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171 QUARTS FROM UO PLANTS— WHAT ONE AMATEUR DID. 
nPHE first crop of strawberries R. D. Tuniey of Sumner, 111., e\er grew was in 1905, and tlie above is a 
^ picture of his "patch. " He writes us: "I clou t see how any man can afford to do witliout strawberries 
when with so small an amount of labor, laud and money he can have so much real happiness. From a plot of 
ground ,30x44 feet, or 110 plants, I gathered 171 quarts of the finest strawberries I ever saw anywhere, and I am 
an inexperienced man in the business. 1 can't say enough for the Kellogg Thoroughbred plants." 
go to the party holding it and ask for an exten- 
sion; never shun a creditor; either pay your bills 
when due or explain why you cannot pay them. 
This will give everybody confidence in you, and 
it will be an easy matter to get all the credit 
needed. 
Strawberries and Joy in <he Home Garden 
THE happiest men are those who do ail in 
their power to make the family and the 
rest of the world happy, and one of the 
best ways of doing this is by providing a good 
bed of strawberry plants from which to pick 
fresh berries, whenever they want theni. 
Who has a better right to all the strawberries 
he can eat than the farmer? If he does not have 
them, whose fault is it.'' No family garden is 
complete without them; it is just as easy to 
grow strawberries as it is to grow anything else 
in the garden. They are the very first fruit to 
ripen, coming at a time when the wife is at her 
wits' end to know what to have to help her 
prepare a complete meal. And there are many 
ways in which they can be prepared for winter 
use. After you begin growing them, the whole 
family becomes so much interested that it seems 
more like play than work; the very thought of 
big, red strawberries makes everybody hungry, 
and it is only a short time until it leads up to a 
family lo\ e feast, and this is what makes boys 
and girls lo. e the farm; and the way to keep 
them from getting the town fever is to make 
everything on the farm inviting and attractive. 
Provide all the luxuries that the city can offer, 
including strawberries and cream, shortcake and 
pie. ^Vhat boy could be induced to leave such 
a home as that.^ 
In a few weeks after the plants are set out 
in the springtime the beautiful green rows will 
add much to the appearance of the farm; and 
when the vines are covered with rich red ber- 
ries they will add joy and satisfaction to the 
whole household. It would then take more 
than the small cost of plants to induce the 
farmer to give up his strawberry bed. In fact, 
he couldn't give it up; the children would pro- 
test, the good wife v\'ould lose her smile and 
life would become miserable. 
The cost of plants is no more than the cost 
of garden seeds, and they are the easiest things 
