Extra Money 
How about trying for some of that extra money that so many are making from a 
good sized strawberry garden? 
Some call it "pin money" but a nice strawberry garden can easily get out of the pin- 
money class. Furthermore, the strawberry crop can be harvested and sold and the extra 
money in hand before vegetable canning season comes along. 
Many farmers' wives have their "Egg money". That's fine, and berries work in 
nicely with poultry. "Berry money" is possible for those who do not have chickens or 
cannot give the day in and day out attention which chickens require. 
Try at least a few hundred strawberries of the better varieties. It is a good bet. 
Mr. David G. Mohler of Lancaster Co., Penna., has 
reason for satisfaction in his fine berry patch, so vigor- 
ous that it almost looks like a hay field. Mr. Mohler 
writes, "My planting consisted of 9 rows 75 feet in 
length, 25 plants to the row, total 225 plants. The 
rows were 3 ft. apart and plants in the row were spaced. 
They were over 18" high as will be seen in photo. 
Berries very large and they developed and ripened to 
the very last one. The patch has been mulched and 
watered one time. The highest price received was 
50c per quart and when nice berries were selling 3 
quarts for 25c in the nearby city, I was offered 17c 
per quart for my second grade at the- property. I 
think this is quite a good record for Allen plants." — 
Mr. David G. Mohler. 
More Opportunities 
Many farmers have grown strawberries for a 
number of years and have learned for themselves 
that they are one of the best money crops to be 
grown. There are many cases where a crop of straw- 
berries would fit in nicely under special conditions. 
Part time jobs may be profitably rounded out by 
growing a small acreage of strawberries. Where age 
or poor health prevents full time work it might be 
possible to grow this crop to advantage as most of 
the work is light and pleasant. 
As a project of their own where parents want to 
keep the boys or girls on the farm, strawberries fit 
in nicely. The work is light, interesting, and 
usually quite profitable. This should appeal to the 
youngsters. 
Strawberries can be grown to advantage where it 
is desirable to make the most profitable use of a 
small field of fertile, high priced land. 
Very little capital and very small amounts of land 
are necessary to start a nice business. Any good 
garden soil will grow nice crops of berries. 
Surplus Berries Easily Sold 
Essex Co., N. J. Jan. 12th, 1937. The Dorsett and 
Fairfax plants we bought of you in 1933 had the most 
wonderful, largest, sweetest, strawberries with the 
least acid of any we had ever grown. I cannot tell 
you how pleased we are with both kinds, and friends 
were only too glad to buy all the berries we did not 
need. I shall always recommend your plants. — Mr. 
J. P. Kussmaul. 
Clear Money 
York Co., Pa. March 26, 1937. I was very much 
pleased with the Premier strawberry plants I received 
three years ago. I made real good on them, $120 the 
first year and $100 the second year, that means clear 
money. Please let me know your price on 2,000 
Premier, good plants. — Mr. Charles F. Orwig. 
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Mr. H. Hinshaw of Randolph Co., Ind., was the 
grower of the very fine vigorous looking patch of Fair- 
fax berries shown above. When sending us this picture 
Mr. Hinshaw wrote: "A few years ago I bought about 
1200 plants from you. They were mostly Premier. 
From them I raised some of the largest berries ever 
grown in this locality. I managed to get eleven that 
made a quart. In 1934 we set about 330 in hills 20x24 
inches. In spite of very dry seasons in 1934 and 1935 
this patch of berries was one of pride and beauty. 
Many people came a distance to see it and exclaimed 
that they had never before seen anything like it. En- 
closed are some snapshots, but nothing like they looked 
when loaded with fruit. I saw one picker pick a full 
quart of extra nice fruit from two plants at one pick- 
ing." — Mr. H. Hinshaw. 
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