THE STRAWBERRY APRIL 1907 



THE STRAWBERRY 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO 

 THE INTERESTS OF STRAWBERRY 

 PRODUCTION IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 



Published the First ot Each Month by 



The Kellogg Publishing Company 



Three Rivers, Michigan 



W. H. BURKE Editor 



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APRIL 1907 



APRIL in the northern latitudes is 

 the month for beginning things. It 

 is tlie month for so many of us that 

 proves the old adage that "well begun is 

 half done." We need to remember it at 

 the very start and to see to it that we be- 

 gin right this spring in our berry patches 

 and fields so that when fruiting time comes 

 we shall have the satisfaction of reaping 

 an abundant harvest of beautiful and lus- 

 cious berries. It's all very simple if you 

 follow the right combination, and The 

 Strawberry, with its Correspondence 

 School will show you the way so clearly 

 that you cannot fail. Now, then for a 

 good beginning with the first days of spring! 



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"W^HEN a rascal will he will, and we 

 ''* sometimes wonder how much of 

 actual value is to be accomplished through 

 pure-food and anti-fraud laws enacted by 

 legislatures and congress. A striking in- 

 stance of how the laws made by the gov- 

 ernment to insure that proper brands are 

 placed upon goods sent from Canada to 

 the old country can be evaded is given 

 by J. A. Ruddick, commissioner of dairy- 

 ing and cold storage, before the Dominion 

 committee on agriculture a few days ago. 

 The particular case to which he referred 

 was the case of an Ontario packer, who 

 shipped a number of barrels of apples by 

 the Grand Trunk via Portland, Me., to 

 England. When they left Colborne they 



bore the packer's name, the sign No. 2 

 appearing between the two lines "put up 

 by" and the name of the firm, James 

 Coyle. During the time the barrels were 

 at Portland a man entered the freight sheds 

 and added the words "No. 1 XXX" to 

 the marking on the barrels, thus creating 

 the impression that the No. 2 mark was 

 a private mark of the person who shipped 

 the goods. What is needed is not more 

 legislation, but a vigorous enforcement of 

 laws already on the statute books. And 

 more than that, a public sentiment that 

 will brand a fraud a fraud, and a thief a 

 thief and make frauds and thieves unpop- 

 ular. So long as successful" frauds are 

 publicly admired they will continue their 

 fraudulent practices. 



NOW is the time to be "doing things" 

 in preparation for the rush season of 

 spring, and we don't know of a more im- 

 portant work than the making of con- 



veniences like the one herewith illustrated. 

 This is an old-fashioned device, as all our 

 old pioneers will recall, but E. D. Donald- 

 son of Covington, Ind., has applied the 

 principle in a way very suggestive to 

 strawberry growers, and we take pleasure 

 in "passing it along." You will see how 

 it adds to the "one-man power," and 

 swinging free as the berries do, and with- 

 out jar, it is better than two men could do 

 without the double yoke. 



TO the burgomaster of Mannheim, 

 Germany, Herr Ritter, The Straw- 

 berry acknowledges its indebtedness for a 

 courteous note announcing a unique ex- 

 position which will open in that city on 

 May 1, and will be of peculiar interest to 

 horticulturists everywhere. It is nothing 

 less than an international exposition of 

 horticulture in combination with a very 

 important art exposition. It is especially 

 desired that American florists and garden- 

 ers shall participate, and we need hardly 

 point out the advantage to all commercial 

 horticulturists of attending such a novel 



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yet suggestive exposition. It is announced 

 that England, France and even the prim- 

 itive forests of South America will con- 

 tribute to the exposition of orchids. Be- 

 sides cultivated plants from England and 

 France there will be exposed as curiosities 

 the strange forms of wild orchids gathered 

 with difficulty in Mexico, Brazil and on 

 the banks of the Orinoco river. The cac- 

 tus display will contain a great number of 

 interesting and peculiar plants, representing 

 a rich collection from all tropical countries. 

 There will be exhibited gigantic cactus 

 plants from Mexico and South America. 

 Herr Ritter also is chairman of the expo- 

 sition. 



BE sure and read the announcement 

 this month of our Photographic Con- 

 test for 1907. Every strawberry grower 

 in the world is invited to compete. You 

 will see that we have doubled up on our 

 prize offers, by making two classes — com- 

 mercial strawberry fields for one, and 

 family patches for the other. This will 

 give everybody a chance, and ought to 

 interest every person who is engaged in 

 strawberry growing, no matter on how 

 large or small a scale. 



EVERY woman would like to keep her hands 

 smooth and soft and free from marks of 

 labor and the discomforts of chapping. But 

 washing dishes and washing clothes, using strong 

 lye soaps and going out into the cold air from 

 the steaming hot laundry, will leave their marks 

 — if you don't protect the hands. Mrs. J. H. 

 Pratt of Three Rivers, Mich. , has a way to save 

 all that discomfort and displeasure, and it is so 

 inexpensive that every woman in the land may 

 enjoy its benefits. One pair of her Economy 

 rubber gloves transforms all this disagreeable- 

 ness into a delight. Read her advertisement in 

 this number of The Strawberry and never again 

 have occasion to complain that your housework 

 is spoiling your hands. Those gloves are per- 

 fection itself. 



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FEW housewives but have heard of the Bissell 

 carpet sweeper, one of the greatest inventions 

 for the relief of the housekeeper the Nineteenth 

 century produced. Carpets and nigs when 

 swept with the hand broom quickly show wear, 

 while the woman who does the work finds them 

 the cause of back-breaking labor. With the 

 Bissell sweeper the carpets and rugs are thor- 

 oughly cleaned without injury to the fabric, and 

 the work itself becomes a pleasure to the house- 

 keeper. We would like to have every reader of 

 The Strawberry take advantage of the offer 

 made in the advertisement of this company in 

 this issue of The Strawberry, confident that it 

 will give them more satisfaction than would any 

 other similar investment. 



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FOR the past two years the H. L. Hurst Mfg. 

 Co., whose advertisement appears in this 

 paper, have been selling the entire output of their 

 large factory direct to the consumer by mail at 

 wholesale prices, giving the buyer an opportun- 

 ity to test the machine before paying for it, 

 which certainly proves thst their goods are first- 

 class and that they give good satisfaction. They 

 also guarantee all their sprayers for five years. 

 Their valuable "Spraying Guide" and full infor- 

 mation will be sent free to any of our readers. 

 Address the H. L. Hurst Mfg. Co., 75 North 

 St., Canton, Ohio. Don't fail to ask for it. 



