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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
COMPOUNDING OUR SPRAYING MATERIALS 
THROUGH vears of exDerimenting we have learned that one of the most important features of sprajHng isthe thorough mbt- 
T . , ,K ^^"l?. f'TJJ wp first run into the mixing tanlc the quantity of water required to fill the tank on the spray 
2x4 runners to a board the distances apart it 
is desired the rows shall be. You will find it 
simple, and it works to perfection. 
Pruning the Plants 
IN the past we have not been pruning our 
plants before shipping, but as so many of 
our customers do not realize the great im- 
portance of prun- 
ing the plant be- 
fore setting, and 
some do not un- 
derstand just 
how the work is 
done, we have 
decided that it 
would be to the 
interest of our 
customers for us 
to prune the 
plants, both in 
foliage and root, 
and have them 
all ready for set- 
ting before ship- 
ping them out. 
While this will 
make us lots of 
extra work and expense, we are sure that all 
Figure 1 . A KellOKS Thoroughbred 
Before Pruning 
of our customers will appreciate it, for we 
know they will 
have better suc- 
cess with the 
plants. The 
plants will be 
pruned some- 
thing similar to 
the one shown in 
Figure 2 before 
shipping to our 
customers. We 
have decided to 
do this because 
we feel certain 
that our method 
of pruning is cor- 
rect, and that the 
plant will start 
growing quicker 
and more vigor- 
ously when prop- 
erly pruned than when carelessly pruned; 
besides this, it makes the plants lighter to 
ship, and this will save the customer quite a 
little in the way of expressage. 
Never set an unpruned plant. Roots that 
are pruned will callous immediately, where- 
upon innumerable small feeding roots will 
develop and the growth of the plant begin. 
IHgure 2 . A Properly Pruned Plant 
