STRAWBERRICS WITH POULTKY DOUCLE PROFITS. 
'T'HERE is no other industry the poultryman can add to his business with more pleasure and profit than straw- 
* berry growing. No other concern has clone more to encourage this combination than the Kellogg company. 
From many of our customers come letters telling of their success with this combination, and the above photo- 
graphs of scenes on the place of F. B. Magill, Piqua, Ohio, together with the following cordial note from that 
gentleman, indicate something of the results which follow their proper management. Mr. Magill says: "We 
have found strawberry growing very profitable in connection with poultry raising. And we have given the Kel- 
logg straw berry plants a thorough test and cannot say too much in their praise. " The strawberry plant shown 
is one of our Thoroughbreds in full fruit. 
of pollenation which may be prevented by cut- 
ting the fruit stems or pinching them off with 
thumb nail before th o buds open. This reserves 
their energies for building up heavy root, 
foliage and crown systems, which form the solid 
and sure foundation upon which to build a big 
crop of berries. 
Cultivation 
SINCE both the soil moisture and the plant 
food materials dissolved in it are so essen- 
tial to plant growth, it is of fundamental 
importance to cultivate immediately after the 
plants are set. 'I his will form a dust mulch and 
prevent the moisture which has been brought up 
by capillary attraction from coming in contact 
with the air. If cultivation is neglected and the 
soil left without a dust mulch, the water will 
work up to the top, bringing with it the mineral 
matter which the water films have dissolved from 
the soil grains. Upon reaching the surface they 
separate. Here the water is evaporated into the 
air, leaving its content of plant food to be washed 
away by heavy, dashing rains. In order to save 
soil fertility, we must cultivate and check this 
moisture on its way to the surface, thus prevent- 
ing losses by wind and sun. 
When to Cultivate 
JUST when to cultivate will depend a great 
deal upon soil conditions. We have already 
said that the cultivators should follow di- 
rectly after the plant setters, and this cultivation 
should be repeated at least every eight or ten 
days and always as soon after a rain as the soil 
will permit, but never before it will crumble. 
A crust never should be allowed to form, even 
if you have to work a little o\ er-time. In a 
case of this kind moisture escapes very rapidly, 
and each rain should be treated as though it 
were the last. In fact, we never can tell when 
the next rain will come, uid immediate atten- 
tion may save enough water to carry the plants 
through a long drouth. We find that soil will 
hold moisture longer if we cultivate after a rain 
and follow this again in about four or five days; 
then every eight or ten days will do. This 
disturbs the old mulch and replaces it with a 
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