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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
Copyright 1912 by R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
PACICkGES OF PLANTS FOR LONG-DIST.'VNCE MAIL SHIPMENTS 
TN tho season of 1912 we shipped a large number of plants to Japan. A portion of them were shipped in our regular lonr- 
* distance mail packages, as illustrated by the two outside packages. The rest were shipped in tin cannisters, each havimc a 
hand.e that also served as a protector to the foliage. Both packages are ideal and illustrate the perlect methods we employ 
years. We are personally acquainted with 
. . , the owner of this cow, and 
Object Lesson , ^1,^.1 1 ^ 
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tention and thought to the feed- 
ing and care of this animal from the time she 
was brought into the world as he did to the 
breeding, which has made this the most won- 
derful four-year-old cow ever produced. Had 
the owner neglected the part of proper feed- 
ing and proper care at any point from the 
time this cow was a calf to the present day, 
she never would have won the high distinc- 
tion she now enjoys. Or he might have fed 
her upon nitrogenous food alone, which nat- 
urally would have made her a larger cow, 
but she would not be the world's junior 
champion milker and butter-fat maker. 
In producing Kellogg plants we begin the 
preparation of the soil one year in advance ot' 
their setting so that the soil shall be of vir- 
gin mellowness and richness with plant-foods 
of d liferent kinds so incorporated into the 
soil as to be available in the proper propor- 
tions and jjst at the time those particular 
elements are required to build into the plants 
the sturdiness and productiveness desired. 
In the spring the sail is plowed deeply and 
is put into as fine and mellow condition as it 
is possible to have it. At this point we ap- 
ply at the rate of two tons of lime-stone dust 
per acre to neutralize any acidity in the soil. 
This soil is harrowed and re-harrowed for sev- 
eral weeks so that any weed seeds may be 
destroyed before sowing the leguminous seed. 
When conditions are right we sow at the rate 
of 50 pounds of vetch seed per acre. This is 
allowed to grow until late in the fall, at which 
time we apply from one-half to one ton of 
raw phosphate rock per acre. This, together 
with the vetch, is turned , 
under during the early I"iPortance of Proper 
J! J. Soil Conditions 
ireezing weather of the 
fall. After the plowing is done we drill into 
the soil a ton of pulverized sheep manure to 
each acre. Sheep manure is quite slow to be- 
come available and by thus incorporating it 
in the surface of the soil the air comes into 
contact with it and this, together with the 
moisture furnished by the winter rains and 
melting snows, cause it to dissolve slowly and 
become absorbed by the soil grains and is 
thus held in readiness for the use of the plants 
at the time when they most need it — in the 
spring, just as the young feeding roots of the 
strawberry plants begin to permeate the soil. 
Early in the spring we apply at the rate of 
200 pounds of sulphate of potash per acre. 
This fertilizer is drilled into the soil about 
three weeks before any plants are set, and 
just as soon as the soil is in readiness for 
mixing we go over it with a double disc, 
p«t,cci.,^ throwing the soil in all direc- 
rotassium in 1 • , ■ , • 
Strawberry soil *'""^> ^hich thoroughly incor- 
porates the manure, potash and 
vegetable matter with the soil. At this time 
we again harrow and re-harrow until we have 
a mellow seed bed to the full depth of the 
plowing. With this thorough preparation we 
