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acre of strawberries as is usually produced from ten acres of other crops. 
1 have often said 1 would as lieve have the proceeds from an acre of straw¬ 
berries as from ten cows. There are some crops grown by farmers that cannot 
possibly give one a pleasant feeling when he thinks of what they are finally 
made into. The tobacco grower may make as much money as the strawberry 
grower, but his product does not benefit the consumer, and he can think of 
nothing but the commercial side of the question, while the strawberry grower 
has the satisfaction of knowing that his product is going to do good to the con¬ 
sumer. It don’t cost much to start in strawberry culure—about as much for an 
acre of plants as you would pay for an average cow. You don’t have to care for 
strawberries during the winter; after they are covered in fall, they take care of 
themselves. 
Any good soil that will grow either corn or potatoes will grow straw¬ 
berries. We advise planting after two or three hoed crops have been grown on 
Strawberries, Popcorn, Celery and Pumpkins Harvested the Same Day, October 30, 
1912, at L. J. Farmer’s Place, Pulaski, N. Y. 
the same land. We advise draining thoroughly, as undrained land is unreliable, 
and wet induces fungous growth, the worst enemy of the strawberry. Grubs, 
the worst insect enemy, are largely eradicated by growing two or three crops of 
corn or potatoes, previous to setting the plants. We apply barn manure to the 
corn crops, thus getting the manure thoroughly incorporated with the soil 
before setting out the plants. We use only concentrated or commercial fer¬ 
tilizers on the land after the plants are set, because we believe barn manures 
tend to cause fungous growths to flourish, to the disadvantage of the pl'ints. 
We prefer, in this locality, to set plants in the spring, at the time wher most 
other crops are put into the ground. We set in rows from 3 to 5 feet ap.^rt and 
the plants from 1 to 2 feet apart in the row. A favorite distance is lx feet. 
Set this distance, an acre will take 10,000 plants. We set the plants wiiii any 
tool that will get the roots down straight into the soil as deep as they formerly 
grew. We aim to keep the ground free from weeds by horse cultivation and 
hand hoeing until growth stops in the fall. In applying fertilizer, our rule is to 
