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Show Covering Strawberry Beds. Tho strawberry patch should bo mulched beforo hard freezing weather arrives. In a stato of nature tho wild strawberry plants aro mulchod with grass and leaves of many kinds that tho winds enrry to thorn. Undor cultivation culti-vation tho ground is usually qulto baro nnd mulching Is moro noeded thau whon growing wild. It kcops tholr roots moist nnd protected from the violent changes of tomperaturo. It Is really needless to discuss tho merits of mulching strnwbcrrles becauso they aro so woll known. Tho main thing is to do It In tlmo. Juat ns tho ground begins to freeze, or Boon nftorward, Is tho tlmo to do It. Fino grass Is ono of tho host materials mate-rials 10 uso for this purposo becauso strnw Is about tho cheapest thing that can bo got that will sarvo tho purpose |