ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1927 



More Reasons 



Here are some more reasons why you should grow some strawberries if you 

 have some land available, no matter how small a plot : 



1. Many of the large strawberry-growers who grow from 25 to 100 acres in 

 different parts of the country are being forced to discontinue growing berries or 

 cut down their acreage because of labor conditions. It takes lots of help to handle 

 large acreages of berries at picking time. This really gives the man with a small or 

 moderate acreage, just what he can handle properly, a better chance for good 

 profits. 



2. A comparatively large income can be had from a small acreage. Premier, 

 Big Joe, Chesapeake and other good varieties (page 17) on rich land well cared- 

 for, should yield at least 3,000 or 4,000 quarts per acre. Can you sell them at 20c 

 per quart? Your growing costs including plants, labor and fertilizer, should not 

 be over $100 to $200 per acre. If you work them yourself and have stable manure 

 available, the cash outlay can be cut in half. The above figures as to yield and 

 growing costs are no more than a reasonable expectation. You can figure your 

 chances for a good profit, depending largely, of course, on the probable market. 



3. No previous experience is necessary. Follow cultural directions on pages 

 8-9, watch and talk with your neighbors if any of them grow strawberries success- 

 fully and use ordinary horse sense. If there is some point not covered in this Berry 

 Book, write us. We will answer personally and help you if we can. 



4. Any good garden soil or one that will make good yields of other crops will 

 grow strawberries successfully. 



5. Little money is needed to start. Besides the plants, a dibble or trowel for 

 planting and a hoe and cultivator for working, are all the equipment needed, once 

 the ground is plowed. 



6. The returns from Strawberry Growing are quick and come early in the sea- 

 son. No other fruit produces a full crop in 13 or 14 months after planting and no 

 other fruit crop comes as early in the spring. 



7. A Second Crop almost equal to the first, can be had at very little addi- 

 tional expense. 



8. Women Berry Growers are often among the most successful. No other 

 crop is so adapted to being handled by women entirely as strawberries. Even 

 where they are not running the berry business alone, women take an active part 

 in the work. It gives them a break in the routine of housework and affords an 

 excellent opportunity to earn some extra money. 



9. Berry Growing can be made a family business. A farmer with a family 

 can utilize the labor of his family at light, interesting work, and at a business which 

 will pay well. The work is healthy, the pay is good, and the children can work in 

 the open air and with their parents. 



10. The boys and girls can be kept on the farm more easily by getting them 

 interested. A small patch of strawberries of their own will afford an opportunity 

 for pleasant work in the open where industry and diligence will be well rewarded. 



11. Real Estate Values are increased by growing intensive crops like straw- 

 berries. So much can be done on a small piece of ground, that often rich, high 

 priced land in and near cities and larger towns can be profitably planted to straw- 

 berries. 



12. As an intercrop between fruit trees, strawberries excel. The space can 

 be utilized and made to pay with strawberries, while the trees are getting into 

 bearing. 



NEVER RECEIVED BETTER PLANTS 



Galveston Co., Texas, Mar. 18, 1926. 

 Have received the 825 strawberry plants today, Number 1885. I have been growing straw- 

 bernes for 19 years and I must say that I have never received any better plants than those you have 

 sent me. 



Wm. Stodt 



