Bone Dust For Strawberries

The lleartn and Home says bone dust may be BOWn binadcnst over strawberry bds n early spring or at anyother time during tlio Bumtnor. It is botter to apl'iy iairainy wcuiher, aajhenthe soluWe portions aro immediately earriec down to the roots of tho plantR. If tho :tt.i awbeiric are oultivated n hilloj then á handful nf bono to eaoh will be suf■fleient. We usually apply it on the ur face, and then work it wiih a hoe or cultivator. Tho quanüty lo be applied per ere slionld b varied aooording to the richncis of the soil ; if poor, a half ton, or even a ton, will do uo liann but mucli good. Wfl consHer bone a valuablo fertilizer fo? a!l kinds of eoil, and ihere is liltle drmt'r of applyiur too much, provided t is niixod vvith the soil.