GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 15 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
HOW WE KEEP VARIETIES TRUE TO NAME 
'pmS photo-engraving shows us taking the mother plants from the breeding bed for further breeding and propagating. The 
foliage is so large that the division between the plants taken from different mother plants is hardly visible. You will note 
to the right the mulching lies in winrows which has been raked off of the rows we are digging, and on the stakes you will note 
the number representing the mother plant which produced these plants. You will also note the men in the rear pruning the 
plants before they go into the crates. This crate represents our method of carrying plants from the breeding bed to the propa- 
gating bed. The tag on the crate bears the name of the variety, and you will note the lid shades the plants from the sun. Our 
method of growing the plants, digging and transferring them to the propagating bed precludes any possible danger of getting 
varieties mixed. We would not be afraid to offer to pay anyone's expenses to this farm from any part of the United States or 
Canada and allow him $10.00 a day for his time if he can find a single stray plant mixed in with any variety. Every variety is 
absolutely pure and true to name. 
ing just as close to the plants as they can 
without throwing dirt over the crowns. This 
breaks up the footprints made by the setting 
men and forms a complete dust mulch all 
around the plants, which holds the moisture 
in reserve in case a drought should occur. 
Our ground is laid off in blocks of about fif- 
teen to twenty acres, and by the time one of 
these blocks is all set, the cultivating gang 
is right up to the heels of the setting men. 
Then the cultivators are run through in the 
transverse direction so that all the soil will 
be cut over the entire surface except the 
small space where the plant itself is set, and 
when the setting is all completed the men 
who do the setting go over the plants with a 
sharp-pointed hoe and loosen the soil right 
up against the plants, not going deep, of 
course — just enough to make a dust mulch 
and to kill any weed seed that might be ger- 
minating there. This proce.ss of cultivation 
is repeated after each rain just as soon as the 
soil is in condition, but we never cultivate 
while the soil is wet. 
THREAT every rain as though it was the last 
one you expected to get during the sea- 
son, and if you will cultivate just as soon as 
„ . ^ . . the soil is in condition after each 
Dust Mulch Will lorm a dust mulch 
and close up the air spaces in the 
top of the soil in such a manner that it will 
prevent any escape of moisture by capillary 
attraction. Instead of the moisture getting 
away by being evaporated by the sun and 
wind, it will work up to the dust mulch and 
be held there and used as the plants need it. 
To prevent any waste of moisture during an 
extended drought you should cultivate every 
seven or eight days. This intensive cultiva- 
