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ing and fitting ground would cost six dollars. I would use the matted 

 row system for fruiting and would set the plants two feet apart in the 

 row and four feet apart between the rows; this would require five thou- 

 sand five hundred plants, for the acre. Good strong northern grown 

 plants are worth three dollars per thousand; this means, of course, sis- 

 teen dollars and fifty cents for the plants. It would cost five dollars and 

 fifty cents to properly set these plants. I would then use one-half ton 

 of Hardwood Unleached Ashes, or its equivalent; this would cost, ap- 

 plied around the plants after they are set, eight dollars. The fruit stalks 

 should be removed from these plants the first season as soon as they 

 appear; this would cost one dollar for the acre. The ground between 

 the rows would need cultivating five times during the growing season, 

 and this would cost ten dollars. The plants would need to be hoed five 

 times, which would cost fifteen dollars. I would use six large team 

 loads of horse manure to cover the plants with for winter protection, 

 which would cost twelve dollars. The labor of spreading it on the 

 plants would cost tw^o dollars and twenty-five cents. In the Spring as 

 soon as vegetation is well started the coarse part of this covering of 

 manure (and that only) should be raked off the rows of plants and left 

 on the ground between the rows; this would cost one dollar and fifty 

 cents. This manure should be at once incorporated with the sou with the 

 use of a small half mould board plow; the labor for this would cost two 

 dollars. I would follow this plowing a week or ten days later with the 

 cultivator, and would use the cultivator once more after the berries are 

 beginning to form, these two trips of the cultivator would cost four dol- 

 lars. Weeds W'ill spring up in the rows before fruiting time in the 

 Spring; It is however, a small labor to get rid of these and the cost 

 would not be more than one dollar and fifty cents. Just after the last 

 tillage with the cultivator I would mulch the ground between the rows 

 with newly cut grass; this grass and the applying of it would cost eight 

 dollars. As you will see the entire cost for one acre of strawberries the 

 first year would be one hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-five 

 cents. For the second and third crop this cost would be reduced fully 

 one half. After the fourth year's fruiting the plants should be plowed 

 under when the ground will be in a high state of fertility and suitable 

 for any crop of fruit, vegetables or grain. These plants would, with 

 proper care, bear four crops of fruit, and would not be at their best until 

 the second year's fruiting. I would have my matted rows for fruiting 

 twenty to twenty-two inches in width and the plants six inches apart in 

 every direction. This would give me ample room for Spring tillage, 

 which I have learned from many years of practical experience on different 

 soils is most essential and necessary for best results. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Any land that will grow a crop of grain or vegetables will do for 

 Raspberries. There are four families of these, namely: "The Reds." 

 "The Blacks," "The Pinks," and "The Yellows," all requiring the same 

 general treatment. The yellow varieties are used almost exclusively for 

 family use and have little if any value for commercial purposes. The 

 Red Raspberries and the Black Raspberries, commonly called Black 



