THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



G TIME 



Why carry loads of water to sprnyT Do the 

 work more effectually, quickly and easily by 

 applying the Insect poison direct with the 



ACME POWDER GUN 



It puts the powder Tight to the spot— under 

 and all about the leaves and stems. Bu^s, 

 worms and insects can't escape; and in^t a 

 puff to the plant does the businees. If your 

 dealer hasn't it. send tl.OO and his name— we j0 

 will ehiji Powder Gun, chargfs paid. Handles "^ 

 any kind of powder insecticide. Ask for little 

 book for particulars, sent free. %l 



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Box 631 Traverse City, MIohlaan. ^_ j^^ 



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 fnnienipiit. Sprays ETfrflhlng: — 



Trees; Potatoes, Truck, etc. 4 ro"s 

 at a time — '20 acres a day. Doubh s 

 Yonr IVop— extra yield one acre 

 nill pay itfiret sensnn. A boy can 

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 Sprayer 



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quite dry, it will be all right to submerge 

 them in water before setting the plants, 

 but do not wet the crowns. 



4. Cultivate as soon as plants are set. 

 Repeat every eight or ten days, and always 

 after a rain as soon as the soil will crumble. 

 Follow the first cultivation with hoe, and 

 if a plant is found to be set too deeply, take 

 the forefinger and circle around the plant. 

 This will loosen the soil so the plants can 

 grow. 



5. Remove the fruit stems as soon as 

 they appear. Do this before buds open 

 if possible. 



6. Remove first runners unless the 

 plant is growing vigorously. 



7. When the plants are in shape to 

 send out runners, layer them where you 

 want them, and draw a little soil over the 

 runner cord just back of the node. 



Please note the object lesson in pruning 

 as illustrated on the preceding page. The 

 three figures shown are from photographs 

 of the same plant at different stages of its 

 development. On the left is shown the 

 plant as taken from breeding bed April 27. 

 Notice the roots, how they start from the 

 crown. The illustration on the right is a 

 photograph of the same plant taken a few 

 minutes later and after it had been pruned 

 ready for setting. It was then reset and 

 allowed to grow until June 26. The cen- 

 tral illustration shows the plant as photo- 

 graphed on that day, fifty-nine days after 

 resetting. It will be seen that the roots 



sent out many laterals or feeders where 

 the cut was made, as shown by the dotted 

 lines; yet less than one-third of the new 

 roots are shown, as the roots were so ten- 

 der they broke oflf when taken from the 

 ground. Otherwise the root system would 

 have compared in size with the foliage. 

 During that fifty-nine-day period the plant 

 built up twenty leaf stems, four crowns 

 and a large, well-developed body. 



Value of a Manure Spreader 



TO know the real value of a manure 

 spreader in the saving of manure, 

 we must first know the value of ma- 

 nure, and what it adds to the productive 

 capacity of a soil, says an Indiana corres- 

 pondent in Orange Judd Farmer. When 

 we top-dress with manure, we are supposed 

 to add in a measure, all the elements 

 needed for plant growth. It is considered 

 a complete fertilizer. In addition we sup- 

 ply vegetable matter which darkens and 

 enlivens a worn soil. The decaying of 



manure when applied to a soil also makes 

 unavailable plant food in that soil available 

 to growing plants. 



Then the manure proposition is not 

 merely one of additional plant food. Its 

 great value in improving the physical pro- 

 perties of a worn-out soil is one important 

 factor recommending its use. Scarcely 

 a farmer can make or obtain one-half 

 enough manure for his entire farming oper- 

 ations. 



To cover ten acres with ten loads to the 

 acre, ihe old way is difficult. With the 

 manure spreader the ten loads per acre 

 may be cut in two and only five loads used, 

 and the total manure made to cover twen- 

 ty acres instead of ten. We get the physi- 

 cal benefit over twice the acres by using 

 the spreader. If more plant food is needed 

 supplement with commercial fertilizers. 

 Fertilizers add plant food only. Com- 

 mercial fertilizers prove the most profitable 

 when used with farm manures. The ma- 

 nure spreader will do much to help this 

 combination. The spreader is used every 

 day in the year and keeps the farmer watch- 



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We use the best timber we 

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