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and stirring up of the soil with the cultivator is one of the beat mulchings land can 

 have. Leaf and woods onould, sorghum bagassa, corn stalks, straw, hay, chip dirt, 

 ashes, rotted saw-dust, tan bark, or planing mill shavings, are all good mulching 

 material for Raspberries. The last three, however, should be well rotted, and a little 

 ashes thrown around them. 



Fig. 29. 



Fig. 30. 



Fig. SI. V%g- SS. 



TO MAKE AN OLD PLANTATION BEAR "WELL. 



If it is desirable to plow the ground where an old plantation stands, and as much 

 fruit as is possible taken from it-before doing so, keep the new growth broken off aa 

 it starts so that the whole strength of the root will go to the fruit. 



