THE R. M. KELLOGG CO.'S BATALLION. 
TTHIS picture was taken just after the noon hour, and about fifty of our employes failed to get back from din- 
ner in time to swell the crowd. During the digging and shipping season we have three hundred men and 
women on our pay roll. In just seven minutes after time is called every employe is at his post and the big ma- 
chine is under way. A perfect system and perfect harmony; it's "good morning" and "good night". Entertain 
yourself for a few minutes by trying to count them. The stakes to the right are in B^reeding-bed No. 1, and 
those back of the employes show Breeding-bed No. 2. 
stops and the mother begins to take on strength 
and flesli. The same is true in the strawberry 
family. Assist the young plants to take root 
just as soon as they are ready and thus avoid 
any danger of overtaxing the mother plant. This 
is one of.the features that receives large atten- 
tion on our farms, and this is one reason why 
our strain of Thoroughbred Pedigree plants is so 
strong in its fruit producing organism 
How PUn<s Feed 
AFTER we learn how plants feed we bet- 
ter may understand why a healthy, clean 
foliage is so important to their develop- 
ment. The leaves of plants absorb carbonic 
acid gas from the atmosphere during the pres- 
ence of simlight. This process requires green 
leaves and the presence of moisture in their 
cells. Under sunshine part of this water in the 
leaves and carbonic acid are decomposed, then 
unite again and form a starchy substance. This 
starch, combined with the mineral matter in sol- 
ution, taken up through the sap tissues of the 
plant, serves as food for the protoplasm of all 
new cells, which rapidly increase in number, 
thus causing the plant to grow. This leaf- 
formed food feeds the cells in all parts of the 
plant to the very tips of the roots. It will be 
seen, therefore, that the growth of the plant de- 
pends entirely upon two things: the health of 
its leaves and an abundant supply of nourish- 
ment from the soluble minerals in the soil. So 
far as health is concerned the same rules hold 
good in plants as in animals; no one would 
expect much from animals if their lungs and 
stomach were not in prime condition. 
Growing Fancy Strawberries for Profit 
WE have been experimenting for years to 
determine the best and most economical 
way to grow fancy strawberries for profit, 
the largest possible yield of the choicest select 
berries being the principal feature in view. Dur- 
ing these series of experiments nothing but the 
most simple and practical methods were em- 
ployed. 
These tests have convinced us beyond a doubt 
of the unequalled merits of thoroughbred plants 
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