THE STRAWBERRY DECEMBER 1906 



To Our Photographic Contestants: 



IT was impossible to pass judgment up- 

 on all the photographs submitted to 

 The Strawberry in time for announcement 

 in this issue, but the judges will have the 

 work done in ample time for us to send 

 the winners their checks for Christmas, and 

 announcement will be made in the New 

 Year's issue. 



per for busy farmers, "full of sunshine and 

 gumption." It is so reasonable in price that 

 every one can afford to take it. At the same 

 time it is so valuable that no one interested in 

 farming can afford to be without it. The Biggie 

 Books offered are well worth a place in every 

 library, and are especially valuable to the farmer. 

 A new Biggie Book for the orchard is offered 

 among others and it promises to be fully up to 

 the standard of the eight Biggie Books already 

 published. The Roosevelt Family Calendar 

 offered will certainly be desired by every reader 

 of this paper, as it is suitable for parlor, sitting 

 room and office. Promptness, however, is 

 essential in securing the Roosevelt Family Cal- 

 endar premium as this offer is only good until 

 January 1, 1907. Write today, and say you 

 saw it in The Strawberry. 



AMONG the well-known manufacturers of 

 berry boxes and all kinds of fruit packages, 

 is the Colby, Hinckley Co., of Benton Harbor, 

 Mich., whose long years of experience has been 

 epitomized in a neat and complete catalogue 

 which they are sending free to our readers. In 

 this catalogue you will find every kind of fruit 

 package, fully described and illustrated. The 

 advertisement of this company appears in this 

 issue of The Strawberry. Read it, send for a 

 catalogue, and we are sure you will be more 

 than repaid. 



YOU know how often we urge the disking of 

 the soil in order to get it into proper condi- 

 tion. There is nothing just like the disc to 

 conquer certain soil conditions. This month 

 the American Harrow Co. , 4543 Hastings street, 

 Detroit, Mich., make an announcement con- 

 cerning their famous Detroit Tongueless harrow 

 that will interest every reader of The Strawberry. 

 They know so well the extraordinary advantages 

 of their machine that the company is now offer- 

 i.ig to everybody a thirty-days' trial free, and if 

 it isn't all they claim for it you may send it 

 back. Knowing this company and their harrow 

 we can readily understand how they can afford 

 to make this extraordinary offer. No one ever 

 will send the harrow back after once using it. 

 It's just the thing for Strawberry folk. Write to 

 the above address for full information. A pos- 

 tal card will do. 



'VW'E take pleasure in introducing to Straw- 



" berry readers the firm of Geo B. Thayer 



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See the (.'oiiveniences and the amount 



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DESCRimoN— Top Cabinet is 27 in. hiffh, 8 1-2 

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 underneath this is a kneading, meat and bnad- 

 cutting boards; has 2 drawers; 2 hirire flour hins, 

 holding about .50 lbs. each. This cabinet is made 

 entirely of white maple, 6nished natural and 

 built in the most substantial manner, nuikinu it 

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IIS ADVERTISEMENT. 



vertisement of their fruit packages appears in this 

 issue. They ask only that you send for their 

 catalogue, and we are confident that you will 

 find something of interest in it for you, if you 

 do. We know that they make good goods and 

 carry out every promise made. 



THE largest manufacturers of sash, doors and 

 millwork in the world are Gordon VanTime 

 & Co., of Davenport, la. Possessing their own 

 timber lands, their own saw mills and their own 

 factories, they are able to sell their manufactured 

 product direct to the consumer at a saving of 50 

 per cent under regular prices, and they will fill 

 your order with goods of the highest quality at 



prices representing as great a saving as we ha.c 

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INDEX TO THE ST RAWBERRY 



VOLUME I— JANUARY TO AND INCLUDING DECEMBER, 1906 



Advertising your strawberries. .. 104 



All in good management 178 



Among the Mississippi- strawberry 



growers 5 



An Oklahoma poet's greeting.. 84 

 Another amateur's experience... 86 



Ants, preventives . 151 



.■\nswers to many inquiries 162 



Aphis (root louse) — Description. 97; 

 Method of working. 97; Remedy 

 for, 97; Prof. Sanilerson on, 196. 

 Ashes — For making firm fruit. 167; 

 How to apply, 67. 94. 260; Mixing 

 with manure, 94, 96; No value 

 in coal. 183; On clay soil, 106; 

 On sandy soil or loam, 106. 

 Associations, Castleberry fruit Grow- 

 ers', 26; National strawberry, 26. 



As to planting various varieties. . 34 



Auctioning off strawberries for 

 charity 132 



August work for strawberry 

 growers 159 



.\utumn work in the strawberry 

 field 215 



Autobiography of a strawberry 

 grower. Chap. I. 221; Chap. II, 241 



Bailey, L. H.: On selection 148 



Bees and strawberries. 59; Bee sta- 

 tistics, 87; Believes in the pedi- 

 gree idea, 42. 



Beetle — Description, 97; Method of 

 work. 97; Remedy for, 97, 154; 

 How to prevent, 97. 



Berry growing among the firs. 90 



Bisexual— Definition of, 70; Plants 



require no mate, 186; How to 

 identify, 205. ■ 



Bloom — Removing from young plants, 

 105. 122; Removing from second- 

 year plants. 167; Removing affects 

 runner development. 183. 



Bordeaux Mixture — Formula for, 98, 

 160, 171, 187; Preventive of mil- 

 dew. 259. 



Boxes — Making with stapler (lUus.), 

 28; and crates required, 45; Wax- 

 lined paper, 171. 



Breeding — New varieties of straw- 

 berries. 81; Double-crop plants. 

 200; Plants, how the work is 

 done, 256. 



Buckwheat as an advance crop.. 94 



Burning over the old bed (HIus. ). 



128; Dangerous in autumn, 43; 



\'alue of, 98, 137; When dry, 228, 



258. 

 Carrier. .-Vn inexpensive (Illus.),28: 



A substantial (Illus.), 28. 



Cheat, How to get rid of 135 



Chickens and strawberries, success 



with 248, 249. 250 



Chicken Droppings — How to apply, 



20; Mixcil with stable manure, 91. 



136; Mixed with land plaster, 95; 



Value of, 203 ; .-Xs top dressing, 259 



Christmas present offer 235 



Climb to the top 246 



Clipping, Comment, and Criticism 245 

 Clover .'Ind — N'aluahle for plants, 21; 



Furni-hLS humus and nitrogen, 



21. 46. 



Pa^e 263 



