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Grow Strawberrys

The Chamber Of Commerce. realiz-
ing the valle of the Farmer to the
Community is endeayoring to CO.
operate with them in every way pos
sible. After a study Of the situa-
ton, the Chamber thinks there is no
better way to help the Farmer than
to encourage and urge them to plant
one or more acres of strawberries
Strawberries, being all early crop,
will not interfere materially with
the general farming, yet Will enable
them to obtain q revenue in the
Spring at a time when money for !
the growing of later crops is very
necessary. 1t will also mean much
to them in the keeping Of the labor
at home for later harvesting.
In view of these conditions, Mr..
j. Keifford Hall, of RhOdesdale, Md. |
an expert on the growing of straw
berries and strawberrie plants, has
kindly consented to furnish us with
some of the information which a
farmer should know before attempt
ing to go into this new activity. The
questions sent Mr. Hall and his re-
plies are as follows.
Rhodesdalo, Md,
January rs, 1922.
Mr.. Robt H. Matthews, Pres,
Chamber Of Commerce.
Cambridge, Md,
Dear Sir
In reply to your request Of the 23d
inst, will state that you did ask me
last summer about the ACCESSIBILITY
of planting strawberries in the fall
for commercial purposes and my adj
vice was not to plant at that season
of the year. Since you have set TOR
tn some questions to be answered L
am going to hold myself to them and
if in the future you should want
other information, l will be glad to
furnish you and help your people in
any way that l can.
Question-Do you know the kind |
of land we have around Cambridge?
Answer think l do. You have |
several kinds of soil which are
adapted to grow different varieties OF
strawberries.
On your opinion can strawber- i
ries be grown on this land profitably, |
and if so what varieties would you
suggest?
A-Your land is very good for the
strawberry and they can be grown
successfully. l will state that any |
land that will grow you good crop
of corn, potatoes or other truck will |
grow strawberries successfully. Il
would suggest for your light land |
some early or mid-season varieties |
such as "Horsey," Premier Ear |
ly Ozark " missionary" and How
ard IT," For your low, dark loomy |
soil you would have to plant late
varieties, for instance, Candy,
Big Joe," 'Lupton,"' and "Chesa- |
peake." 1 have only named the va !
rieties that l know to be best for |
commercial growers.
Q-What time of the year do you
consider best for planting strawber- |
ries for commercial purposes?
A-March and the first 10 days of |
April.
Q-What culture would you re-
commend in preparing this land for
planting, and what kind of fertilizer
would you recommend to feed the |
plants?
A-The first thing you want is |
land that was titled last year in
some truck crop like potatoes, corn |
COW peas OE SOlIlc crop So IIIS 1dlII
will be clean. (By all means do not
plant berry plants where you have
a sod You want to pillow that land
as soon after Christmas as possible
and let it lay until you are noarly
ready to plant, then get it in order,
and run your rows. AS for fertiliz-
er, if you are going to use any at all
use pure bone meal at the rate OF
$40 70 700 pounds to the ace. If
your iand is already good dc not use
any fertilizer when planting and d.
not use any fertilizer that has acid
in il for it will kill out the plants.
The acid will be too strong for the
new fibre OF feeding roots to live,
hence the plant will die or if it does
not die it will not grow. These
plants will die or if it does not die
It will not grow. These plants want
to be cultivated about every 10 days
but not deep and do not throw too
much dirt next to them for if you GO
you will smother them up and they
will not grow and make you a good
bed of plants.
Q-How many plants does it take
to plant an acre?
$4,000 rows to be planted feet
apart-15 inches apart in the row.
Q-About how much does it cost
to plant an acre in berries?
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