THE STRAWBERRY JANUARY 1907 



his order, and waited until he said it was 

 time to set those two rows of strawberries, 

 which was about the middle of April. 

 Those two rows never caught up to the 

 ones which had been set earlier. 



We usually mark our field both ways 

 and until they start to run we cultivate 

 them bo'h ways, and we only have to 

 hoe the hill the first three or four times, 

 which is a great labor-saving plan. The 

 last lime we go crosswise of the row we 

 take the hoe and smooth the soil and 

 i)egin to get ready to train the ruiineis. 

 1 find this to be a great advantage on 

 liea\'y soil. A twelve-tooth cultivator or 

 an iron scratch-harrow is the proper tool 

 to go crosswise with, as it breaks the top 

 of the soil yet doesn't disturb the plants. 



There seems to be nothing else that 

 we have tried for mtilching on our soil 

 that will give us as good results as stable 

 manure. We have covered our four 

 patches that we are going to fruit with 

 car manure from New York City. We 

 put from eight to ten tons to the acre. 

 The manure costs us $1.85 per ton. As 

 soon as spring opens up take a fork and 

 part the straw from over the rows. 



Our propagating bed we mulch with 

 marsh grass, which makes an ideal mulch, 

 as it doesn't pack tightly and removes all 

 danger of smothering the plants. 



Bridgeton, N. J. 



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What Shall This Young Man Do? 



I HAVE been considering the advisability of 

 taking up berry culture for some time. I 

 am a subscriber of The Strawberry and like it 

 \ery much. I should like to put the circum- 

 stances before you and would be greatly obliged 

 if you will give me your opinion on this matter. 

 I am a young man of good habits and reason- 

 ably good business education. I have taken a 

 course in the Commercial college and have had 

 about two years of practical experience. I was 

 reared on a farm and am not afraid of work, but 

 yet I know very little about berry culture. My 

 means are limited and it would be very hard for 

 me to get tie capital with which to start. 1 

 had thought of trying to get a place with some 

 berry grower and work a year or so and at the 

 same time I could get some idea ot the busi- 

 ness. I had thought of trying to locate in Ok- 

 lahoma somewhere. There seems to be a great 

 c'emand for berries there. Still it is more or 

 less subject to drouths. 



What plan would you suggest for a young 

 man of twenty-four to start into this business? 

 What business would you suggest in connection 

 with this for a start? Would you advise locat- 

 ing in the North or South? I have lived in Ok- 

 lahoma several years. Any advice you could 

 give me would be greatly appreciated, for the 

 business is all new to me. Do you think it 

 would be a good plan for me to work for some 

 strawberry man awhile? 



Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain, 

 Wicliiia, Kas. Yours truly, H. M. S. 



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on a farm, and this means that you have 

 some knowledge of the science and of the 

 art of soil culture. These are primary 

 elements to success in strawberry culture, 

 or at least are elements which ought to 

 insure immediate success. And to this 

 you have added commercial training and 

 practice — invaluable in any enterprise. 

 Then you are young and, we are glad to 

 have you say — "are not afraid of work." 

 With these elements in your favor, you 

 should have no hesitancy whatever about 

 engaging in a work which offers such 

 large opportunity, and such practical as- 

 surance of success, as does the produc- 

 tion of strawberries for market. 



But we note that your means are lim- 

 ited. Perhaps if they were not you 

 would not at this time be seeking an op- 

 portunity to enter into business for your- 

 self. It is a good thing for a young man, 

 very often, if his means are limited; for 

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 ous effort to improve his financial condi- 

 tion. We cannot believe but that in the 

 boundless Southwest in which you are 

 located, there will be numerous ways 

 for you to meet this difficulty. Fertile 

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area of which is put to no use whatever. 

 That some of those who own this land 

 would be very glad to lease you as much 

 as you would need for such a venture as 

 you contemplate, and at a very low rate 

 per annum, is not to be doubted. More 

 than that, if you can convince them that 

 you know just what you want to do and 

 how to do it, we have no doubt that some 

 of them would be very glad to go into 

 partnership with you to the extent of 

 backing you up, advancing cash for such 

 small outlay as you would need to make. 



Assuming that you could secure the 

 land, the preparation of rich virgin soil for 

 strawberries would be a matter of very 

 small expense, and your plants should not 

 cost you to exceed $30 an acre, at the 

 outside limit. You should secure only 

 the very best and most carefully bred 

 plants, as your success primarily will de- 

 pend upon the character of the plants 

 you select. 



With the great demand for labor every- 

 where in these days, you should be able 

 to get sufficient work with the farmers in 

 the neighborhood in which your straw- 

 berry field would be located to support 

 you while your plants were coming into 



