The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-05-24

The Mansfield Twp. Board OF Review
was in session Tuesday and Wednesday
OF last wesk. This years board mem
bers are f. G. Menhennuet, Thos.
Mellon and Thos. Bates
| Fred Menhennett and Peter Quinn
were in Iron Mountain last week.
Jud ying fro n the way the coal has
been coming ont here. The q. l. M.
Co., must be laying in a stock before
the strike in the coal fields becomes
too general The new coal dock built
last summer is nearly full and still
the cars keep coming.
| IA good sized ventilator is being built
ou the roof OF the brick engine house
81 that the engineers will be able to
work more comfortably during the
coming hot season.
The representative OF the Good VIII
YARN Of Houghton, Miss Bristol, can
vassed the village very successfully
Mast week.
aThirty five mining school students
under the tutelage of Prof. Spere made
raid on the mine one day last week
and asked all sorts OF foolish auctions
one Of them wanting to know II when
driving a raise they raised up or down.
Friday night benefit social was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Mellon, for the Oliver Bese Boel team.
1t turned out to be glorious success
with a large crowd in attendance who
donated very literally towards helping
ont the boys Mrs. Mellon may well
feel pleased over the result as it was
to say the least very complimenty TO
her work of sup ervision.
There still remain small amount OF
work to be done on the ball ground
but it is hoped that it will be complet.
ed during the coming week.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The principal object striven for by
growers of strawberries in Minnesota
is a late ripening of the crop, which
will bring them upon the market after
berries have become scarce. In this
respect northern Minnesota presents q
distinct advantage. The main crop Of
STRAWBERRIES on the experiment farm
has been picked after the 4th, of Jul,
and az late as the 10th or 18th will
most farmers the desire is simply t.
grow small bed for the family use
with proper methods, this may be dom
with very little labor. Strawberries q
succeed need moist soil and fertility
They do best on fairly moist soil no
too easily dried ont. 1t is best TO man
ure the bed heavily and plough thu
previous fall, to guard against drought
Plants should always be procured ant
set early In spring, and allowed Z
grow year before producing crop
BY far the cheapest and most satisfact
DRY method of laying out the bed is Il
plant in rows four feet apart, set
ting the plants two feet apart in thu
row. This takes $500 plants per acre
The runners are then allowed to grow
and root. and the space between thu
rows may be cultivated with horse
This forms matted row OF plants los
fall under good condition. After tn
ground is frozen the bed is covered
with two or three inches OF straw o.
litter clean of weed seeds. this is lef
on as long as possible the next sprinI
removing il in time 70 prevent stunt
ing the growth Of plants this hold
back the crop thus avoiding danger 0
frost destroying the blossoms and get
ting later berries. II is very import
ant to let the mulch raked from tn
plants lay between the rows as it bot
keeps down the weeds and preserve
the soil moisture which the crops dc
mands at the time of ripening. Man
good varieties Of strawberries nav
imperfect flowers, lacking the stamen
or pollen. These are called imperfec
or pistillate kinds. and, II plante
alone must be near perfect flowerin
varieties The latter can be plante
alone and, OF late, the perfect fiowerin
kinds are most largely used Of thos
tried with success at the experimer
farm are Bederwood Lovett, Splendid
Clyde, Rilgewav and the pistilIai
Haverlana W4rrieId and Ccrescent
MESABI ORE