Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . nt-food. The lacking plant-food can easily be supplied by the addition of fertilizers, while the physicalcharacteristics of the soil can be modified only with great difficulty by culti-vation, drainage and the addition of organic matter. Congenial soil andexposure are, therefore, important considerations. Preparation of the Soil.—The land to be devoted to strawberriesshould, if possible, be planted in a cultivated crop, such as potatoes,beans or corn, at least one year previous to
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . nt-food. The lacking plant-food can easily be supplied by the addition of fertilizers, while the physicalcharacteristics of the soil can be modified only with great difficulty by culti-vation, drainage and the addition of organic matter. Congenial soil andexposure are, therefore, important considerations. Preparation of the Soil.—The land to be devoted to strawberriesshould, if possible, be planted in a cultivated crop, such as potatoes,beans or corn, at least one year previous to setting the plants, in order thatthe larvae of such insects as wireworms, white grubs, cutworms, etc., maybe as completely eliminated as possible. Previous to setting the plants the soil should be deeply plowed in orderthat all organic matter of whatever nature on the surface may be completelyturned under. Immediately following the plow the land should be thor-oughly pulverized by the use of the harrow, and the surface should bereduced to a condition which would form an ideal seed-bed. (438) ywigN- I--?. -. Chesapeake iFrom Year-Book, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1912. SMALL FRUITS 439 Fertilizers.—If the soil is not rich, for best results it should have adressing of at least twenty cartloads of well-decomposed stable manureper acre, either plowed under or incorporated with the soil by surfaceculture after plowing. If stable manure is not available, plant-food shouldbe supplied by a liberal use of fine-ground bone and chemical manures richin nitrogen and potash. The use upon the plants at blooming time ofhighly nitrogenous manures, such as nitrate of soda, at the rate of about100 pounds per acre often proves of great value. If it can be applied insolution it will give quicker results than if put on in the form of a salt.
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