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GREAT CROPS OF STRAWBERRIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM 
R. M. Kellogg Co., Three Rivers, Mich. 
A DISH OF VIRGINIAS 
T^HIS variety produces berries almost as round as cherries as the illustration indicates. The berries are regular as to form 
and size and present a beautiful appearance when packed in the boxes. A block of Viiginia plants Loaded with fruit pre- 
sents a beautiful sight. The fruit stems grow erect into the foliage and the berries hang pendant from these high stems. 
Possessed of so many remarkable qualities the Virginia is rapidly becoming a universal favorite. If you have never given the 
Kellogg strain of Virginia a trial be sure and do so this season. They will realize your highest ideals of strawbeny culture. 
although he did not class himself as a fan- 
cier. But there was always a demand for 
good stuff, whether poultry or strawberries, 
or what not. 
Yes, the combination of poultry and straw- 
berries is an ideal one. If you use the ma- 
nure from a flock of 150 to 250 hens on your 
strawberry fields, being careful to mix the 
fertilizer with phosphate rock or kainit or 
even with dry earth, so that it is not so heat- 
ing, it will keep the soil in a high state of 
fertility. And then, when the price for eggs 
was low and the chickens were moulting and 
sort of "loafing 'round, you know," came 
the strawberry season with its wonderful re- 
sults from a few acres of well-kept and care- 
fully handled fruit. 'Twant much, of course; 
nothing big, that is. A fellow wouldn't get 
to be & John D. in a hurry at $2,000 per. 
But just the same it was ample and sure, and 
it kept the whole family healthfully and 
pleasantly employed, and the children stayed 
at home. "And you know that means a good 
deal if you want to bring up a family in the 
