ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE MEN, COMPOSING THE FIELD WORKERS- 
twenty-five to thirty times each season the cul- 
tivators go over the fields, and fifteen or sixteen 
times do the men with the hoes go up and down 
the mile-long rows of plants. Thus is kept the 
dust mulch that conserves the moisture in the 
soil; thus is kept down the weeds that otherwise 
might take possession of the land, and thus is 
brought to the hungry and growing plants a 
constant supply of food that builds up a perfect- 
ly balanced fruit-producing organism. Not for 
one moment are the plants permitted a check in 
their development. 
FOUR things are taboo on this farm — insect 
pests, fungous diseases, surface-crust and 
weeds. We have shown how the two latter are 
kept at bay by the cultivator and the hoe. 
Bordeaux mixture and arsenates keep down the 
two former, though "eternal vigilance is the 
price" of freedom from 
these troublesome foes to 
plant life. From eight to 
ten times a season the 
sprayer goes over the fields, carefully covering 
every leaf and stem with the poisonous com- 
pounds that mean death to fungi and the 
animated creatures that feed upon the straw- 
berry plant. Prevention rather than cure is the 
rule here. Before blight or rust or mildew ex- 
hibit themselves the sprayer is at work, and 
Bordeaux mixture is literally showered upon the 
plants in the determination that these diseases 
never shall be allowed a foothold, and before a 
leaf-roller may show his head Paris green has 
taken possession of the leaf and "welcomes him 
with open arms to a hospitable grave." Never 
has a crown borer or crown miner been seen 
upon this farm, and even theslow-moving grub, 
that creates such havoc in some quarters, never 
Dealing 
with 
Plant Enemies 
Digging and 
Packing 
the Plants 
has put in his appearance. Three large power 
sprayers are employed to do this work. 
THE digging and grading, the packing and 
shipping of these plants are among the 
important features of the work of this institution, 
and form an interesting theme of themselves. 
At shipping time the force upon the farm aver- 
ages three hundred persons a day. In the fields 
about 175 are at work; in 
the packing house counters, 
packers, inspectors, fore- 
men — these total 125 some 
days, and in the office a force of from twenty 
to thirty as the requirements of the business de- 
mand. Fifty tons of spagnum moss are used in 
the packing of the plants; seven great bales of 
raffia are brought from Madagascar with which 
to tie up the bundles of plants, and 800,000 
wooden labels are required to designate varieties 
in the bunches as they are put up. The pack- 
ing house is 42x168 feet, and is doubtless the 
most complete as well as the largest nursery 
packing house in the world. In this house the 
plants are carefully sorted, counted, tied and 
packed for shipment, and turned over to the 
various transportation lines. These facts and 
figures suggest the magnitude of the operations 
of this farm. They also indicate why it is that 
the Kellogg strains of plants are the favorites all 
the world over, and why their fame extends with 
the passing years. 
NOT only is the Kellogg farm the center of 
strawberry interest as it relates to the pro- 
duction of plants and the practical side of straw- 
berry culture, but it is the seat of strawberry 
authority and the source of its best literature. 
A striking instance of the dependence placed 
