Show BLACK RASPBERRY CULTURE fall plowing la recommended as good means of eradicating grubs soil should be fertile the best soil for black Is a mixture of sand and gravel rather high it should not be too dry but on the other hand wet land will not do at all while the ground may be plowed and fitted as for any other crop it has been found that tall plowing Is preferable writes nellie E van vleck in greens fruit grower it the plowing Is done in november or as late as it can be done before freezing the grubs are destroyed and the plants will not suffer devastation from them as they are likely to do it the plowing Is done in the spring the soil should be fairly fertile tree from sod or roots such as quack or blue root grass and all foul weeds plow rather deep and harrow until the earth Is perfectly fine and pliable too much manure has been known to bring on the yellows a disease fatal to berry plants and let it be bald right here it any yellow plants are ever discovered they should be pulled up taken out of the patch and burned mark the ground with a corn marker three feet each way set every row one way and every other one tha other haymaking way making the rows three feet by six feet plants should be set as soon in the spring as they are large enough say from four to six inches high put them in deep six inches Is a good depth they must have a good firm rooting to help the heavy plants with stand the hard winds the following years cultivate and hoe often enough to keep the field tree from weeds the A fine cluster more often the eoll Is stirred the greater will be the yield in a dry season frequent cultivation draws the moisture to the surface and helps to tide the plants over until the rain comes sod will soon run out berry bushes keep the land level and clean if no young plants are wanted for the next year this finishes the first season if however new sets are desired either for home use or for sale this Is the way to get them by the way plants in the spring sell all the way from 3 to 10 a thousand according to supply and demand early in september bury the ends in the ground about two inches A trowel makes a good tool for this pur pose in the earing sever the young beet where it Is four or six inches high from the mother plant trim all the other ends on the old plant as tar back as they are brozen and dead cultivate frequently as long as it can be done without injuring the ripening fruit perhaps until two or three weeks before picking time during the time that the crop Is being gathered the canes tor next years harvest will be getting tall the patch will need to be done over several times during july and august and the ends of the canes snipped off to about three feet high in order that now shoots may come out to maka large healthier bushes after the crop Is harvested tak out the old bushes with a long handled short bladed knife male ma le tor the purpose being careful not to harm the young canes however it there are too many young canes in a hill reduce the number to four or five it well cared for a patch will last sir years pruning grapes in pruning grapes it must be remembered that the fruit grows on the new wood of the present season s growth which spring from wood grown the preceding season and never on last years wood the fruit la borne near the base 0 the shoots each shoot should bear from two to six clusters but only a limited number of clusters should be allowed to develop on a alne slaughter of birds wheat and regions are suffering because of the off of sapsuckers sap suckers robins blue jays bluebirds swifts managers tanagers ta orioles martins swallows egrets herons gulls kingfishers king fishers and other birds which men love to kill under the pure lust for slaughter |