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ANDREW WILLSON Don't let too many plants grow. Don't 

 remove the mulch in the spring loosen it. O. 



Don't plant too deep. Don't allow the crown to be covered 

 in working. Don't allow the plants to get on a ridge. Don't let 

 E. W. REID runners set until July. Don't plant too many 

 acres. A less amount properly cared for will pay a better 

 profit. Don't use land that is not well drained. O. 



Don't allow weeds to smother the plants. Don't trust wholly 

 CEO. F. BEEDE to nature in placing runners. Don't destroy 

 last pickings when picking first berries. Keep the plants upright 

 and in good shape. . N. H. 



Don't leave the runners to be tossed about in the wind. 

 Press each one lightly into the soil and fasten with a couple of 

 EDW. W. CONE stakes, a stone or a clod of earth. The first 

 runners that start make the best plants for next year's fruiting. 

 Don't neglect to plant a generous test plot each year. Wis. 



H. E. McKAY Don't think you know it all. Don't call your mer- 

 chant a thief when he cannot get big prices. Miss. 



Don't let the pickers handle two berries at a time with one 

 R. D. McGEEHAN hand. Don't ridge the ground up in rows 

 when cultivating ; keep the ground level as possible. la. 



URIAH HAIR & SONS The don'ts are all summed up in the fol- 

 lowing : Don't neglect to be thorough. N. Y. 



DR. J. STAYMAN Don't put off your work until to-morrow if 

 it can be done to-day. Kan. 



Z. T. RUSSELL Don't use boxes the second time, but always 

 have them bright and new. Mo. 



WM. HOOVER Don't let the berry patch go without cultivat- 

 ing more than one week. Col. 



E. M. BUECHLY Don't hire too cheap a class of pickers, as it 

 pays to pick with care. O. 



Don't rest satisfied until you can grow more and better straw- 

 J H. HALE berries to the rod than any other fellow in the 

 neighborhood, and then don't fail to tell your neighbors how 

 it is done, so they can go and do likewise. Conn. 



