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"The Way to Grow Big Crops 

 and Make Big Money" 



Cr\ S I stated to one of my Visitors the other 

 (Zyx. day. There is no secret about the way we 

 grow big strong healthy plants and great crops 

 of berries. We just grow them Nature's own 

 way, using plain, common, every-day sense. 



First we never plant out a crop of strawberries 

 until the soil has been fitted to receive the crop. 

 Fall plowing is very essential, although not en- 

 tirely necessary. By fall plowing we get rid of a 

 lot of insects that work on the plants; the most 

 dangerous of these is the grub worm and ants. 

 It is always best to prepare land at least a year 

 in advance by heavy application of manure on 

 some truck crop. The land should be worked 

 again just as early in spring as possible, if it has 

 been fall plowed. And no matter how rich 

 the soil we find that a liberal application of pure 

 raw bone meal is needed to grow a good, strong 

 plant. This can be applied in different ways. 

 We now use this method. Mark off our rows 

 with a land marker, and follow the marks with 

 a one-horse plow and apply 500 to 1,000 pounds 

 down this furrow, the quantity depending on 

 just how much we feel the soil needs the manure. 

 This furrow is gone down with a cultivator with 

 small teeth and the bone meal thoroughly stirred 

 and mixed with the soil. The row is then made 

 up by lifting the middle shank from a five-tooth 

 cultivator and placing two large teeth on the 

 outside shanks, this nicely fills the trench and 

 leaves a slight ridge that will settle nearly level 

 after plants are set. Makes the first cultivation 

 easy, as you can follow the small trench at the 

 side of the plants without covering the plants. 

 After the row is gone over with the hoe the 

 plants should be setting just level with the 

 surface. 



Shallow and often cultivation is necessary. All 

 weeds and grass should be taken out with the 

 hoe before it gets a start, and better still never 

 let it get started at all. We find by working a 

 field of plants always before they need it, we 

 save lots of time and money. 



About further manuring. If the soil is rich or 

 moderately rich, it will not be necessary to use 

 any more manure for the first year's crop. 

 But if the soil is thin during the summer months 

 we give an application of well balanced fertilizer 

 directly on the row of plants using a brush to 

 clean the plants after the fertilizer is applied, 

 and always applying it when plants are dry and 



the ground is moist, and never in a very dry 

 time. Just before a rain is the ideal time if you 

 can catch it so. This summer application is 

 much better than the old time sprii\g applica- 

 tion. As it helps to grow a large strong plant 

 and that is what is needed to grow a big crop of 

 berries. The spring application only puts on 

 extra foliage and causes the fruit to be soft. 

 Directly after the first crop is off, we recommend 

 a heavy application of balanced fertilizer, 4-8-4 

 is good. Just before the field is cultivated or 

 plowed this application will put new life in the 

 plants that have just fruited, extra crowns will 

 soon shoot up and new runners put out. We 

 take out some of the old plants that have fruited 

 and let some new plants form. The above is the 

 Townsend way. We of course start with good 

 plants. Heavy fruitful plants always come first, 

 because you cannot possibly take a small run 

 down plant and make a fruitful plant out of it. 

 You are wasting time and money trying to do 

 that. 



What we call a good fruitful or productive plant 

 is a plant that has been bred right from the 

 start. Selected from a strain that has proved to 

 be fruitful. Grown on new virgin soil with 

 plenty humus to feed it throughout the growing 

 season. Grown in a climate where it had 



Roots 12 to 18 Inches 



