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Show TO GROW CLEAN STRAWBERRY Excellent Method of Raising Individual Individ-ual Plants Is Shown In Illustration Illustra-tion Keeps Out Weeds. A very good method of growing Individual In-dividual strawberry plants that will produce targe clean berries is to provide pro-vide a covering constructed from a board ten inches square with a three-Inoh three-Inoh bole bored In the center. This covering la placed over the plant, as shown In the sketch, to keep down weeds, retain moisture, and to make Growing Strawberries on the Surface of a Board Where They Will Ripen Fast and Keep Clean. base for tho ripening berries. A ihower cannot spatter dirt and sand an the growing fruit. The rnys of tin lun boating on tho surface of the board will aid In tho ripening ' if a log can be obtained, the boards :an be made better and more quickly Writes John Uankholster of Gresham Dre.. In tho Popular Mechanics Disks about one Inch thick arr sawed 'rom tho log and holes In their con ers cither cut with n chisel or bored. is desired, Tho grain of tho wood vlll bo vertical nnd no warping will ake place. |