THE STRAWBERRY JULY 1907 



varieties and will make the strawberry 

 more of a specialty as experience has 

 taught me that it's not in apples, pears, 

 peaches and plums, but from the good 

 old strawberry that I get the money. 

 Have increased my strawberry patch to 

 one acre. Had my associations been earlier 

 with The Strawberry and its school of 

 experts, I would not have made the straw- 

 berry a side issue." 



Growing Strawberries On Shares 



HERE is a typical inquiry and one 

 suggesting a common source of 

 misunderstandings and vexatious 

 disagreements. We have sought, in an- 

 swering the questions of this member, to 

 establish a gerffiral basis upon which to 

 proceed in all similar cases. 



G. F. G. , Homell, N. Y. My neighbor wishes 

 me to join him in planting berries — strawber- 

 ries and black caps. He is a farmer, has good 

 soil, lots of manure and tools. What I would 

 like to know is, just how to divide the crop. 

 I was thinking if I furnished the plants, set 

 them and did all the work to be done on a 

 strawberry bed, furnished crates and baskets 

 and paid for half of the picking I ought to 

 have half of the proceeds. If I am not right 

 would you please suggest what you would 

 think is right? 



You are altogether too modest in your 

 views of what you should receive as your 

 share, under the circumstances. The 

 simplest way to figure this matter out is 

 to set down in one column the value of 

 what your neighbor is to contribute, and 

 set down in the other column, the value 

 of the labor you are to perform, the cost 

 of plants, etc. Let us take one acre for 

 example. We will call your side Mr. A, 

 and your neighbor's, Mr. B. 



Mr. A. 



The best estimate we can make for the cost of 

 plants, setting, cnltivatin-r, mulchine, piclt- 

 ine. paclcinsandcratintr, fiirnishineeratesand 

 boxes, mth (i,000 qnarts to the acre, is SF'J'JO.OO 



This, we understand, is the part you would perfornr." 



Mr. B. 



1 acre of land at $5 per acre rental $ 5 00 



15 two-horse loads of manure at *1 .... 1500 

 t'se of tools, whieh would include plow, cultiva- 

 tor and hoes 5.00 



*25.00 



Of course, the value of the land may 

 be more or less, but it certainly ought not 

 to be more than ,$10 an acre, as that would 

 be 10 per cent on ,$100 land, and that is a 

 large rental, unless the advantages of the 

 location are very superior and would tend 



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to reduce the cost of handling the crop 

 greatly over any other available land. We 

 note you say that B would pay one-half 

 the cost of picking the fruit. In the esti- 

 mate of expense above for labor we have 

 calculated $60 for picking 6,000 quarts 

 of berries. If he paid $30 of that it would 

 add $30, of course, to his side of the ex- 

 pense, and reduce yours by that much, 

 but you see that even then the ratio would 

 be as $190 to $55. Or Bs rights in the 

 matter would be 29 per cent as against 

 71 per cent as your share. 



And here is a question from a Wiscon- 

 sin member which is of importance just 

 at this season: 



K. M. K. , Solon Springs, Wis. When we 

 uncovered our strawberries this spring we dis- 

 covered a great many green bugs or beetles 

 among the leaves of the plants. They are 

 about one-half inch long; body is flat, and 

 oval, with tail slightly pointed. The head 

 projects from the body like a beak. Are these 

 insects injurious to the plants, and if so what 

 is the remedy.' 



2. Is Bordeaux mixture as effective against 

 mildew as liver of sulphur.' 



3. I read with great interest your article on 

 the mating of bisexuals. How would you 

 place Parsons' Beauty, Senator Dunlap, Pride 

 of Michigan and Dornan so as to secure the 

 largest results.' 



From the description of the insect you 

 give us, we are unable to tell just what it 

 is, but do not believe it will do any injury 

 to your plants. In case they do start 

 feeding upon your plants, spray with Paris 

 green, 



2, We always have received better 

 results from using liver of sulphur for 

 mildew than from Bordeaux mixture. 

 Two and a half pounds to forty gallons 

 of water, thoroughly mixed and sprayed 

 on plants while it is fresh, will keep the 

 plants perfectly healthy. 



3. Set the several bisexuals you men- 

 tion as follows: Dunlap, Pride of Mich- 

 igan, Parsons' Beauty and Dornan, setting 

 about three rows of each kind alternately. 



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WT'RITING from Clifton, Ariz., Ira 

 *» Hooker, a member of the family 

 who is working to make a big success of 

 strawberry culture in the hot Southwest, 

 writes us as follows: "I note in the May 

 issue of The Strawberry that J. A. P., 

 Ripon, Calif., is bothered with red ants, 

 and that you suggest no practical way to 

 destroy them. Just tell your readers to 

 try cyanide of potassium. Put four ounces 

 into a gallon of water and when dissolved 

 bottle it for instant use. Pour it into the 

 ant-hole and watch results. If the ants 

 don't begin to die in a minute, make the 

 solution a little stronger. The cost is very 

 little; as to its effectiveness those who try 

 it may judge for themselves." We have 

 not tried this method, but cyanide of po- 

 tassium is a powerful poison whose fumes 



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are deadly, and no doubt the pestiferous 

 ant finds it so. In handling this poison 

 take care that you do not breathe its fumes. 

 All poisons should be carefully handled. 



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THE first slice of goose had been cut, 

 and the negro minister, who had 

 been invited to dine, looked at it with as 

 keen anticipation as was displayed in the 

 faces around him, 



"Dat's as fine a goose as I ever saw, 

 Brudder Williams," he said to his host. 

 "Where did you get such a fine one.?" 



"Well, now, Mr. Rawley," said the 

 carver of the goose, with a sudden access 

 of dignity, "when you preach a special 

 good sermon I never axes you where you 

 got it. Seems to me dat's a triv'l matter, 

 anyway." — Scissors. 



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 it is claimed, actually reduces the labor of pre- 

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 time on men and team. This harrow has also 

 developed many other features in actual use, 

 which are highly approved by agricultural ex- 

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