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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich, 
A SCHOOL TEACHER'S STRAWBERRY PATCH 
•pniS illustration shows the strawberry patch of Earl Wing of Three Rivers, who teaches school during nine months of the 
year; the balance of the time is spent in other lines of work and in taking care of his fine family garden, not the least inter- 
esting feature being his Thoroughbred strawberry plants. Note the arrangement of different varieties, which suggests the 
proper mating of the pistillates. Bubach, a medium late pistillate, is placed between Dornan and Senator Dunlap; Warfield, an 
earlier pistillate, is placed between Longfellow and Dunlap. The berries on the opposite page were picked from Mr. Wing's 
patch, which indicate the kind of berries grown on Kellogg plants when properly mated and cared for by the Kellogg methods. 
growing season in the Northern states, will 
not be able to accomplish serious harm if 
they are met with vigorous resistance from 
the spraying outfit. The strawberry slug, 
which comes from a four-winged fly that de- 
posits its eggs on the stem or within the leaf 
tissue is a third insect that will be rendered 
harmless by spraying with either of the pois- 
ons mentioned above. The beetle is a small 
dark-colored bug, that appears usually only 
where clean cultivation is not practiced; it 
generally is found in piles of litter, in old 
dead grass, or in old and neglected strawber- 
ry patches. Clean cultivation will prevent 
their incursions as a rule, but arsenate of 
lead or Paris green will drive them out. 
Insects that Sprays do not Reach 
U'lRST of these is the aphis or root louse. 
These are brought to the roots of the 
plants by ants whose reward is the sweet 
substance extracted by the louse from the 
plant roots. They are sometimes called the 
ant's cow. If black ants are numerous in 
your strawberry patch you may be sure the 
louse is at work there. Remedy — Keep the 
surface of the soil constantly stirred, which 
will drive out the ants and the louse will be 
able to do no more harm. A preventive of 
the root louse is found in dipping the roots 
of the plants in tobacco tea before setting 
them. Boil one pound of tobacco stems in 
five gallons of water for twenty minutes; 
cool the tea and dip the roots up to the crown. 
The White Grub 
A NOTHER troublesome pest is the white 
grub, whose underground habit makes 
him immune to insecticides. Examine the 
ground intended for a strawberry patch if it 
has recently been in clover or timothy. In 
view of the fact that the grub prefers the 
potato to the strawberry, it has been found 
of advantage to alternate potato and straw- 
berry rows where the grub is known to be 
present in dangerous numbers. One of the 
most effective preventives of the white grub 
is late fall plowing that will bring him to the 
