Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1913-07-04

soir should De deepIy pIoweo In oruer
that all organic matter OF whatever
nature on the surface may be com
pletely turned under. Immediately
following the pillow the land should be
thoroughly pulverized by the use of
the harrow, ana the surface should bt
reduced to condition which would
form an ideal seed bed.
Preparation OF the Soil.
II the soil is not rich for best results
It should have dressing of at least
twenty cart loads of well decomposed
stable manure per acre, either plowed
under or Incorporated with the soil by
surface culture after blowing IL sta
bic manure is not available plant food
should be supplied by liberal use OF
finely ground bone, chemical manures
and potash. The use upon the plants
at blooming time of highly nitroge
nous manures. such as nitrate of soda
at the rate of about 100 pounds pei
acre, often proves of great value. II
II can be applied in solution IL will
give quicker results than If put on In
the form of a salt. III the fertility OF
the soil is little more than sufficient to
support this plant when the heavy
strain of fruit production comes on the
plant will only perfect the number OF
fruits its food supply will allow: hence
the advantage of applying quickly
available plant foods just at this crit
zeal time.
Plants with small crowns--i. e., q
moderate growth of leaves-and with
an abundant development of fibrous
roots are the most desirable. IL the
leaf area seems to be too great for the
root system of the plant the removal
of two or three of the older leaves will
prove an advantage.
Horticultural varieties OF strawber
ries occur with imperfect tor pistillate
flowers as well as with perfect flow
ers (those containing both stamens and
pistils'. Ii is important that the plant
er give careful attention to this point
in making his plantation, as patch
made up OF pistillate sorts alone will.
be uDproductive, while many such
sorts when properly interspersed with
perfect lowered varieties have proved
to be our largest fruited sorts and most
distinguishing the perfec, from the
imperfect plants when not in bloom.
When to Set the Plants.
There are several considerations
which ,rnvarn fi,o finn ,.,J ,,,onn,.. a
setting strawberry plants. The time
to plant depends in humid regions more
upon the rainfall than upon any other
factor II there are not timely rains
mt the planting season to give the
plants an opportunity to establish
themselves the stand will be uneven.
with the result that more work will be
required TO keep the land free from
weeds and more trouble will be neces
sary to get the blank spaces occupied
by runners from the plants that sur.
yive. The plants that withstand the
drought are checked and dwarfed
They seldom recover so as to make
producers 1t Is most satisfactory and
most economical. therefore. 10 choose
that season which offers most advan-
tages at planting time. other things be-
ing equal In general there are only
two seasons for planting spring and
fall-but in some localities spring plant
ing should be done in April or Nav by
the use of the preceding seasons
plants, while in others It may be done
In June from the crop OF runners of
the same season.
In irrigated regions planting can be
done at whatever season the work will
give best results In future crop pro
duction. IN humid regions rainfall IL
Il determining factor In the northern
half OF the prairie region west of the
Mississippi spring planting gives best
results IN the middle Atlantic stntes
the work is divided between spring
and August planGpg with the balance
In favor OF the hitter in some locali-
ties. In New England the work is
chiefly confined to the spring months.
although there are enthusiastic adyo-
Gates Of fan planting In c0ast states
south OF New York August aud Sep
tember planting is most extensively
pacticed, parucu!arlY upon the more
retentiYe soils. In the Trucking region
on the Islands ubout Charieston. s g..
spring planting is extensively prac
tlced. as IL results in Il paying crop the
following year while only small crop
can be harvested from fall set plants
ON these quick soils the plant can be
grown ms an annual ana farther
south, in Georgia and Florida the fan
set plants viii return n profitable crop