Great Crops 
$1,276 00 AN ACRE IK TWO YEARS 
TPHE gentleman whom you see in the above engraving 
■I is U. G. Muck of Dorrance, Kan. He writes us 
that his Kellogg plants yielded at the rate of $620.80 an 
acre in 1905 and at the rale of $656.00 an acre in 1906, 
besides supplying his family with an abundance of de- 
licious fruit. It is easy to get such results when Thor- 
oughbreds are used and given proper care. 
family with this dehcious fruit the year around. 
Appreciative Words From Visitors 
^OTHING is pleasanter to the managers of 
the Kellogg Farms than to have visitors 
come to see the place where the Thoroughbreds 
are grown, and we count among our best friends 
many of those who, coming from near and far, 
have observed our methods for themselves and 
thus know to their own satisfaction that the most 
perfect system of plant production is followed 
from the beginning to the end. We take pleas- 
ure, therefore, in reproducing the following letter 
from an Ohio strawberry grower who visited 
the farms, accompanied by his wife, and spent 
a day in studying the situation from all points of 
view : 
"Scott's Crossing, Ohio, July 14, 1907. 
R. M. Kellogg Co., 
Three Rivers, Mich. 
Gentlemen: — We arrived at home Tuesday 
evening, after a very enjoyable trip through 
southern Michigan ; and most of all we enjoyed 
the visit to the Kellogg farm. 
"I have for a long time been very enthusias- 
tic over the gr^ing of strawberries, but because 
of other work"ould not give it the attention it 
should have received. But after visiting your 
farm and seeing how beautiful a well-cared for 
field of plants look, I am more enthused than 
ever. 
"I certainly never before had seen a farm on 
which the rows were so straight, the plants so 
luxuriant, or on which the system followed was 
more perfect. And after being shown through 
the fine office and large packing house, we found 
that the system at that end was as perfect as it 
was in the fields. 
"As Mr. Kellogg said a few years ago, 
'This is an age of specialists.' And your farm 
surely is a shining example of what may be ac- 
complished by a strawberry specialist. I always 
have had more faith in the experiments made at 
your farms that I have had in those of the ex- 
periment stations, as you confine your experiments 
exclusively to strawberries, and your success 
depends on the success your customers have with 
your plants; and you do not depend on appro- 
priations to carry on the work. 
"In closing we wish to thank you for the 
kind and courteous treatment shown us while 
there. The visit was not only a rest and change 
from the routine of farm work, but instructive as 
. well. 
9 "Yours respectfully, 
"Sidney W. Peltier." 
And from an instructor in horticulture in the 
Iowa Agriculture College comes the following: 
"I wish to again express my appreciaton of 
the courteous treatment received while visiting 
your strawberry fields and your city. You 
opened my eyes to some new things in strawberry 
culture. 
"Yours sincerely, 
"V. R. Gardner." 
Those who are interested in visiting the Kel- 
logg farm as a study in important industrial 
enterprises are many. The following letter is 
from a mechanical engineer: 
"Beloit. Wis., July 15. 1907. 
R. M. Kellogg Co., 
Three Rivers, Mich. 
Gentlemen : — I was pleased to have your 
president, Mr. F. E. Beatty, go with me over 
your splendid strawberry farm on the morning 
of the 1 3th inst. The long straight rows, the 
uniform and healthy growth of the plants and 
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