THE STRAWBERRY MARCH 1907 



UNCLE SAM Endorses 



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 pkt.. Kio; 1 lb. 25c; (by 

 mail 35c. 101bs.,$2;00;25 

 lb8..*4.75;KI01b8.,tl8.00 



The AViHCttnsin State Ag- 

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Mr. Chase sells his paint on a most remarkably 

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 on price for 1907 Other paint makers have raised 

 prices of paint. He has lowered his. He allows 

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plowed and then thoroughly work the meal 

 and ashes into the soil before the plants 

 are set. We would recommend nitrate 

 of soda for your fruiting bed. Use 100 

 pounds to the acre; apply fifty pounds just 

 as growth starts in the spring; scatter it 

 along the row and do the work while the 

 plants are dry. The other fifty pounds 

 may be applied in the same manner just 

 before the opening of the buds. 



2. The boxes to which you refer are 

 giving universal satisfaction, and we would 

 suggest that you use the full-quart box. 



O. A. B., Enia, Utah. I feel a deep friendship 

 for The Strawberry and its corps of workers 

 because of the valuable lessons taught through 

 the medium of its columns. I have not trou- 

 bled you much, for I have found suggestions 

 and answers to questions that fit my case 

 exactly, in many instances; but the irrigation 

 question has been but lightly touched upon. 

 My rows are three feet apart, which is a little 

 too far for a single water furrow. If I set 

 the rows closer there can be no cultivating. 

 If the rows are placed four feet apart, two 

 furrows to each row must be run. The 

 mulching will then have to be drawn to the 

 center of the row and cultivating cannot then 

 be carried on. I believe you could tell me 

 more without answering narrow questions, 

 but I will indicate a few points: 



1. What distance apart should the rows be 

 on irrigated lands.' 



2. Would not the single-hedge system be 

 best for irrigation? 



?•. What should be done with the mulch to 

 keep it out of the water furrow.' 

 4. A nurseryman of Salt Lake Valley says 

 the Marshall has given the best satisfaction of 

 all strawberries tried in this region. What is 

 your opinion of the Marshall.' 



One furrow between every two rows 

 is ample for irrigating, provided you allow 

 the water to run long enough to soak 

 into the subsoil. While the water is go- 

 ing down into the soil and rising towaid 

 the surface, it will travel from one soil 

 grain to another until the entire under 

 surface is moist. While this process is 

 going on the mineral matter in the, soil is 

 being extracted from the soil and put 

 into form so that the roots of the plants 

 may absorb it. The rows should be 

 made from three to three and one-half 

 feet apart. 



2. In your case it would be best to 

 follow the single-hedge system exclu- 

 sively. 



3. When applying the mulching, use 

 it rather sparingly, covering the row of 

 plants and about eight inches on either 

 side of the row. Then in the spring 

 when new growth starts, make a part in 

 the mulching directly over the row, and 

 as soon as this is done take a rake and 

 draw the mulching on each side of the 

 row up close to the plants and pat it down 

 with the fork so that it will lie close to 

 the ground; or, if you will rake it up 



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