Show HOW BIG BERRY CROPS ARE MADE Everyone 1 who ho hils experience In growing berries knows known that limit the Iho crops that are grown nt lit the leAst expense clel O per ver arc aro those lint yield Iohl tine tho greatest Income per r mere aero If It tho tim crop Itself Is IR of oC good KOCHI quality It does not mInt pay to grow HOW poor berry borr crops yet yot ot some Romo sometimes times timed tho thio seasons are and It la lf to produce rood Rod crops crop oven uen with provision lon and tho the best of oC care For strawberries It io not matter no at much mitch n aR to Iho the us his for or rasp berries because tho tino former will wIit grow ant and bring fair returns rot urns in neatly every e over r part hiatt of ot time tho country If It cared for or while tins the hatter are aro restricted to tho ho central and northern Hut It mutter as tie to the 1110 fertility of ot the tho soil ll anti tho the water r supply When I wn Willi In Colorado and other places heM tho the climate In is vory sory 11 dry at nearly moody nil times of ot the tho year nr I l was truly trul surprised at lint to see coo tIme the icat I will which berries were ro The secret cret 1 Ia rich soil BoH unit Irrigation The water that nature hod tiled to eo supply by rains rain was brought to the neld n In ditches from mountain streams or secured from tiam wells ell ells Whatever the location there muM m t be Le bean Lean bean an abundant supply of ot water to mak s sure of u mu good harry berry berr crop Water r Is positively required to tn d v lw the foods In hi the anti anil Humus Humua Mil uia a r lu deal to do with the ability of ii th soil Mill to retain moisture and It contains plant food In Inmost most excellent form torm Suitable ma omIt manure nure In moderate where the t J soil loll Is La not naturally l well filled th humus will supply this Important clo elo of o Crops Craps of clover or ploughed under will do tin It aho aIm Tim Tho cry 11 biggest bl jest and best berries arc are often orl n fund where the lie plants plant l grow gro wild mu 1111 iii with Imbedded In lii coll 1011 li hint Is almost half halt of ot luit mould or ur other decaying vegetation makes th the lie t soil oll light and M uto that the till alt und water wilier may It A soil soli Ilch In humus whether made so 80 by natural or meant means will olst long lOll alter after a mu hard haiti and Impervious one olle lias become dry dr nut hut the time question of fertility Is 0 of the greatest Importance In producing the big berry berr crops which are so II III IIII I to bo bl b desired d If It one plant plaint food clan can w Ie C CI I I called Collell more mort Important than It Is I certain that potash IJ u tho the theone one that bitt Is II the most essential for or of ot any nil kind and tine the berries are tire no ex exception x xI I Potash lotu h gives given not lIot only igor to tn the time but bunt causes the ho th fruit to 10 grow rw to Good size and to coln up well itch to tl be bl of ot good gooi It it i 1 mine times called the paint anti so It h is I for the tine difference can CUll bo be seen between tho color colon of or the fruits that are grown groan where potash It Is abundant ant In iii forms shere It IL Is H Hnot IsI I I not tint A few feut MIH coils haw hn potash In III avail available able form lorm form naturally and but Ira Iri moat places It Is III not hot present lIt In quantities although there I may i inexhaustible stares lotis of It they thy thyI I are aro largely In unavailable forms torms annum In III such Much ruses elises tim tho t hI application of at thu he I he com coun commercial mercial plant foods containing potash h hart art are most mo t useful sulphate and of ot potash are the tho lie two tuo iso most servIceable forms formas In which It Is III hold soli I Frequent and thorough tillage mater materially lou assists I F by I li causing sumac come of ot the tho latent potash In lit the time soil to change Into available forms Phosphoric acid Is another plant plaint nod food for O fruits It h is in III the lie soil naturally but bitt Ilk potash Is h mostly In III I in combination mimI ion with t hi other ot her HI I that chase cause It to be ho unavailable except pt In small It Is III In III the bones of if all animals and that IH is why wh tho tim different lIt preparations of ot bone me 1110 so good Hood for manure In lii sonic somo places till the bones honcH of o animals hlo boon deposited In great reat beds often com coin combined I bi ned with minerals Those lhee 1 tire aro mixed mimi I and prepared d for fIJI am sale ale as 11 add nel phot pho phate rock ruck etc el and Ind ore are nil good for ur cm Idling the time soil nail Nitrogen the tho third thirl of or the throe three Im Important Variant plant foods tood li Is I so stimulating In un unIts its effect upon vegetation causing a succulent leafy lea growth that Hint It must be used with much earn 1110 und nail modera moderation moderation tion ion on fruit Nitrate of o soda sUlla U Is its most soluble commercial form torm DrI ii el blood hood U Is tulsa also an Important nitrogen fertilizer Both are good when needed but tho the proportions required for or fruit ore oro small compared with potash and phosphoric acid I Tho lite main mania points haunts In growing big hili her ber berry herr ry I r crol to tu summit up the tho matter It 0 I ore are to select a light soil noil to sec sie le that It If lu full Cull of o humus humans enrich It with plen plenty ty t of ot potash h mid phosphoric auld nelll and amid use uie u only ani a II little nitrogen Plant Plaint and cultivate emil In the tho t imo most t thorough man manner ma ii ner Mulching In III the 1 he late hate lilt fall all 11 with straw or nr any 1111 coarse coar material that Is I not mint full mill of or troublesome needs seuls will keep kecI the ground moist maoIst lint and the lii berries h s ell I It 11 Is l far bettor better to grow a small nero ago of berries that will turn out welt well than n a large acreage that can cnn go a II yield H 12 fl I Van Vain nn Demon |