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cloudy, cool weather if possible. We always have a cloudy, 

 cool spell of weather lasting about a week near the Equi- 

 nox. This, occurs sometimes just before and sometimes 

 just afterward. This favorable weather should be taken 

 advantage of in setting berries. If irrigation is employed 

 however, they may be set at any time. In case the Skin- 

 ner or overhead system is used the plants' should be sprayed 

 daily for a week until they are well established. The 

 plants are set in rows three feet apart and twelve inches in 

 drill. Take a common garden hoe, cut the handle to two 

 feet, and have a boy drop them the right distance apart. 

 The setter takes the hoe in his right hand, the plant in his 

 left. Open a hole somewhat slanting with the comer of 

 the hoe, and place the roots of the plant in the hole, trying 

 to spread them as much as possible. Then allow the dirt 

 to fall back on the roots and press it firmly with the heel. 

 Be careful to have the plant bud well above the surface. 



OULTIVATIOK. 



They should be cultivated the same as other crops, being 

 careful that they are not worked deep after roots are well 

 established. The beds should be maintained, and if 

 worked down should be worked up again. The plants 

 should have about two more applications of fertilizers of 

 about one thousand pounds each. Make the second appli- 

 cation about the time berries begin to form, and the third 

 when half through picking. Use fertilizer containing two 

 per cent, of the ammonia derived from nitrate of soda or 

 nitrate of potash. 



