B. C. SEARS' BBAUTIFUt STRAWBERRY FIELD AT I^AGRANOE, tLIi. 
What would you give to be able to send us a photograph of such a beautiful strawberry field as this, 
earned with your own brain and muscle? Did you ever see a flower parlc any more attractive? Mr. Sears 
writes us that he sold 25.000 quarts from 4 acres in one season, at an average price of 10c per quart, 
malting $2,500. Just add this to the beauty, then decide whether it pays to use thoroughbred plants. Mr. 
Sears also writes us under date Aug. 4, 1904. that he contributes ills success to tlioroughbrcd plants and 
following the instructions of Great Crops of Strawberries and How to Grow Them; also states that he will 
visit our breeding beds in October to get better acq'-iainted with us and our methods. Ho is progressive 
and up-to-date In every particular, doing everything In the right way. at the right time. He uses a neat 
label and Iteeps everybody thinking of Sears Fancy Strawberries, guaranteeing them to bo Ripe, Red, 
Juicy and Sweet, and advertises that he will not pick or sell on Sunday. Is it any_ wonder that every- 
body loves Mr. Sears and his berries? 
to this work will repay a large per cent., both 
on fowls and fruit. Keep the compost under 
cover so that it will remain dry. A hundred 
and fifty or two hundred bushels of this com- 
post sown broadcast to the acre and thorough- 
ly incorporated into the soil before setting 
the plants will stimulate the foliage into a 
strong, vigorous growth, resulting in an abun- 
dance of fruit. 
Never mix ashes or lime with this compost 
bef'ore putting it into the soil, as they will set 
the nitrogen free, so it will escape. If land 
plaster be used under the roosts it will absorb 
(he ammonia and hold it until it is in the soil. 
The droppings are so strong when not diluted 
with soil that if any quantity comes into direct 
contact with the roots it will burn them and 
thus injure the plants. 
GOING IN DEBT FOR A FARM. . . 
Just stop and think for a minute how many 
men in your locality now own good farms, 
elegantly equipped with fine buildings, stock 
and tools, and see how many of them you can 
recall to memory who had the ready money 
to pay cash for everything when they began. 
You will find the greater number of these 
farms were made by the owners going into 
debt for them, and they today would be work- 
ing for other people only for their grit in 
grasDing an opportunity. Most of the rich 
men in this country made their start by going 
in debt; a great many men are poor simply 
because they have always been afraid to make 
a start; they can see chances to make money, 
but do not accept them. Debt should not 
scare any man so long as there is value to 
show for it. A young man should not be will- 
ing to spend his entire life in working by the 
day or month, as this is an exceedingly slow 
way to get a home; (here is so much more 
pleasure in working for yourself and beautify- 
ing your own farm instead of using your brain 
and muscle to make others rich. It doesn't 
take much cash to buy a farm, but it does take 
a lot of grit. The poultrymen feed grit to 
their hens to make thom lay eggs, and we find 
that it is good to make the younp^ man lay and 
execute plans. We talk from experience. 
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