The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-05-12

ntn ptAAF tfmuNE f0.Eg pttFf
~ which aFn lead ~ hrnhsu II phats
NJ ataal quality. whsrll eatl ln ~iepemlet
ttsApn 81 give large psFF# Hrg DESIRED
tlssf alreIel fir PAINTING sliolhl iiiYe
afaHl eF ts ~ aAh will Developed fale
(fta 1l A. ii rnla only the Hrst pinnts
on tlse runnrFs HiaoHlli be- lfaed
lhnlerH IN strawberry planls. wtsrn
piaking 49, the planls attnF they bnys
been dug, generally ms Ihn dead ~
dlnrsnesi lraVam and tnnnHra, aHtl IA the
wansa tinH ~lfalshtrn unt she rpsts and
tAa Femainlna irRYts SOMETIMES The
uatting III thu plants ~ unnecessarily De-
laye'i until iite Ia the seampn, WHEN. II
the mir hsppenH ~ l# dry, theirs viii ba
areat danger II tltn v lifting and paThaps
the killing ~ ttu plants from the heat
and DIS nems " the soll and air Under
shasn conditions IL will ba advisable ~
ent oiF tbs leayes except ene 90 two ~
thn sinaller alles, ~ by TINS reducing
tIlsir Hnrlaee the evaporation will he
Iesseneel When plants hass hsen pur-
chased and have beennpe dry or heated
Ia tbs bundles, Ia will ha advisable 81
mite tho bundles aud either plaea them
IN water up ~ lba crowns IN sunia eoul,
shady place, "a H. hnrl lhrn IN, ~ that
the soil will hn ia contact with rno,s ~
eaeh plant IN mniat soil where they
can ha shaded aud occasionally aprin'
kled, IN y few days lba plants that
hays net been Killed viii receiver
When the ulantH ara lAlng srt, equal
ears ahonlf be taken that the roots ara
not exposed Should the sol ha dry, q
pint ~ 10 ~ water allonld ha given each
plant bfl0rp tho planting has been epmr
pleted, thia will peFIait ~ the drawing
III dry AGil nhonL ii after lIn water has
soaked Ia, aud tbs baking NJ the soil
at4nt the plant will ho prevented, Ia
setting thn plants 4 spade, dlhbla ~
travel may bp use'l, When tho dibble
% spade II used, a ent N made Ia tbs
ground ~ tho depth " six ur eight
Inches, aud tho soil IN pressed back IN
ellhar direction by u side movement III
the handle, In tho opening thna formed
tho raats arc placed, care Leing taken
thai they ara moi eranped and thai they
arc NJ sprpad ont that Ihn soil eau hn
prpught IN contact with each VI them,
When large plants, with 4 thick mai nj
roots arc used, this IL particularly nae'
essaTy, 40 otherwise tho soil would only
he w contact with a layel III Eools apoa
the outside NJ this bundle,
There N also considerable danaeg NJ
loss II attention " not given IN tha depth
nv Which tbs plants uTa sol, they should
DO Nv snph u depth thai tho bud will ha
inst ahnya tbs surface ~ at q in tho
second put, fpr II deeper than this there
VIII no danger That, especially on heavy
soil, The bud eaHnal make IN way
through tho soil, while N not dppp
enoagh u part Of tho roots viii be- OK
posed and tho plant viii ha very likely
W dry ont placed perhaps u 4Aartpr
az half inch deeper than u Grows Ia tho
field, this will BIO sufficient w allow for
tho setting NJ the plant and viii leave
in about tho right position w planting
with tho lrnWal thu Same mathnd may
ha used ~ with tho dihhle ~ spade, hnt
with u few plants many think II viii
pay W Iak0 somewhat moro pains with
tho planting, A large hole ii dug, and
in the hpttam 81 this u pnnlpal elevation
~ leftl around and npoA which tha roata
are spread,
After plaping tho plants Nv the right
dfpth tho soil " pressed against them
with the dihhla pp hands, 80 that "
will he IN CLOSE ponlapt with the Footsr