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vated crops, appears to be a feasible method of growing apples for 

 the farmer's home cellar. 



But we as farmers and horticulturists have a great work before 

 us in making our State a fit abode for fruits or grains or even for 

 ourselves. If forests increase and regulate the rainfall, if they 

 break the force of the winter's blast and the summer's tornado, and 

 thus somewhat modify and ameliorate the severities of our climate, 

 we should bend our energies to the systematic and thorough plant- 

 ing of forests throughout this great prairie region. Much has been 

 done to educate the masses on planting trees for the beautifying of 

 the home and landscape, but the planting and preserving of forests 

 must be undertaken as a great public enterprise. There are great 

 possibilities in this direction. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MARKETING AND HOR- 

 CULTURAL APPLIANCES. 



By J. M. Underwood, Lake City. 



Marketing: Anticipating that Mr. Lyons and Mr. Brimhall, 

 who live near Minneapolis and St. Paul, will treat this subject 

 more fully and intelligently as applied to city markets than I 

 could, I will confine myself mostly to horn© markets for the 

 farmer and small grower in smaller towns. 



In the first place my dear friend and fellow sufferer my advice 

 is to create a first class market in your own family. When spring 

 comes put up the frying pan and nail down the cover on the pork 

 barrel, and buy every day from your wife a good mess of aspara- 

 gus. A little later in the season add to the purchase some lettuce 

 and radishes; and when peas come alternate between young sweet 

 peas (don't wait until they are old and tough) and asparagus. 



These things should be planted at four or five intervals of two 

 weeks to insure a succession and long season of choice returns. If 

 you find you have anything to take to town, start your wife off 

 early with the carriage for a nice ride. Under the seat you can 

 store some of the beautiful radishes, a few bunches of crisp lettuce 

 and a half bushel of peas, Never try to market a poor article 

 But when your wife reaches the grocer with good articles in first 

 class condition she can always exchange them for some nice lem- 

 ons, oranges, bananas or groceries, or she can take them to the 

 meat market and exchange them for some nice steak for dinner. 



Now it is the middle of June and strawberries are ripe. They 

 must have been thoroughly mulched to keep them from getting 

 dirty, as they must be clean and tempting for the market in order to 

 command the highest price. In the first place provide two saucers- 

 full a piece for each of the family at breakfast. Serve them with 

 clear cream aud plenty of sugar as it will help you to market more 

 during the day. For dinner the smaller berries can be worked 

 into a short cake, and for supper repeat the fare for breakfast. 



