Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-29
l have a number Of pigs for sale
n Gorsuch.
Strawberry Culture.

quickest way to put the land IN
proper shape for setting out straw
berry plants. After the land is
cleared, leveled and plowed then
sow leguminous plants. Cow peas
are the best. SOW broadcast or drill
in at the rate of two bushels per
acre. Sow i'll June and pillow them
under i'll September. Commence
then to save all the barnyard ma
nure and hen droppines. Mix
thoroughly three fourths stable ma
nure, to one fourthof hen droppings.
Let this rot thoroughly. In the
spring before setting plants, broad
cast it over the ground and give it
a thorough narrowing. After
plants are set, set your cultivator
going, do not cultivate deep. Nipp
off all blossoms that appear the
first season. Keep cut off all run
iers; set plants from twelve to six
teen inches apart, set plants level
with the ground. Do not raise
mound to set them on. With a
thoroughbred plant every runner
you cut will produce new crown
or an additional stem of berries.
l had many plants last year one
year old that produced a quart of
berries per plant. We cannot ex-
pect to raise thoroughbred stock
from our mongrel breed, neither
can we expect to raise the above
amount Of berries from mongrel,
exhausted stock. Getting rich is
an art, few men get rich on salary
they must take something costing
but little and add to it brains and
muscle, and make it worth good
deal. They must produce some
thing out of the common that sells
at large profit. Some men get
home quickly and pay for it and
surround themselves with luxury,
and find a good deal Of pleasure III
life, while others work hard every
day and plod OH to the end of life
without a home or common COM
forts. One man may pay a half a
cent for strawberry plant, root it
into rich land, add little labor to
it, and it returns to him two to
four quarts of high priced berries,
the whole field being coverd with
the same, lie finds it easy to pay
bills, and at the end of the
season he adds good sum to his
bank account. Another man gets
his berries for a quarter of cent,
or $3.50 per M, aud gives it the
same labor and land and finds too
late that it has no fruit producing
system, but runs all to foliage, and
barely Yields pint of berries which
sells for low price after great
deal of begging for a purchaser.
He finds at the close Of the season
the entire receipts are consumed in
paying running expenses, and gets
nothing for his labar. About the
only pleasure he gets out of it is
that lie has saved quarter Of a
cent on his plants which the other
man paid. How mitch did that
quarter of a cent cost him. 1t
looks as if it might be forty cents.
1t is good plan to study the
habits of rich people. You uotice
they always buy the best, not be-
cause they are rich, but because it
is the way they got rich. Did you
ever hear of person. getting rich
buying cheap stuff Nothing is
truly cheap which Consumes labor
and in its nature gives poor re-
turns. 1t is alright to work by
the day until you get start, but
it is delightful to be your own
master, and run your own business.
A word to the wise. If you are not
able to set out two acres with pedi-