MRS. P. N. WEAVER, STURGIS, MICH., IN HER KELLOGG STRAWBERRY GARDEN 
Tbis Kellogg Strawberry Garden occupies a space of ground only 27x36 feet. In the early summer of 1916, it produced 135 
quarts, and in 1917, it yielded 167 quaru. Mrs. Weaver does all the work herself and besides has a large flock of chickens and 
a most beautiful vegetable garden, and, as you can readily see, she is not a young girl. 
with the thumb nail. Allowing each mother plant 
to make only two runner plants does not lessen its 
fruiting capacity. When the single hedge row as 
de.scribed here is fully formed, plants will set about 
eight inches apart in the rows. This .system 
requires 7,250 plants to set one acre, and by allowing 
each of these to make two runner plants, you have 
21,000 plants fruiting on each acre. The single 
hedge row is a very profitable sy.stem for growing 
strawberries, and, as in the case of the hill system, 
very little hoeing is necessary. Whether you grow 
strawberries for home use or for market, either of 
the two systems described here will give you a 
bigger crop of better berries than can be grown 
by any other system. We do not describe any of 
the other systems because we do not recommend 
them. We want our customers to follow either the 
hill or single hedge row system because we have 
learned through experience that these are the two 
most profitable ways to grow strawberries. 
Spraying 
There is no crop that is so seldom affected with 
insects and plant diseases as the strawberry when 
properly grown, and for this reason, Kellogg 
customers seldom find it necessary to spray. 
When strawberry plants are kept free from 
weeds and grass, there is no place for insects to 
hibernate and breed. Insects are seldom found 
where clean cultivation is practiced. Cultivation 
also keeps the plants growing vigorously which 
enables them to resist any fungus attack. 
In growing Kellogg Pedigree Plants, we practice 
both clean cultivation and spraying so that our 
customers will be fully protected against all insects 
and plant diseases. Our aim in doing this is to 
furnish all Kellogg customers with the purest, 
healthiest, and most vigorous plants that can be 
grown, and if they follow the Kellogg Way, prac- 
tically all danger from insects and plant diseases 
is eliminated. However, should it become neces- 
sary to spray, it is important that the grower should 
know when to spray and what materials to use. 
For all leaf-eating insects, use arsenate of lead 
in either paste or powdered form. When paste is 
used, dissolve at the rate of three pounds of paste 
in about two gallons of water. First put the paste 
in a vessel holding at least two and a half or three 
gallons, adding only about a quart of water at a 
time and stirring thoroughly as the water is added. 
Continue stirring and mixing until about two 
gallons of water have been added, or until you 
have a creamy mixture. Pour this mixture into 
sufficient water to make fifty gallons of solution. 
When using the powdered form, two pounds 
will be sufficient for fifty gallons. This should be 
prepared in the same manner as the paste, only 
the powder dissolves more readily, and therefore 
will require less mixing. 
For leaf-curl or mildew, which can easily be 
detected by the curling or cupping of the leaves, 
use hme-siilphur at the rate of two and a half 
gallons to enough water to make fifty gallons of 
the solution. For all other forms of fungus, such 
as leaf spot and all other forms of rust, spray with 
Bordeaux mixture, which is made as follows: 
Put four pounds of blue vitriol (copper sulphate) 
in a coarsely woven sack and suspend in a barrel 
containing twenty-five gallons of water. If the 
sack is fastened to the barrel so that the vitriol 
ill the sack will float on top of the water, it will 
dissolve very quickly. While the vitriol is dissolv- 
ing, put four pounds of either lump or powdered 
lime in a vessel holding about three gallons. Pour 
water over this slowly, stirring as the water is 
added. When these materials are thoroughly 
dissolved, pour the lime water into the vitriol 
solution, and add enough more water to make 
forty gallons of the solution. Spray as soon as 
any evidence of disease is noticed. It requires 
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