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I habit of forming plants abundantly. crates was deducted hy the associa-   {8
The Beaver was secured from a nurs- t.ioi1, Mr. Lowory received slightly   sq
ery in Minnesota and the plants were over $100.00 return for his halt acre   51
set at 1S inches. No thinning or of strawberries. _ ¤ m
spacing of runners was done during liy way of prizes, Mr. Lowery won at I te
· the summer of 1937 and the condi- quantity of fertilizer donated by the 2 th
tions were such that all varieties made Berry Association, together with a . ea
— excellent growth. Straw mulch was useful fountain pen and pencil st-i E 1).
applied in December of 1937. The donated by Jos. Denunzio Fruit (foin· ~ ’l‘t
rainfall and temperature conditions 118.llY of Louisville, who were the mar- » gi
were nearly ideal this season which keting agents for the Urittendt-ii gr
resulted in large yields. The season (Bounty Association. Needless to say.
was unusually early and the berries Mr. Lowery is very proud of his win- iu
_ ripened from 10 days to two weeks nings and is making plans to put out iu
~ in advance of a normal season. a new acreage of berries each year.
Catskill——A comparatively new va- and by the time ho ilnishes lligh fr
riety, is showing high yields. Two School hopes to derive enough mon:-y |·‘i
year tests indicate that it is a berry from the sale of strawberries to allow in
of good quality with good shipping him to enter college. ' ca
I qualities. The organizations sponsoring this
The Aroma variety is not adapted enterprise needless to say are quin-
to the Lexington Section and was not proud of the success of this pi·ojt·ct
included in this test. und hope to continue it imlellnitt-ly, iii
srimwnnnnirzs AS A rnoiizcr Sl‘Mi§iE§iUgr¤:F'i`iNG WESTERN  
Fon 4-H AND F. F. A. ennns *   { ' ¢ PYLE ANH ii.
Pl\111!i•JS and from thi- giaiog ° n.
ngioomont was that tno ohio nionibois oi lleiiiicssec, lllinois. Missouri and O;
would return ono ornto ot U_ S_ No_ 1 Indiana attended this meeting. “-
; berries to the association for each Oiniiiiii, ·i—oi.ii
> .   aglilugrisfuigggegbpiiglligtii fil.? ii,§§;fi‘g,i ‘{QQ,ii.‘i'i’i"$".°""i_ "}S“°"$ _“"  
. plants under these terms. According iii_Cii,irii ` wiriin ii `lpgiiii ‘}l}d })"‘“'!‘ til
i . to the agreement each boy or girl was turn; inn i_ii_r i_ l_°_i ‘ wad wlisui 'l`
  to plant, fertilize and cultivate the iirnriinr ·c_"i‘(ii·;=·_°‘ _i""v_ _°iL_til<{ l*<‘·lt‘h tt
` { 5 berries according to instructions ité(iiiii_5" inn__il_°""_iiii‘m°ti;°T,l`“°h_ ‘” vt
;»§ given by their high school teacher or Boiir ni` Gn0lix,i_a' (2 ii)? Su} _ H‘:‘m}· tl
. by the county farm agent. Some min 'J ii H‘?i`l’ '(?_((‘u_ Tull (.1m* in
2 l small prizes to the winners in the _i i, i` _ij   °_.m.'"_gl?““· “l‘°“ ni
i i T County were ninn arranged. istetmxi nit ilaiieties 'were planted ri
  Q The largest individual group in the Eli, aD“ni;f;g1i_n?ii?iiifn°if ti Tina D‘_`_“{`h‘_'“· di
·   county was directed by Professor tirniy imicd