MANURING AND FITTING II 
not required making over, the work of 
manuring can begin at once. 
MANURING 
Many growers like to manure heavily in 
the fall, applying from fifteen to eighteen 
cords of stable manure to the acre, and 
ploughing under, it being practically impos- 
sible to apply too much manure. Through 
the winter this manure has a chance to 
break down somewhat and begin to, or is 
ready to, decay when the first opening of 
spring comes. There are other growers that 
do not spread manure until after they have 
ploughed the land in the spring, preferring to 
disk in the manure, following this by a light 
cross ploughing, thereby putting the manure 
at the best depth for the strawberry roots. 
Many of these growers claim that manure 
ploughed under in the fall is placed too deep 
for the use of the plant and therefore is not 
so available for the current year’s growth 
of the plants. 
It is also claimed that during the winter 
there is some loss of the food from the manure 
ploughed under. Some advise only eight or 
ten cords of manure, supplementing this with 
