AFTER CARE — FERTILIZERS 47 
strawberry plants is so great that the latter 
suffer by being robbed of sunlight, space, 
and food. 
Weeds are a godsend to man, as they com- 
pel him to cultivate his land, thereby helping 
him to harvest larger crops. 
TOOLS 
The one-horse eleven-toothed cultivator, 
the teeth of which are small, is one of the 
best tools to use in cultivating the straw- 
berry bed. By its lever to regulate the depth 
the teeth can be run quite shallow, and with 
the other lever, the machine can be opened 
or made narrower to suit the convenience of 
the operator. Its leaving the bed so level, 
the soil so fine, and its ability to run quite 
close to the plant without injury or covering 
are some of the chief advantages of this 
machine. If the grower uses the hand hoe in 
the rows of plants, the bed can be kept in the 
very best of tilth with these two tools alone. 
For small beds, or for very narrow rows 
such as are formed when planting by the 
hill system, a man power wheel-hoe or culti- 
vator like the Planet, Jr., Iron Age, Columbia 
etc., which sells for about $4.50, is very 
