A PATCH OF KELLOGG'S THOROUGHBREDSlWHOSElOWNER'S NAME IS LOST 
HERE is a scene showing our Thoroughbreds, but owing to an accident we are unable to tell whose 
and we hope the owner will advise us when he sees this picture. The name was carefully written o, 
of the photograph, but by mistake was cut off, so that when the engraving reached us from the engraver s 
no way to identify it. 
the runners (or new plants) are to be layered in 
the rows will be determined. 
Layering, in its horticultural sense, means to 
propagate by bending a shoot or runner down 
under the ground so that it may strike root and 
become a separate plant. In the case of the 
strawberry runner when the runner wire has 
grown about one foot from the mother plant a 
node is formed. This is an embryo plant, which 
in a few days will open out leaves. Just as 
soon as the leaves start, this young plant is 
ready to be aided to "go it alone," and here is 
the way to help it along: When hoeing, first 
break the crust, then lay the runner wire on the 
loose, moist earth in the position it should oc- 
cupy in the row, and with the hoe place a little 
soft soil on the runner just back of the young 
plant. This will keep it in place until it gets 
firm hold upon the soil, and in a few days more 
it will be building up a crown system on its own 
account, relieving the mother plant from further 
expenditure of energy in that direction — a fact, 
by the way, of large importance to the mother 
plant, which thus will be enabled to devote her 
full strength to the development of her own 
fruiting powers. 
One of the most delightful experiences the 
strawberry grower is privileged to enjoy will be 
had in doing this work so fundamental to the 
success of his undertaking. 
Mulching Strawberry Plants 
VV/'HY do you always lay so great stress on 
mulching? is a question often asked us. 
Perhaps the best answer to that question will be 
to enumerate some of the important effects and 
influences of mulching. Here are five of them: 
1 . Mulching prevents freezing and thawing, 
which in turn cause expansion and contraction 
and result in the straining or breaking of the 
roots of the plants. 
2. Mulching holds plants dormant, prevent- 
ing, at least to a certain extent, extra-early bloom- 
ing, which lessens the danger of injury from late 
spring frosts. 
3. Mulching insures clean, bright, glossy 
berries, making it easy to market them at top 
prices, and fixes your reputation as a grower who 
supplies his customers with clean fruit. Straw- 
berries that do not have to be "washed" are 
substantially appreciated by the consumer. The 
grower who fails to supply clean fruit certainly 
fails at the critical point. 
4. Mulching retains moisture in the soil 
against the day of hot suns, just when the fruit 
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