8 
GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
FAMILY PATCH OF A RAILWAY MAIL CLERK 
M^^TgLerousTmount of pik money. But the pleasure derived from this little venture gave them the greatest sat.sfact.on. 
and our plan is to shorten the cultivator teeth 
that run next the plants by about two inches. 
When thus shortened the teeth will still go 
sufficiently deep to break the crust near the 
plants without danger of cutting the roots of 
the plants. About two times a month we 
run the five-tooth cultivator through the cen- 
ter of the space between the rows, stirring 
the soil to a depth of four or five inches. 
This loosens up the soil where the horse has 
tramped it down when doing the shallow cul- 
tivation. 
One very important practice you should 
adopt, whether your last cultivation be early 
or late: be sure before stopping the work to 
make a furrow four or five inches deep down 
the center of the space between the rows of 
plants, so that all surplus water from rains or 
melting snows may have immediate outlet. 
This will prevent its settling about the crowns 
of the plants and forming solid ice, which 
would be likely to smother the plants by 
shutting off the air. 
The Man With the Hoe 
THE hoe is an important factor in the suc- 
cess of the strawberry grower, and the 
man who wields it with judgment and skill 
is the man who will make the strawberry 
patch or field a source of great pleasure and 
profit. The cultivator does a good deal, of 
course, but the hoe puts on the finishing 
touches; it brings up around the plant the 
soft, friable soil, filled with plant food that 
shall nourish and stimulate the plant to do 
its very best. In dry weather send down the 
blade to greater depth, as the roots then go 
more deeply, seeking moisture. But close to 
the plant always go to shallow depth only, 
for the roots must not be injured. The man 
who wields the hoe wisely and well makes 
weed-production impossible and encourages 
