THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1906 



plants. The edges where cut off should 

 also be sharpened. 



Old Saybrook, Connecticut. 



We are very glad to have information 

 concerning wages paid for farm labor in 

 your locality, also the price of barnyard 

 manure, which of course, will increase 

 the cost per acre, where labor is employed, 

 above the figures to which you refer. 

 But we think the prices in your locality 

 for the berries are somewhat higher, which 

 will fully e\ en up the difFerence in cost. 

 The cost for manure and labor is lower 

 in some sections of the country than the 

 prices we quoted. In making up a table of 

 this kind we simply take the figures from 

 our own books. 



A potato hook may be all right when 

 used by the grower himself, but to permit 

 all sorts of hired help to use the hook 

 would be decidedly risky, as we fear they 

 would get the prongs under the plants 

 and pull them out before they had become 

 well rooted. We sometimes, in going 

 over the plants the first time, use a com- 

 mon garden rake, but always have several 

 foremen behind the men watching care- 

 fully to see that no plant is injured. 

 Your plan of cutting the top corners off 

 the hoe blade is an excellent one. 



We wish that others of our readers 

 would tell of their ways of doing things. 

 It is not only interesting, but of large 

 value. Where this is done we shall be 

 glad to discuss the points suggested, add- 

 ing a word of comp-.ent or criticism, as 

 the particular case calls for, from our 

 viewpoint. 



A MONG the important houses which deal 

 •**■ directly with farmers and fruitmen and 

 which handles a line of goods especially inter- 

 esting to them, is the Kalamazoo Cash Supply 

 and Manufacturing Co. They are indeed farm 

 specialists, carrying, perhaps, a largeY line of 

 special farm tools and appliances than any other 

 house. They do not deal at all in general sup- 

 plies, such as clothing, dry goods, boots and 

 shoes, groceries, etc., but for things that per- 

 tain to the farmer, the stockman, the poultry- 

 man, the gardener and fruit grower, and for 

 utensils in the home, they are headquarters. 

 More than that, they ship direct from factory 

 to consumer, selling at the lowest possible prices 

 when quality is considered. Their catalogue 

 will interest you and save you money. Send for 

 a copy at once, addressing the Cash Supply and 

 Manufacturing Co., K692 Lawrence Square, 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. 



TN a note to the editor an Illinois sub- 

 *■ scriber says: "I have studied the 

 back numbers of The Strawberry with 

 great interest and benefit. Now if you 

 will put a subject index in the December 

 issue you will have in your 1906 volume 

 a rule and guide of faith for all mankind,' 

 but more especially for the strawberry 

 grower. Our correspondent's suggestion 

 is prized; it accords with the plans of the 

 publishers from the inception of the mag- 

 azine. A good index is one of the es- 

 sentials to completeness in a periodical 

 like The Strawberry, and those who have 



As Ye Spray ^ So Shall Your Harvest Be! 



And if you use the 



Eclipse Sprayer 



YOU WILL SAVE DOLLARS, because it thro^vs a perfect 

 spray and covers every particle of the tree, bush or vine. It 

 puts the spraying material where it will do the most good, in- 

 suring greatest economy, and never wears out. 

 We invented the Eclipse Spray Puinp after experimenting for years 

 in our own orchards, with the common sprayers, and thousands 

 of users testify that it is the best spray pump made. 



^ir%'*^1 



OUR ATOMIZER is 

 made for house 

 plants, greenhouses, 

 and shrubbery. It is 

 one of the best spray- 

 Like all the rest of our spray machinery, it stands at the head in its particular lines of work 



ers for cattle in the fly 



' season ever made, and 



! { for keeping the chicken 



^t'i/ ■' coop free from lice and 



mites it has no equal. 



Our Knapsack Sprayer 



Is just the thing for the family fruit garden, because it will 

 keep your strawberries, grapes, fruit trees, and all bush fruits 

 free from insects and fungi. The Knapsack is made from 

 the same material as our Eclipse pump, and will last a life timi 



All three of these machines and many other aids to succet^'.al 

 horticulture are tally illustrated in our 40-page catalogue. 

 It is brimful of valuable information for the gardener 

 and fruitman. It is free to you. SEND FOR IT TODAY 



MORRILL 

 119 Elm Street 



& MOFLEY, 

 Bento'^i Harbor, Mich. 



FACTORY TO FARM 



MR. FRUIT GROWER, HOW MUCH IS YOUR TIME WORTH? 



You can save one-half of it when preparing the ground and culti- 

 vating by using our 



COMBINATION SPRING AND SPIKE-TOOTH HARROW 



Sl»V<-i:il IntrofiiK'tory Price and freight paid to flrRt buyer in 

 your locality. Send for free illustrated booklet and surprising 

 special offer. 



NAVLOR MFG. CO., Not Inc., 4 Spring Avenue, LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS 



FACTORY TO FARM 



been wise enough to preserve all the num- 

 bers composing the present volume will 

 have, with this concluding number, the 

 most comprehensive book on strawberry 

 production ever published, and so indexed 

 that every fact and suggestion readily 

 may be found. 



POTATOES are the vegetable universal; 

 more people eat them as a regular part of 

 their daily diet than eat white-flour bread. 

 More than three million acres of land are given 

 up to their production annually in the Unite.d 

 States alone. Therefore, the importance of this 

 crop and the importance of producing it in the 

 most economical way, are clearly apparent. 

 The establishment in this country (and that 

 means in all the world) that has done the most 

 to help the potato growers score success, both 

 in quantity of yield and economy of production, 

 is the Aspinwall Manufacturing Co. , of Jack- 

 son, Mich. Potato cutters, potato planters, 

 potato sprayers, potato diggers and potato soit- 

 ers — all of them mechanical successes — are the 

 products of the inventive genius of Mr. Aspin- 

 wall, and potato growers all the country over 

 recognize him as the leader in this line of work. 

 We could not begin to tell you here about these 



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mechanical wonders, but if you will write the 

 company and mention The Strawberry, you 

 will be told just how to make a success of pota- 

 to growing. Don't put it off, but ask for one 

 of their beautifully illustrated catalogues at once. 



THE Advance foot-power wire-stapling mr- 

 chine is a machine that no grower of small 

 fruits can well do without. It has been de- 

 signed and built especially to meet the demands 

 of fruit growers who make up their own pack- 

 ages during the winter months. By its aid 

 four to six thousand quart boxes can be made 

 in a day in place of a few hundred where a 

 hammer and tacks are used. The stapling 

 mechanism is so simple that any intelligent boy 

 or girl can operate and keep it in perfect running 

 order. The other day a Strawberry representa- 

 tive was conducted through the factory of the 

 Saranac Machine Co., St. Joseph, Mich., who 

 manufacture this machine, and was shown it in 

 various stages of completion. He was highly 

 impressed with the thoroughness with which it 

 is made. And we recommend it to our readers 

 as a necessity on any fruit farm, no matter how 

 small. 



OUR readers will be very much interested in 

 the Farm Journal special offer appearing 

 elsewhere in this number. It is well known 

 that Farm Journal is one of the brightest and 

 biggest little farm papers published. It is a pa- 



