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Show STRAWBUBIES. Sumcthlos of Interest to Our Brl(h-m Fruit Orowin. Strawberry culture ia a valuable busineas if properly attended to, Bays a writer. No one makes a success in growing the berries without with-out giving careful attention to the subjects of soil, fertilizers, irrigation irriga-tion and the growing and handling of the crop in every detail. The work is a pleasure to everj'one interested in-terested in tilling the soil. Small beds do not pay aa well in proportion propor-tion as acreage plants, for the reason rea-son that small owners do not possess pos-sess the facilities for bundling and shipping. A Woman in Sparta, Wisconsin, reports having kept an accurate account ac-count of the products from seven and one-half acres last season. A part of this small plat was devoted to btrawberries. On one and one-half one-half acros of strawberries she grew nearly 200 bushels. The berries eold for $830.50. Six acres in blackberries produced $3,542.20, making a total income of $4,378.76 from the two crops of seven and one-half acres. In California one man from Gar-dena Gar-dena exhibited some "Monarchs of the West" weighing li ounces each. When questioned as to whether or not the growing of strawberries paid, he replied: ''These came off a patch of two and a half acres, from which 1 have sold within the last three days 140 crates of thirty pounds each, making mak-ing 4,200 pound?, at 7 cents per pound, which amounts to $294. Deduct from this $60 f o r labor and . $10 for delivery and it leaves a net gain of $220,call it even $200, and you have what one picking over the patoh pa; a me. I calculate on raising about three crops a year." A little calculation will show whether or not it pays to raise strawberries. |