easily constructed by using an ordinary No. 2% fruit can, and 
cutting out both the top and bottom with a smooth cutter, 
leaving only the cylinder, which is to be used as a form. 
After boring the holes in the keg, 2 inches in diameter and 
6 inches on centers, and having available 25.everbearing straw- 
berry plants, you are now ready to build your barrel. 
Place the tin form in the center of the barrel and fill it 
with sand. Around this place ordinary good fertile garden soil, 
bringing the level to the bottom of the first row of holes. Then 
thread the roots of your plant from the outside in through the 
hole, as you would thread a darning neddle, laying them on 
top of the soil with the roots in an upward position at about a 
45 degree angle. This angle of the roots will allow for the set- 
tling of the soil and after settling, they should be on a horizon- 
tal position in the barrel. If the plants are originally placed in 
a horizontal position, the soil will settle, pulling the plant in 
through the hole, which will result in the death of the plant. 
The first layer of sand, garden soil and the first row of 
plants having been placed in the barrel, you then pull the tin 
cylinder to the surface and repeat the operation. Each time that 
a layer of sand, soil and a row of plants are set, the can is 
pulled toward the top and after the setting of the last row at the 
top of the barrel, it may be left to be used as a funnel or re- 
moved entirely. Three to five plants should be set in the top 
of the barrel, leaving the center free for the purpose of water- 
ing. 
The use of an ever-bearing plant is suggested, because of 
the continued activity of the plant throughout the season, and 
as long as the plant retains your interest, it will have your at- 
tention for watering. As long as the barrel is watered, it will 
continue to grow and bear blossoms and fruit. 
Come fall and freezing-up time, wet the barrel down as 
you do your evergreens, and allow it to freeze up in its normal 
location. In the spring, it will thaw out and continue to fruit 
for another year, and at the conclusion of the second growing 
season, the plants will have used their vitality, and a new bar- 
rel should be constructed the following spring. 
Sunlight is also an important factor in the successful 
growing in a barrel. A small barrel or keg should be given a 
half turn at least twice a week. If a full-size barrel is used, it 
should be placed on castors or some other arrangement for 
turning, because when full of soil the weight will approximate 
400 lbs. to 500 lbs. If, however, this is not convenient, then the 
plants should only be set on the east, south and west sides 
of the barrel, because plants. set on the north side will not 
thrive. The number of plants required for the larger barrel 
would be about 60 or more, according to the size of the barrel. 
Under normal conditions, a barrel the size of a flour barrel 
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