GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
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Thoroughbreds Top the Market at Portland, Oregon 
THE above illustration is a view in the beautiful field of strawberries grown at Oregon City, Oregon, by A. II. Finni- 
gan. Not only is it a marvel of cultural excellence, but the fruit Mr. Finnigan sends from it to the Portland market 
is the top-notchcr as to price. Writing under date of July 20, 1908, Mr. Finnigan says: "I enclose you a clipping from a 
local paper showing that I'm on top at last! My berries sold in Portland all the season for 15 cents, when one could buy 
all he wanted of other kinds at three or four boxes for 25 cents. Kellogg's plants, high cultivation, good packing and a 
label that said something, put me in a class by myself. And better still, my berries are all engaged for next year!" 
by the use of chicken droppings, it is especially 
adapted to largest success in the way of quan- 
tity and quality of the strawberry yield. 
Many of our most enthusiastic customers 
tell us of the excellent way in which these 
two related lines — strawberries and chickens 
— work together. The strawberry season 
comes just at the time when the poultryman is 
required to give the least care to his stock, 
and can, therefore, devote his best energies to 
Layering Runners to Encourage Early Rooting 
JUST as soon as the young plants are formed we draw soil or lay a small stone on the runner cord just back of the 
node, or young plant. This holds it in place and encourages the roots to take immediate hold upon the soil, thus 
relieving the strain upon the mother plant, and at the same time it develops a stronger runner plant. It also fixes the 
plant just where you wish it to be in the row. 
Strawberry plants should b« set in the spring as early as soil and weather conditions will permit. Never in the fall in 
northern latitudes. 
