GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1913 by R. M. Kellogs Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
KELLOGG THOROUGHBRED PLANTS AS THEY GROW IN OKLAHOMA 
THE above scene represents a section of the extensive strawberry fields of Dr. Robert E. Thackcr of Lexington, Okla. The 
doctor writes us that his plants have developed as finely as any that were ever grown, and the illustration above assuredly 
carries out his statement in that regard. Nothing in the development of our country has been more remarkable than the horti- 
cultural advance of the comparatively new state of Oklahoma, and no single interest has developed with more rapidity and 
evident permanence than has the production of strawberries. Oklahoma is famous for its brilliant sunshine, and it is this ele- 
ment that has put the sugar into the strawberry and makes those grown in that section so extremely delicious and popular. 
between the two furrows. Then take a hoe and 
go over each row cutting out all weeds and grass. 
It is well to leave the plants quite close together 
at this time, and after they have resumed growth 
you will be able to judge better as to the value 
of particular plants, and then will be the time to 
select the plants that are to remain for the grow- 
ing of the next year's crop. Then take a five- 
shovel cultivator and run over the ridge which 
lies between the rows. This cultivator will level 
the soil back into place. Then go cross-ways 
with a weeder or a spike-tooth harrow and level 
the ground. If you use the spike-tooth harrow, 
be sure that the tool slants backwards when do- 
ing this work. This will not only make the land 
level, but it will draw just sufficient soil around 
the crowns of the plants to cover them, and a 
new root system will spring up from the old 
crown. Then when hoeing cut out all of the 
plants except one hill for about every 12 to 15 
inches. Give the renewed bed the same cultural 
care you gave to the newly set plants the previ- 
ous year. 
How to Stimulate Fruit Production 
OCCASIONALLY a grower will discover that 
his soil seems to be lacking in necessary fer- 
tility, while his plants still are in such good con- 
dition as to insure a fair crop under favorable 
circumstances. The most effective way of 
supplying the new fertility, and the one which in- 
sures the largest returns for the investment of 
time and money, is to apply nitrates of soda at 
the rate of from 75 to 100 pounds to the aci-e ac- 
cording to the apparent needs of the soil and 
plants. This work should be done by hand, and 
great care must be taken that none of the ni- 
trates come into actual contact with the plants 
themselves.. Nitrates are very heating and will 
injure and perhaps destroy any plants which they 
touch directly. Put on an old pair of gloves for 
the work and it will be very quickly accomplished. 
The results will be most gratifying. Prof. W. 
F. Massey says that in the case of a 1 J^-acre plot, 
from which he had expected very little in the 
way of strawberries, he brought up the yield to 
7,000 quarts of berries by using nitrates of soda 
in this manner 
Good Packing Increases Profits 
GROWERS of strawberries who wish to make 
every point count in the direction of cash in- 
come will give due thought to the matter of pack- 
ing. Pickers should carefully select the fruit 
while gathering it, placing first-quality berries 
in one set of boxes and the seconds in another 
set of boxes. Where this properly is done it 
only needs that each box of first-quality berries 
shall be neatly topped off. If berries are round 
in form, they should be placed with stem-ends 
down. If berries are long, like Longfellow and 
Haverland, they will present a much better ap- 
pearance when set on their sides, glossy side up. 
Not only does this method show the berry to the 
best advantage, but also a sufficient amount of 
the green calyx will be in view to add to the at- 
tractiveness of the package. Small berries look 
their best when the top layers are placed in rows 
with stems down. A few sprays of bright-green 
strawberry leaves placed on top of each crate 
after the boxes have been placed therein add 
greatly to the appearance of the package. And 
above all else, be sure that the bottom and middle 
of the boxes are composed of just as high-class 
berries as those at the top. Honest packing cre- 
ates and maintains the grower's trade. 
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