Show cultivation IS IMPORTANT of great benefit to raspberries Rasp berries and blackberries at a time when there Is drought rn intensive cultivation of berries alit prevent them trying drying up hiring during the harvest season this will apply most ly to rasp raspberries berries anti binck berrIes which ripen tit nt tile tho time of year when there Is often a drought commence cultivation early if it Is delayed new rootless rootlets root lets just formed will be broken off materially injuring the plant the tha berry patch should be plowed as soon as the land Is dry enough to work all tillage should he be shallow continued cultivation will insure law large berries even if the season Is dry A corer crop should be sowed bowed in the fall to protect the ground during the winter season A straty mulch will take the chice of cultivation in conserving moisture mol sture |