Direction to Beginners. 
Strawberries. Fertilize the ground as fur a good field crop Commerical fer- 
tilizers produce the least weeds. Select ground that had hoed corn on last year. 
The best land is one that heavy clover plowed under and then one hoed crop. 
Keep your land thoroughly cultivated, don't allow the weeds to get a start. For 
held culture mark out rows 3 to 4 feet wide and set plants 18 to 20 inches apart 
in the rows. 20 by 36 inches 8712 plants, 18 by 48 inches 7260. 
Set plants as early in the spring as possible. Set with the crowns level with 
the surface of the ground, and press the earth fimly about the roots. 
Cut off blossoms from spring-set plants the first year. Kunners that are to 
be cut should be cut as soon as they appear not after they have sapped the 
plant to make useless growth. 
Keep the surface of the ground continually stirred- not so much to kill weeds 
as to conserve moisture. Cultivate after every shower and once in five or six 
days during drouth 
Cover the ground between the plants with straw, or litter in October. Cover 
the plants themselves as soon as hard freezing begins. Remove the mulch from 
over the plants when growth commences in the spring. 
Keep down weeds in the spring by very shallow cultivation or pulling by hand 
and conserve moisture by mulch among the plants. 
When a grower discovers an insect pest and wants information about it. the 
best way is to send specimens and full written particulars to the entomologist 
of the experiment station of hisown state, 
Raspberries will require 2420 plants to the acre, rows 3 by 6 ft. 
Blackberries 2074 plants, rows 3 by 7 feet. 
Fertilize the same as for strawberries. 
