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J». KELLOaO'S GREAT CROPS OF 
set 18 to 24 inches in the row, accorclinjf to 
variety and fertility of soil. On poor land 
set closer. Keep off all runners the same as 
for hill culture until about the middle of 
July. By this time nearly all weed seed 
will have yerminatod and been killed b)' the 
cultivator; the plants will have formed large 
crowns and an abundance of long' roots and 
will send out large strong runners. The 
ground having been kept moist and mellow 
over the entire surface by frequent cultiva- 
tion, the plants have not been stunted by the 
summer's drouth. 
The first ruisiK'r.'s usually start about 
the time the summer drouth begins and will 
not root unless the ground is wet at the sur- 
face, but the wind and cultivator rolls them 
up in ropt?s where they continue to draw their 
sustenance from the mother plant, prevent- 
ing it from making new crowns or materi- 
ally increasing its rootage. The rows should 
never be allowed to form over eighteen 
inches wide and plants from six to ten 
inches apart in the row. As soon as one 
new plant is formed take a sharp hoe and 
chop the runner off beyond it. We use the 
Plaxict Jk. HrxNi-.K Ci i ri:K. 
Planot Jv. I'UiiiHT cutter which can 
be had of S. L. Allen & Co., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., or any of their agents which 
are in all principal towns. Go along each 
side and allow the wheel to clip off the run- 
ners which forces the sap back to the first 
new plant, making it double its size by form- 
ing new crowns and additional roots and 
fruit buds. 
THE FULT^. MATTED HOW . 
Probably three-fourths of the berries are 
grown in this way, but it is a mistake and 
progressive growers are fast finding it out. 
It involves an immense amount of hand 
labor in pulling out grass and weeds with 
fingers not required in hill culture or half 
matted row, and fruit is always of a lower 
grade and rarely more than two or three 
crops can be taken off before it must be 
plowed under. 
Make rows four feet apart and set plants 
eighteen inches apart in the row. Let the 
cultivator go in the same direction every 
time so as to throw the runners around with- 
out tangling them, and as they root narrow 
up the cultivator. 
SoiiK^ <iir«'liil growers thin out 1he 
plants when they get too thick, but slovenly 
people never do that; but such folks are 
the ones " r.'/io lai-rv lonsr on the market" and 
sell what tliey raise at any price they can 
get, work like slaves from daylight till dark 
and never make any money, live in cheerless 
homes, wear ragged clothes and play second 
fiddle to every body else. As they aspire to 
nothing better, it don't make much differ- 
ence. They cannot (listing iiisli l)<'t\v<><'ii 
triu> «'«'<MUMMy aiul i>(>iiiirioiisiics.s in 
expenditure of labor or money. Spurious or 
exhausted plants will serve their pur])ose as 
well as any if they can be bought of 
some irresponsible party for a few cents 
cheaper than pedigree plants of high fruit- 
ing power, and you can't make them see 
they are saving pennies bj' the loss of dol- 
lars. If you think this is harsh, go among 
your neighbors and on the market and see if 
it is not true. 
Only one itiaii in t<>ii siK-ccods liber- 
ally in any business because they do not 
adopt the better methods. In which class 
do.voff propose to stand? 
SETTING PLANTS. 
The great ponit is to have every root 
straight and separated from each other and 
imbedded in soft mellow earth so that new 
feeding roots can start out in every direc- 
tion without any hindrance and thus secure 
a vigorous growth at once. 
'X\\v- S|»a<l<' is quite generally used, but in 
the haticls of a careless man is about the 
mo.st villainous tool ever used for the pur- 
])ose. The lirst objection is that when forced 
into the ground, moved back and forth and 
sideways it makes a glazed surface and 
when closed by tlie foot in the ordinary way 
incases the roots in a veritable pocket and if 
dry weather follows the glazed surface will 
dry out and no feeding root ciiu penetrate 
it. Dig a plant up a week afterwards and 
find the little white rootlets tracing up and 
down tlie old root to find a crack in this 
" plastered wall " through which it can pen- 
etrate to the mellow soil just beyond. No 
good growth can be had under such circuui- 
stances. If the ground be moderately loamy 
or clay the weight of a man will not close 
the bottom of the cavity (see figure). 
Tub Wkono W.'VY. 
A " Rat Homi-:." 
(Bottom of holt' noL 
closed.) 
S<'t !» plant and step on it in the usual 
way and then dig down by the side of it and 
see how many "rat homes" j'oti will find 
with roots hanging in free open air (see fig'- 
ure). Y<ni will be suprised to find that often 
more than half are exposed. Another ol)- 
jection is that the lower ends of roots are 
buried too deep. The roots of a plant spread 
