The state herald., 1905-05-12
row ten or twelve inches wide, other,

TOW ton OF tW0iVo lnCnee wise, otherb
trained lenshthwis- of the row until they
meet. After that all tips shsuld be cut
of. The matted rows arc planted four
feet apart and plants set "a to 30 inches
apart in the row, the runners permitted
to spread in all directions until they
form . row 30 inches across, leaving an
alley between for cultivation and con.
venisncs in picking. This methsd is at
the sacrifice Of sizs Of the berries. A
large per cent. will be small. Sunlight
can not reach them and they will be pale
10 color, and lack the favor OF sun ripsn.
cd fruit. Being 80 thick the vitality Of
the plants 10 exhausted by one good crop
Light crops Of small berries may bs
looked for ever after. With hill culture
they eau be kept in full bearing several
years.
There IL another method or want Of
method prscticed. That 10 letting the
vines run haphszard until the entire
space is filled. then more runners seek.
ing place TO put dswn few pupy roots
until the soil becomes . mnss OF roots
that sap 1t Of moisture and plant food.
Weed and grass seed hnd lsdgemsnt
among the plants and spring up forming
sod and making = further drsi. on the
soil and thon--''l wonder why my straw.
berries don't do bsttsr,"
The biil or stool method costs mere 10
begin with but loss in the end than the
matted row, because at the beginning
the hill method takes about twice the
number Of plants to q given area, but
the plants srs large, deep rooted and
dark green and are more capable Of re-
sisting drouth and producing more and
larger berries than the spindling shsl-
low aud crowded roots Of the matted row
possibly can.
Plants should be set 80 that when the
earth Is pressed tightly all around them
the tops OF the crowns arc sIsc,ly even
With the surface OF the soil. II deeper
they smother; II higher they dry out and
die.
Plant Food.
There are thirty odd rhsmicsls upon
which plants feed, but there are bu,
three that II 10 essential should be cup.
plicd by the asr,culiurist and hor,icul.
tlrist They are nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash. All plsnts require
thsSe bu' not IN tho same proportion. A
properly balanced manure for strswbsr.
rirs Ia nitrogen 4 per cent, ph.spherie
acid per cent, potash per eest to each
100 pounds Of fertilizer.
Nitrogen promotes plant growth by
producing protoplsrm which is the ply.
steal basis OF plan, lie. Without nitro.
gen there 10 no plant growth. Too nuch
makes nnssturai growth OF plant st ths
expense q 'ru,t.
Phosphoric acid gives hchlth and Wig.
or To plants, producing plants and fruit
When II Ia deficient the plants show !,
by the want Of vigor.
Potash is essential to tho production
oi starch fber aud ths growing parts OF
plant and seed or fruit, without IL pei,h
cr eau DO fully deteioped.
Having plants sst and properly fsrti.
iized. go 10 oultiysting. Keep clear Of
graas aud weeds. keep on oaltivat,rr
A. soon after rain - tho surface is dry
oultivs's again. kothins responds more
generously To intense cultivation as dc
strawberries.
Mrs. shutc, secretary Of State Board
OF Horticultnrc, whites that Colorado ID
thu homo Of tho strawberry. Be that q,
!, may Colorado strav berries, W ara
told, took tbs highest rank At tho 81
Louis fair.
II has besp demonstrated. by ssversi
that Phillips county can produc. % hns
b.rriss ~ are afewp any where aud there
10 No rsasen why they csnuot be raised
here on large scale and shipped 10 less
favored points with both pleasure and
profit 10 The grower. All Ia required is