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Show COVERING FOR SMALL FRUITS Any Strawy Manure, Chaff, Etc., Will Provide Sufficient Projection for the Plants. It is a common observation to see clover and other plants heaved on clayey land, by frosts. Small fuits are among the plants affected by the alternate al-ternate freezing and thawing in the spring. Nature usually prepares the brambles and other small fruits for this experience by- throwing about them leaves of trees and other material, ma-terial, but it often occurs through the interference of man that this practice of nature is frustrated and the plants are exposed to the elements. Man, however, can atone for his intervention interven-tion by giving the exposed plants a substitute covering. Any strawy manure, ma-nure, chaff, leaves, etc., forked about the plants will provide protection such as nature intended them to have. The same covering will better insure the plants against prolonged cold spells. |