The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-03-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
bome Up-to-Date Hints About CuI-
tivation of tho Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, vitlculture and
Horticulture.
Discussion on Strawberries.


CONDENSED from Farmers Review STEM
ographic Report of the Northern Illinois
horticultural meefing.)
Mr.. Hoxie (secretary of the State
horticultural society of wisconsin,, /
want to help Mr.. Hartley out on what
some OF you may think, perhaps, a big
statement $4,000 quarts of strawberries
from n acre., and at the same time
| want to score one for Wisconsin. /
ma l have a little slip in my pocket
concerning q crop harvested by Mr..
Stlckney of Wauwatosa, Wis. The
ground measured ten square rods
less than five acres. The fruit
measured LOO bushels, and l think if
you will figure hat out you will find
1t almost 1000 quarts. The commits
sion man reported that on account of
extra care in picking and handling this
fruit had found the readiest sale and
had brought from fifteen to twenty per
cent higher prices than all others. This
is a matter of actual measurement.
Mr.. Barnard of Manteno: 1t might
be well for Mr.. Hoxie to state the va
riety of berries produced on that field.
Mr.. Hoxie: l don't know as l could
tell the varieties. This was in 1890;
eight years ago.
Mr.. Hartwell: 1t was almost sure 10
be the Crescent.
Mr.. Soverhill of Tiskilwa: Speak
Ing Of varieties, we don't always know
Just how to arrange strawberries in Or
der to get the right varieties together.
Last year l had the finest strawberry
bed ever had. l sent down to Nauvoo
and got three varieties, the best they
had, Princeton Chief and Bubach No.
). l thought 1 had the right ones, but
when they came to blossom l didn't
have a fertilizer and I didn't have a
crop.
Mr.. Hartwell: The Bubach is all
right II it isn't tricky. Just when you
think you have it, 1t isn't there
Mr.. SoverhilI: l had the Crescent,
too.
Mr.. Hartwell: My chief berry is the
Warfield.
O.: What do you fertilize with?
Mr.. Hartwell: The Splendid.
Mr.. Bryant: There is a good deal in
variety, but more in knowing how. l
think Mr.. Hartwell knows pretty near
ly how to handle his plants.
Nh. Hoxie: l think this question Of
the right varieties to plant together to
fertilize each other, is of the utmost
Importance, what two plants will O
duce the best results from colonization
and upon that hangs the loss and profit,
very largely, of, the strawberry grower.
DR.. Humphrey of Galesburg: If Won
will just tell us how to avoid the late
frests we will be all right in this part
of the state.
MIR. Hartwell: Mr.. Gregg of Mime
sofa, said he put as high as three feet
OF straw between his rows, and planted
his berries six feet apart. He said if
farmers would do that, they could COW
er every time there was danger of a
frost.
Mr.. Barnard: l have mulched my
berries deeply and l find it makes them
later in starting in the spring, conse-
q%uently they would pass by an early
frost. If a frost should come unsea-
sonably, it might not work in every
case.
Mr.. Corbin: The gentleman was in
curing about varieties to fertilize. In
my experience Beder Wood is one of
the best we have for the Crescent Seed
ling and for the Warfield. The Beder
Wood is a light berry and does not
stand as we'll for market. but it is a
good berry and a splendid fertilizer.
Mr.. Hoxie: In the matter of mulch
ing, my observation has been hat
sometimes it is a damage; if the spring
comes on with a few warm days. the
hot sun will thaw the ground and thew
will start early, and it is an actual
damage. Instead of that, in locations
exposed to frost, select a north slope
instead of a southern exposure.
Mr.. Herrick: There is the question
of what mulch to use. Some kinds Of
mulching will kill your plants in the
field if put on too heavily, for instance
It straw is put on too heavily, or leaves,
and the SHOWS pack it down.
Mr.. Hartwell: The danger is in ex-
rluding the air. If you put it on too
deep and it gathers a great quantity
Of ice, you are going to ruin the field.
DR.. Humphrey: One year l DESTROY
ed my field by covering it with stuff
from the hemp factory.
Mr.. Friend of Nekoma: In regard to
mulching Strawberries, we farmers
i've no other kind of straw than oat
straw, and that is the thing we must
use in mulching u berries because it
is the thing we have. You don't need
to put it on very thick, Just O to
shade the berries.
Mr., Ingells: l think with a very
light mulch, the ground will freeze
deeper and make the berries really