R. M. Rellogg's Great Crops of 
NARROWING ROWS DOWN FOB SECOND CROP. 
This berry patch has Just been burnt over, and the rows narrowed down with a common breaking 
plow, which Is done by throwing a furrow from each side of the row Into the center. This leaves a ridge of 
soil between the rows, which Is leveled down with harrow or cultivator. You cannot see any plants, but 
the roots and crowns are there Just the same, full of vigor and ready for business. See picture on oppo- 
site page, showing this same patch six weeks later; each hill shows six to eight big crowns, besides mak- 
ing four, big, strong runner plants. Only thoroughbred plants can make such a showing, in so short a 
time. 
money with one-half the work, and is all done 
during the pleasant time of the year, never 
becoming necessary to work in the rain or on 
Sunday; instead, they spend this day in church 
work and eating the big juicy berries. No 
winter work, freezing fingers, or dirty cow 
tails slashing your eyes out, making it hard 
to keep the second commandment. You can 
belong to the church the year round and make 
more money with less work. 
PREPARING FOR SECOND CROP. 
In preparing the fruiting bed for second 
crop, just as soon as the berries are all har- 
vested, we mow oflf the foliage close to the 
ground, letting it lay for about thirty-six 
hours, or long enough to become quite dry. 
Selecting a day when there is a brisk wind, 
we go to the side of the field from which the 
wind is coming, take a fork full of straw and 
lighting it with a match we walk along the 
end of the field, carrying the fork full of 
burning straw close to the ground so the dry 
foliage and mulching- will catch fire; by the 
time we get across the end the blaze will be 
sweeping across the grounds; the wind forces 
it along quickly, licking up everything clean 
as it goes, and the extreme heat raises with 
the wind, protecting the crowns from injury. 
This leaves tjie entire field covered with ashes, 
which assist in furnishing potash for the com- 
ing crop. The burning also destroys all in- 
sects, fungus growth and many weed seeds. 
Immediately after the burning a bar shear or 
common breaking plow is used to throw a 
furrow froin each side of the row into the 
center, cutting the row down to about five or 
six inches wide; following this is the common 
harrow going same direction as the plow, 
crossing it the next time. This draws fine soil 
over the crowns, which is to assist them in 
starting the new root system; these roots are 
formed just above the old ones at the base of 
crown and gives the plants a vigorous start 
into a new life and in a few days the new 
foliage is above the soil, breathing the pure 
air and pumping moisture for the machinery 
below. Soon we have rich, green rows across 
the field, and right now is the time to go over 
them with hoes, cutting out all weeds and 
any weak plants, leaving the best hills about 
sixteen inches apart; runners will soon start 
and each hill is allowed to make four, layering 
them to make the row as desired, and thus we 
get a majority of young plants. After this 
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