R. M. KELLOGG'S GREAT CROPS OF 
in hills or stools, the hedge row, half matted 
row, and full matted row. 
HILL CULTURE. 
This is the ideal way of growing straw- 
berries. It might be designated as the process 
of consolidating many small plants into one 
large plant and many small berries into one 
large berry. liy this method all the runners 
are cut throughout the season. Every time a 
runner is cut it throws the growth back to the 
mother plant and a new crown starts out on 
the side of the original plant, building it up to 
mammoth proportions. 
Plants OH rich laud, well cultivated, have 
often exceeded the size of a bushel basket, and 
produced over four quarts of immense berries 
of the highest quality. (See photograph on 
first page.) 
When grown in hills, plants extend their 
roots down to a great depth and occupj' all the 
ground between the rows, and sunlight comes 
to the crown and all parts of the foliage, caus- 
ing perfect assimilation of the plant food and 
thus a continuous growth is maintained till the 
close of the season. 
The requiremetits of hill culture are that 
the land must be very rich, and most thorough 
cultivation given, so that large crowns and 
foliage will be formed. I would not try to 
grow plants in hills on poor ground. 
The fruiting vigor of the plants must be high 
as it does not pay to grow berries in this way 
with mongrel plants. Varieties making small 
foliage like Crescent, Warfield, Bederwood, 
Staples, etc., maj' be set twelve inches apart 
in the row, and the large varieties like Mar- 
shall, William Belt, Bubach, etc., about eight- 
een inches apart and rows as close together as 
you can cultivate in and gather fruit. About 
thirty inches is best, or you can set thirty by 
thirty and cultivate both ways. Runners may 
be kept off with a sharp hoe, the automatic 
runner cutter or the rolling wheel with very 
little labor. 
The work of keeping off runners is greatly 
lessened by the use of the Automatic Runner 
Cutter and should al- 
ways be used if hill 
culture is practiced. 
It is used as a walk- 
ing cane, placed square- 
ly over the plant and 
press down on the 
handle. The twisted 
shaft passes through 
the slot forcing around 
two fingers, each mak- 
its half circle gather- 
ing up all the runners 
and drawing them to 
each side of the ma- 
chine when knives on 
each side are forced 
down cutting them off. 
When the machine is 
raised to pass to the 
next hill the fingers au- 
tomatically fly back and 
it is ready to gather up 
the runners again. Very 
j rough, stony ground 
would interfere with 
fingers, but in common 
ground it is a success. 
The price is $5.00 for single machine or both 
the plant setter and runner cutter at $8.00 if 
ordered together. 
THE HEDGE ROW. 
Set plants twenty to thirty inches apart, 
according to variety and fertilty of soil, and 
the rows as close together as they can be culti- 
vated (about thirty inches). Cut the first run- 
ners to get the plants well established, then 
let the cultivator go the same way every time 
and close to the plant (not too deep), to throw 
the runners around so as to make the row per- 
fectly straight and fill it so plants will stand 
six to eight inches apart. 
Attach the rolling runner-cutter to clip the 
runners off as fast as they start. This is a ten- 
inch steel disk or wheel with sharp edge, which 
is mounted on an out-rigger and attached to the 
twelve-tooth Planet Jr. cultivator on the right 
side. It may be attached to any iron frame 
cultivator by having two small bolt holes drill- 
ed in the side bars. It has a castor action, and 
follows the cultivator easily, and is adjustable 
to depth of cut and side wise, and is provided 
with a leaf guard which is also adjustable. 
The guard lifts the leaves to avoid cutting 
them and the wheel cuts off the runners while 
cultivating is being done, thus involving no 
extra labor. Price of the cutter complete, $1.50. 
The plants attain large size, being only one 
plant wide the sun reaches the crowns so they 
have perfect assimilation and the alleys 
afford abundant root pasturage. Almost the 
entire surface can be cultivated so as to con- 
serve moisture and kill weeds; the fruit will be 
nearly as large as in hills and very even in 
size, and readily picked. The first cultiva- 
tion can be done both ways if set in check rows. 
On any ordinary land this method is to be pre- 
ferred to hill culture. 
THE HALF MATTED ROW. 
Automatic Kunnek 
Cutter. 
Half Matted Row. 
This is the same as hedge row except that 
the rows are made about three and a-half feet 
apart and runners are allowed to set so as to 
form a row from ten to fifteen inches wide. After 
the rows form the rolling cutter is attached to 
the cultivator and other runners are kept off as 
in the case of the hedge row. 
Plants should not be allowed to set nearer 
than eight to ten inches. 
FULL MATTED ROW. 
Probably three-fourths of all strawberries 
are grown in this way, but it is a mistake, and 
progressive growers are fast finding it out. It 
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