"The half-starved, overworked and uncared-for horse is sure, sooner or
later, to become the prey of various kinds of internal and external
parasites, which are thrown off, or successfully resisted in their
attacks, by the healthy, vigorous, and well-fed animal; and the same
principle holds good all through the animal and vegetable kingdoms--
whether the subject be a man, horse, sturdy oak, or delicate
strawberry plant. Not that all diseases are due to loss of vigor
through starvation and neglect; but that a large number of them are is
well known."

STRAWBERRIES

We all have seen these principles verified. In the Great American
strawberry, I think, we have an example of feebleness resulting from
over-stimulation. The Wilson Seedling, that, in the local vernacular,
is sometimes said to be "running out," is, in contrast, the
consequence of starvation, neglect, and long-continued propagation
from poor, mixed stock. Feebleness can scarcely be called a disease,
and yet it is best counteracted by the tonic treatment suggested by
Mr. Fuller.

In loose, light soils, the Aphis, or Green Fly, often penetrates to
the roots of strawberry plants in immense numbers, and they suck away
life or vitality. The tonic of wood-ashes scattered over the rows will
usually destroy the pests. Refuse from the tobacco-factory is also
recommended.

I think that wood-ashes and bone-dust are excellent preventives of
burning or sun-scalding. They give the plants such vigor that they are