I50 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
use the cultivator teeth as soon as the soil 
dries out after a rain, then finish with rakes, 
using the hoe to cut off all weeds as soon as 
they appear. Only a little hand hoeing will 
be needed close around the plant. If you 
keep a horse or can get one easily, horse 
cultivation with a cultivator having several 
small teeth is best and easiest, but this should 
have been planned for when setting the 
plants by making long rows two and a half 
feet or more apart. I have sometimes cul- 
tivated the long way of the bed with the 
horse and the short way with a wheel hoe. 
This makes the soil so mellow that the wheel 
hoe runs very easily. 
“The method of clipping and transplant- 
ing runners, if any are left to grow, will de- 
pend on the plan of culture you have decided 
upon. For best results in hill culture, put the 
plants in check rows not over two feet apart 
each way; eighteen inches is better for light 
soils, and for the non-stooling varieties. Hill 
culture is the highest culture and the plants 
require more attention. The runners must 
be clipped every two or three days all sum- 
mer, the plants watched closely for white 
grubs which eat off the roots of the plants; 
