The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-30
Home and Farm
wlNTER.KILLED STRAWBERRIES.

WINTER.KILLED STRAWBERRIES.
Amateur growers of this fruit are
Z specializing as to the cause of winter
! killing in places where the plants
i were properly protected from exposure
/ and alternate freezing and thawing of
the ground they occupied. The loss
! is unusually heavy, and accounts in
part for the high prices now prevailing
for this most popular fruit in all sec
tons of the Northwest. Many growers
feel certain that their plants smoth-
: cred from the effects of the heavy
snow fall that covered the same early
{ in the winter. This~is hardly probable
for snow is the ideal winter protec-
ton for all kinds of tender vegetation.
Others attribute the loss to root killing
Z which was due to an insufficient sup
/ ply of stored plant food which is al
. ways in demand and vitality important
I. to plant life in cold climates.
In our opinion, the unusual loss in
4 plants and shrubs was occasioned by
the late growth which gave them no
time to ripen wood or store plant food
Z preparatory for long, cold winter.
{ The loss was further increased by the
q cold, windy weather in March, which
occurred when the fields were bare
+ of snow and vegetation especially SEN
I sitive on account of the absence of
frosts during the fall. which are in
tended to stop growth and aid vege-
tation in preparing plants for the win
Z ter's test of hardness.
+ We are all at sea on the question
<pf hnr, L.. al r. h ,
spring. The Catalpa, which is con-
{ sidered too tender for Northwestern
\ planters, has wintered in good con-
dition on many exposed locations
where the Red Cedar and Arbor
Z Vitae, which are regarded as bliz-
! zard proof are killed to the ground.
+ This combination of unfavorable con-
Z ditions may not prevail again for
generation of winters. The pioneers
/ In horticulture and tree planting will
+ not become discouraged from what
4 has happened but will fill the vacan-
4 cies in their orchards and gardens
f with the best things obtainable and
again wait for results. A half crop
of berries is often more profitable to
the commercial grower than an over
supplied market. A gutter" is no
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the fittest" is universal law which
/ includes men and women. Failure
should make us more determined to
/ succeed. Plant Strawberries by the
acre next year.
KEEP THE MILK CLEAN.
4 The New York Farmer makes the
following sensible suggestions on
keeping the milk clean:
8 Yes, of course, your milk is clean.
4 You wet your hands with milk when
you milk your cows, but none of the
milk drops OFF your hands into the
milk pail. OF course not. There is
\ manure pasted and dried all over your
COWS, but none of 1t drops into the
milk pals. OF course not. All the
same, when you milk this evening,
put two quarts of your milk in
shallow glass and set it where it will
not be disturbed. Tomorrow morning
look at the dish. On the top of the
contents you will see layer of yell
lowish cream. Just below that layer
you will see a layer that looks thick
fsh and is nearly white. Below you
4 will see third layer that looks thin
ner, whitish, or blueish-white. At
4 the bottom you will see a dark layer
&of thickish, Shiny stuff. Carefully
pour of your cream and the milk. leav-
K ing that bottom layer in the dish.
When only the bottom layer is left,
take spoon, dip up some of the dark
layer, smell it, and then taste 1t.
Ugh! Now lift the dish and drink the
&stun. Uhr! Uht!! Ugh!!! Your
milk is perfectly clean, and yet you
sd0 not relish that considerable part
a0f 1t which settles at the bottom of 1t.
Your 40 quart cans have similar
layers Of sediment, Of the same color,
1 the same odor, the same taste, and
1.-THE same composition. That stuff at
B the bottom Is what the health od1cfals
object to in milk sent to the cities to
] be used as food. inspection is in
tended to make 1t impossible to send
i to the city milk containing that dark
stuff with the metallic tang and
nauseating suggestion. Have you e1-
amined the dark stun. tasted 1t,
! smelled 1t, and made out just what
ut is? oh, you change your mind?
j Your milk is not 10 clean as You I'M
agined It to be9 You are learning.
Yes, that STUFF came from the COM
4 post coat ON your COWS. You rec0g-
Z nixe It. Now you see what's what,
and you are going to keep that NTH
and all other Nth ont OF your milk.
/ You are going TO clean and keep
clean your COWS. You are going to
4 quit the practice Of Wethng your
hands when yuu are milking your
i COWS. yOu are now on the highway
i 70 sanitary. to certified, to gilt edged
milk productions. That's right Go
i ahead TIL you arrive. That's all this