42 BIGGIE BERRY BOOK. 



BENJ. BUCKMAN Cultivators should have many teeth and run 

 shallow. HI. 



WM. JACKSON I plant in check rows and use Planet Jr. Culti- 

 vator, running both ways, as long in the summer as I can. 111. 

 The best tool to save hand hoeing is the Planet Jr. Horse 

 WM. HOOVER Cultivator. We use one and a quarter inch 

 steels and can cultivate within one inch of the row. Col. 



J. R. HAWKINS The best hand hoe is made about two and a 

 half or three inches wide, attached to an ordinary handle. N. Y. 



REMARKS. 



When I go out to work in the berry patch after 

 Allen's Cultivator has done all it can, I take a hoe like 

 this, and am sure to keep it sharp. 

 ^ The blade is three inches wide. I 

 generally work this by proxy and 

 find it easier that way and more effective. 



Here you have it : Plant in rows both ways ; use 

 Planet Jr. Cultivator, going over the ground once a 

 week, killing weeds when they are young ; get the 

 ground free from weed seeds by previous clean culti- 

 vation in hoed crops ; apply no fresh manure contain- 

 ing weed seeds. After the runners are spotted out in 

 July and August, use hand hoe among the plants when 

 necessary, keep the ground mellow, and let no weeds 

 get a start ; give abundant space to each plant, and 

 fertilize liberally, so you will not have small berries to 

 pick. 



When the runners begin to grow in June or July, 

 the first ones should be cut off, so as to allow the 

 plant to acquire strength. Later it will send out new 

 runners on all sides instead of on one side. 



Attend to these things, and you will find it is not 

 such a serious matter to grow plenty of strawberries. 



