 Department of Agriculture in discussing 

 the nutritive value of fruits says that the 

 average man who should undertake to 

 live on strawberries alone would have to 

 consume eighty-eight pounds of them in 

 a day in order to obtain a sufficient quan- 

 tity of one of the most important elements 

 of food, protein. But while he was get- 



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 the strawberries, they would give him 

 seven times too much of another neces- 

 sary compound, namely, carbohydrates. 

 Forty-four pounds of tomatoes a day 



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 of protein, carbohydrates and fat, the 

 three most essential constituents of food. 

 Xhe chief value of fruit ccmsists in its 

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