GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1915 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
AN ATTRACTIVE DISH OF WM. BELT BERRIES 
THIS variety is famous for the great quantities of beautiful fruit it produces and the breadth of territory over which it has 
given Buch extraordinary results. It is popular along the Northern Atlantic seaboard and is a general favorite in all sections 
north of the Ohio River, including the Inter-Mountain states and many sections of the Pacific Coast. William Belt produces 
large quantities of large berries, rich, juicy and meaty. In form the fruit ranges from the typical strawberry form to the ex- 
treme coxcomb shape. In color it is bright red, and the yellow seeds make a fine contrast, the combination presenting a most 
attractive effect when placed upon the market. The foliage is unusually tall and light green in color. The Belt is an ideal pol- 
lenizer and has an unusually long blooming season. This is the twentieth year we have offered this extraordinary variety to our 
trade, and its popularity increases steadily with the passing years. Grown both on our Three Rivers and Twin Falls farms. 
from a given amount of land, the Kellogg: plants 
are the ones that will give you those results. 
The Soil and Its Preparation 
"M'EXT in importance to the strawberry plants 
' is the preparation of the soil in which you are 
to grow the plants. The strawberry requires a 
rich, mellow soil that is well filled with humus 
(decayed vegetable matter) and with fertility. 
Barnyard manure ranks first among the fertil- 
izers best fitted for use in the strawberry field. 
This is because it contains the essential elements 
that go to the building up of the plant into vigor 
and productiveness. 
All animal manures are good for strawberries, 
and if barnyard manure is not easily obtainable, 
manure from the poultry house or the hog pen 
will be acceptable substitutes for the barnyard 
fertilizer. Chicken droppings, however, must be 
used with care, as they are very heating. We 
advise mixing two parts of dry earth or dust to 
one part of droppings, as this treatment will so 
dilute the droppings as to make them entirely 
safe when used in the growing of strawberries. 
After the droppings have been diluted scatter 
them very lightly over the plowed surface of the 
garden plot or field and mix them thoroughly into 
the top soil so that their excessive richness may 
not result in injury to the plants, but will dis- 
tinctly aid in their large development. 
An animal fertilizer that is now being used very 
extensively by strawberry growers is the pulver- 
ized sheep manure which is now so carefully pre- 
pared as to eliminate all weed seed. When used 
at the rate of 1,500 to 2,000 pounds to the acre 
it is found to be ideal in producing both immediate 
and permanent results. 
The strawberry grower who has ample time to 
prepare his plot will find the use of leguminous 
crops (clovers, vetches, peas, beans and alfalfa) 
ideal soil restorers and improvers. We grow many 
acres of these legumes in the preparation of soil 
on the Kellogg farm and find that nothing else so 
completely restores run-down soils to the virgin 
state as do these wonderful soil builders. Soy 
beans and cow peas may be drilled in at the rate 
of five pecks to the acre, and this should be done 
in June or early July. Before sowing these peas 
or beans the ground should be plowed early and 
harrowed at intervals of every week for several 
weeks before the planting is done. This will keep 
down weed growth. Winter vetch, which is also 
known as sandy vetch and hairy vetch, is another 
legume which we use very extensively on our 
farms. From twenty to twenty-five pounds per 
acre of seed of the vetch will be sufficient. Sow- 
ing in the fall makes it possible for the straw- 
berry grower to plow his old fruiting bed after 
berries are picked and to work the ground thor- 
oughly before seeding. Winter vetch may be 
sown as late as the first of September. As its 
name indicates, the winter vetch grows during 
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