They Have Paid They Are Paying They Will Pay 
AS a main commercial money crop strawberries for years have returned a good 
profit. They have yielded larger profits more consistently to good growers than 
.any other fruit or vegetable crop. 
As a side line to a main farm business like poultry, dairying or vegetable growing, 
-strawberries make an ideal money crop. Growers have found really large profits from 
rather small acreages. 
As an 4 'Extra-money" crop from the family garden or small lot strawberries 
really stand out. They have "what it takes" as many have discovered to their joy. 
As a garden crop they prove themselves for usefulness and pleasure to all the 
family in thousands of home gardens all over the country every year. 
How Much? 
The amount of profit will often run as high as $300 to $500 per acre and sometimes 
as high as $800 or more. It will vary with different growers and in different seasons. 
The important thing for every grower looking for profit is to make intelligent use of 
all the factors under his control. It is our aim to point out what some of the factors are 
What To Do 
1. Get in on the high price years by having some 
'berries every year. It's easier to get the extra help 
for picking, too, if you have good picking for them 
every year. 
2. Select some of your best land. You will 
put relatively a large amount of labor and expect 
relatively a large return from your strawberries. 
Do not waste your money and labor on poor land. 
'Give your strawberries some of the best, and give it 
careful preparation. 
3. Set fancy, high-yielding varieties best 
suited to your purpose. We have tried to tell you 
the honest truth about all our varieties. We have 
summarized our conclusions on page 34 under 
"Picking the Winners". It should not be hard for 
anyone to know what to plant to get the best, and 
it is this kind that brings the highest prices. 
4. Grow as many as you can handle properly 
but no more. A half-acre field on good land, 
handled properly might well give more profit than 
twice the acreage poorly cared for. 
5. Start with good plants. We, of course, i 
hope to have your order if you are buying plants, 
but the important thing for you is to get healthy, 
well rooted, true-to-name stock. 
6. Grow them right. On pages 24 to 27, under 
"Common Sense Methods" we have given some of 
our ideas about growing strawberries, gathered 
from over fifty years of experience. On Page 27 ! 
under "Steps Which Lead to Profit" we have sum- 
marized these methods, emphasizing the most im- ; 
portant points. 
7. Study your harvesting and marketing 
problems, (See next page), and adopt those prac- 
tices best suited to your conditions. 
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