GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyrisht 1913 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
PRIDE OF MICHIGAN PLANTS GROWING IN A YOUNG DELAWARE APPLE ORCHARD 
p*VEN the great corporations of the country recognize the importance of buying only the best. The Pennsylvania Railroad 
^ Company is acknowledged to be perhaps the best managed corporation in the United States, if not in the world. In carry- 
ing forward their very extensive horticultural work at Bacon, Del., this corporation employs Kellogg Thoroughbred plants, 
and the scene above is typical of the success they are having with them. The wisdom of this policy may not be questioned. 
throw as much business your way as possible 
by advertising the methods under which you 
operate." 
In a word, we "start" our customers right 
with the best plants grown in the world, as 
Mr. Chandler so kindly acknowledges. We 
keep them on the right track through our 
free service bureau. And we look after their 
interests in every way possible, as illustrated 
by the case of Mr. Young. Our customers' 
interests are distinctly our interests, and the 
spirit of service obtains in every department 
of our work. We therefore confidently invite 
your continued patronage if you are an old 
customer, and, if you never before have sent 
us an order, with equal confidence assure you 
complete satisfaction if you will use the Kel- 
logg plants and follow the Kellogg Way. 
How Kellogg Plants Are Grown 
THIRTY years ago was begun the work 
which resulted in the creation of Kel- 
logg's Thoroughbred Pedigree straw- 
berry plants and the elevation of the straw- 
berry business to a place second only to 
apple-growing in the world of commercial 
horticulture. Starting out with the theory 
that plant life was quite as amenable to im- 
provement and the "fixing of type" as is 
animal life, the founder of this company be- 
gan the work that has made his name famous 
the world over. At first the people were 
skeptical, and those who had grown straw- 
berries in the old way, and without any ref- 
erence to the laws of breeding, selection and 
restriction, were slow to recognize the im- 
portance of Mr. Kellogg's investigations and 
practical results. But that day of doubting 
has passed, and the entire horticultural world 
has adopted his conclusions and is putting 
into daily practice the ideas and principles 
he so clearly announced and so faithfully and 
intelligently demonstrated. These same 
principles now in practice are adding millions 
annually to the wealth of the nation through 
increasing yields of corn, wheat, oats and 
other staple crops, as well as in the line of 
horticultural products. 
Preparing for a Crop of Kellogg Plants 
"I^EXT in importance to quality in plants, 
-'■^ are soil conditions that perfectly will 
meet and supply the needs of the plants. 
The highest bred animals and the most per- 
fect plants will develop reversionary tenden- 
cies and retrograde to original types unless 
conditions favorable to their maintenance of 
high standards are provided. Therefore, 
starting with the strongest and most vigor- 
ous plants it is possible to produce for their 
foundation, the plants grown on this farm 
are encouraged to do their very best — to ex- 
cel their progenitors, if that be possible. The 
first step in this direction is soil preparation, 
and this goes forward as fast as the land is 
cleared of plants. The land is plowed, then 
it is harrowed over and over again. Then it 
is disked until it becomes thoroughly mixed, 
after which it is rolled until it is as smooth 
as a floor. Now the soil (from June 15 to 
August 1) is ready for the sowing of the 
leguminous crop which it has been decided 
to grow — winter (or hairy) vetch, cow peas 
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