90 



STATEMENT CONCEKNING A CROP OF STRAWBERRIES, 

 * RAISED BY W. K. COLE. WEST BOXFORD. 



I'he StrawbeiT}' bed I enter for tlie Society's premium 

 was ploughed in the spring of 1895, in April, no manure 

 being applied except one bag cottonseed meal and one bag 

 of phosphate, spread and harrowed in ; the land had 

 been under cultivation several years, the last crop previous 

 to this being cabbage. It was set with plants of a seedling 

 which I had fruited two years before. Was kept clean and 

 fiee from weeds and in the fall was covered with pine 

 needles. About the first of May. 1896. these were partly 

 removed and three bags of fertilizer applied broadcast. 

 Picked the first berries June 23, and the last July 17. 

 These berries sold in the open market in Lawrence at 

 the wholesale for seventeen to eighteen cents per quart 

 box, when other varieties sold for ten to twelve cents per 

 box, the last two or three pickings selling for twenty to 

 twenty-three cents per box. The piece contains 231 rods 

 of land, and the yield was 1291 boxes, which sold for 

 $210.49. These accounts have been carefully kept and are 

 correct. Xo charge is made for the plants set out, as we 

 took as many from the piece to set another bed this year. 



Br. 

 To ploughing and harrowing, $ 75 



'• setting plants. 1 50 



" 1 bag cottonseed. 1 05 



'• 1 bag phosphate. 1 50 



" cultivating five times. 75 



'• lioeing and weeding. 5 00 



" covering, uncovering, and spreading 



fertilizer. 5 00 



'• 3 bags fertilizer. 4 50 



'•• picking and marketing 1291 boxes at 



three cents, 38 73 



&5s: 78 



