THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



MAKE UP YOUR OWN BERRY BOXES 



"Standard" 



FOOT-POWER 

 STAPLER 



BUY rOUR MATERIAL IN THE 



FLAT AND MAKE UP YOUR 



OWN BOXES 



Thousanda of our stapling ma- 

 cliines are being used by growers 

 cll over the country. 



FULLY GUARANTEED 

 AND LONGEST LIVED 



PRICES 

 ON REQUEST 



ST. JOSEPH IRON WORKS, »" ^'teSsI^j 



JOSEPH, MICH. 



BERRY BOXES 

 BERRY CRATES 



In flat or made up. All kinds of 

 BASKETS 



BEST GOODS RIGHT PRICES 



Send postal card for catalogue 



Colby-Hinkley Company 



BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN 



Fruit Packages of all Kinds 



Before ordering your supplies 

 write for our 

 Descriptive Catalogue 

 and Price List. 



BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO., 

 Erie Co. Berlin Heights. Ohio. 



ANDREW REESH 



MANUFACTURER OF BERRY 

 BASKETS AND BERRY CRATES 



All sizes of brny bflskfts 

 from half -pints to tlir- 

 standard quart. All Ma- 

 chine Made, Bottom 



Stapled and made of Hard wood or Basswood. Send for 



circular and ftrioes, 



ANDREW REESH, New Springfield. Ohio 



yiAKE MONEY CANNING FRUIT 



lUI for others. Thoyll pay high cash prices. 



Send fur iree moni-y-miikinK latalog. 



Tells al about to.ms an.l i)rciflta macFe 



with ounannin),- oulllt. Send now. 



Begin to reap prollta this season. 



MODERN CANIJER COMPANY. 

 Dept.M, Bridgeport, Alabama, 



When TVritUie fietiiie Aiuuciuu lUeSitran berry 



all have expensive vice.s. 'S'oii play at 

 billiards, I at pear-trees." 



"A public-spirited citizen, he took 

 pleasure in sending to the 'cattle show 

 exhibition' specimens of fruit from his 

 garden. One day, after this exhibition, 

 a party of gentlemen visited his orchard, 

 and were introduced to him by his neigh- 

 bor as a committee of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. He smiled with 

 modest pride at ha\ing his orchard thus 

 honored, but the chairman said: 



" 'Mr. Emerson, the committee have 

 called to see the soil which produces such 

 poor specimens of such fine varieties.'" 



"It may have been a damp year, and 

 the pears were rusty, but, as his son 

 writes, in all years, the proprietor saw 

 the gold through the rust.' " 



The New Day in Strawberry 

 Production 



By Ada B. F. Parsons 



1WAS forty years old yesterday and 

 this is the first time I was ever in a 

 strawberry patch and had the pleas- 

 ure of eating all I could hold!" This 

 remark came voluntarily from an Iowa 

 farmer who owns one of the best farms 

 in this state (and the best in Iowa is un- 

 surpassable), while feasting last season in 

 our strawberry patch. 



This experience is all too common in 

 a country where strawberries will grow 

 as readily as does cabbage. A little in- 

 telligence and a little pleasant labor is all 

 that is required. I say pleasant labor ad- 

 visedly, because one can't help enjoy work 

 that is so full of promise from the day the 

 first plant takes root until the magnificent 

 berries odoriferously permeate the sur- 

 rounding patch. 



Why, then, are strawberries such a 

 rarity.'' Why have whole families grown 

 up on these rich fertile farms and never 

 had all the strawberries they could eat 

 at one time.? Grandfathers and grand- 

 mothers, hosts of them, will declare the 

 truth of this. There must be a valid 

 reason, and it is encouraging to believe 

 the remedy is being rapidly discovered. 

 The press, especially such publications as 

 The Strawberry, is making e\ery detail 

 of the work so explicit that "even those 

 who run may read" and can not fail to 

 comprehend. 



No one could be a student of The 

 Strawberry and not succeed in the grow- 

 ing of the fruit. It is practical from be- 

 ginning to end. No difference whether 

 you grow a small patch for home con- 

 sumption or aspire to commercial impor- 

 tance, you can find no reasonable excuse 

 for not doing one or the other with assur- 

 ance of success. 



If you study this magazine you will 

 not make the common mistake that nine- 

 tenths of the farmers have made in the 

 past and that has caused more fatal results 

 in strawberry culture than any other one 



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BERRY BOXES 



aad all kinds of Fruit Packages 



OUR SPECIALTIES: 



Quart and Pint Berr>' Boxes, IG and 24- 

 quart Cratfs, Picking Stands, Bushel 

 Crates for Vey;etublea. All Kinds of (irape 

 and Peach Baskets. Bushel Baskets with 

 or without covers, Half-bushel Picking 

 Baskets with strong handles, and many 

 Other convenient packages for fruit and 

 vegetable growers; the most durable made 



Write for our Free Catalogue. It describes 

 and illustrates everything we make 



GEO. B. THAYER & CO., Benton Harbor, Mich. 



Paint Without Oil 



Remarkable Discovery That Cuts 

 Down the Cost of Paint Seventy- 

 Five Per Cent 



A Free Trial Package is Mailed to Every- 

 one Who Writes 



A. L. Rice, a prominent manufacturer of Adams, N. Y., 

 has discovered a process of making a new kiud of paint 

 without the use of oil. He calls it Powdrpaint. It comes 

 in the form of a dry powder and all that is required is cold 

 water to make a paint weather proof, Are proof and as dur- 

 able as oil paint. It adheres to any surface, wood, stone 

 or brick, spreads and looks like oil paint and costs about 

 one-fourth as much. 



Write to Mr. A. L. Rico, Manufacturer, 613 North St., 

 Adams, N. Y., and he will send you a free trial package; 

 also color card and full information showing how you can 

 save a good many dollars. Write to-day. 



San Jose Scale 



In your orchard! Cooked sulphur .nj linio used tot .pr.yiDB 

 will save the trees and kill out the pest. The orieinal Furek. 

 St«am Feed Cooker will cook a barrel of any "praying mix" re 

 *-• - in 4U minutes. Also a barrel of feed in tlie 

 same time and save Ij the feed. Heats water 

 for stock. Requires but little fuel. Saves 

 abor. Tested to Mo lbs. pressure. On mar- 

 ket 25 years. Lasts a lifetime. Price No 1 

 nith 9 flues, »J0.-5, Price, No. 2, with 1:1 

 Hues 121,, u. Weespecially recommend this 

 -^o. 2 cooker. Its size makes it popular 

 everywhere and it is probably just what you 

 want. Special No. .1 size, 16U lbs. pressure 

 and will develop 2 horse-power: price, 130 5(1. 

 .. Also kt-tllecookeis and other kinds. Alsuall 



S-^S.^;''"''''"'' '" "Pfyini; all kinds of mistures. 

 .1 . ' '8 J""-paee Catalogue showing and pricins 



almost everythine used on the farm and in the home, ttnio 

 for ,t K.VI, A.M AZOO Nl PPLV UOUSE, XAi l.«„° 

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