$150 From a Quarter of an Acre 
T^HIS is the neat and comfortable home of James M. 
Bateman of Harrisonville. Mo. , who thus reports 
his 1905 experience with Kellogg's Thoroughbreds: 
"I had something near one-fourth of an acre of straw- 
berry plants this year and picked about 1,800 quart 
boxes from them. The average price received was 
S'/j cents a box, which would make $150 for the quarter 
of an acre. " 
A Handy Carrier 
/^OOD, strong carriers are essential to the proper 
handling of a crop of strawberries. The cut here- 
with shows a simple, strong and convenient carrier. 
We prefer this four-box carrier to the six-box form be- 
cause they are more quickly filled and thus the berries 
are the sooner taken in out of the sun. Berries always 
should be carried into a cool place immediately after 
being picked. 
$100 From 1,000 Plants 
CROM away up in Nova Scotia comes a word of 
* cheer. David L. VanBuskirk of Upper Pugwash, 
N. S., writes us: "We picked about 1,000 boxes of 
berries from about 1,000 Kellogg plants set one year; 
and I think there would have been a great many more 
but for a heavy frost June 7 that took about all of the 
early blossoms. But notwithstanding we sold $100 
from that plot and ate and gave away more than 100 
boxe.s. Your plants gieA- the largest and finest berries 
ever grown here. " 
Where the Difference Comes in 
1 C. JONES of Thompsonville, 111., sends us this 
view in his strawberry garden, accompanied by 
some interesting facts about his work. The area used 
is 108x20 yards, the number of plants set 2,376. The 
1905 yield was 152 24-quart cases of strictly fancy 
fruit. A selection of twenty-six berries makes a heap- 
ing quart. He adds: "1 set my patch of 2,376 plants 
and my friend within half a mile of me set 600 plants 
of the same variety at the same time, on the same kind 
of soil, worked with the same cultivator, mulched at 
the same time and the mulch removed at the same time 
in the spring. Apparently they were the same. I 
gathered from my 2,376 Pedigree plants 152 24-quart 
cases. My neighbor gathered from his 600 Michigan 
plants twelve cases and of a much lighter grade of 
fruit. But please don't understand that his 600 were 
Pedigree plants." 
"Standard" Stapling Machine 
^ITH this machine 
one man can make 
more berry boxes than 
three men could make 
with hammer and tacks. 
The stapled package is 
neater and stronger, 
which makes the berries 
show up nicer. When 
tacks are used, they often break, let- 
ting the bottom fall out, and the lier- 
ries arrive at destination in a mussed 
condition. The machine is very 
simple and substantially made; it is 
easily operated; simply fold the box, 
slip it into the slot and press the foot 
lever. We can furnish it complete, 
for $30 f. o. b. St. Joseph, Mich. It 
weighs 75 lbs. net, 100 lbs. crated. 
It can be shipped by express without 
crating. The wire costs 90 cents per 
coil, which will make about 10,000 
boxes. Only the best of 
material is used in man- 
ufacturing these ma- 
chines and they are fully 
guaranteed. We have 
used one for ten years and it still is as good as new. 
No other machine will prove more serviceable to the 
commercial strawberry grower. Everyone engaged in 
the business should ha\ e a stapling machine. 
