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and to keep them in repair and to keep the horses from 

 having sore shoulders in summer, etc. ; a man to put up or 

 to see to the putting up of all the vegetables that are going 

 to market, so that they may always be put up uniforml}- and 

 in a salable condition, so that your first and second qualities may 

 run always the same, and the trade may know what to depend upon. 

 Always select for a driver of the teams one who is adapted to it, so 

 that the most may be obtained from the horses with the least wear 

 upon them. 



The selling of goods is not so ditHcult as in former years. Large 

 quantities are now sold where but a little was sold a few years ago. 

 The market gardener near a large cit}' can dispose of large quanti- 

 ties of vegetables of many kinds if the quality is first-class. 



Sometimes the prices realized are quite small, but where they are 

 raised in large quantities the cost is much less than it was twenty 

 years ago. 



The sales are all for cash, and in this respect it is one of the best 

 kinds of business carried on. If the market gardener has a load for 

 market every day, there is mone}" constantly coming in, and he has 

 ready money to pay his bills after he once gets started. 



The cultivation of the soil is a verj^ important matter to be under- 

 stood. It requires much experieoce to know when to plant and how 

 to plant. The selection of seed is also a very important matter. 

 Success in this direction can only be obtained b}' carefully looking 

 ahead, and by making the selections in the early part of the win- 

 ter. You must know just how much is wanted ; but always buy 

 enough. 



Before I went into the seed business I bought a great many seeds. 

 My plan was to go to some reliable dealer, and tell him just what I 

 wanted. I asked for the best and alwaj^s paid the highest price, so 

 I was reasonably sure of getting the best I fared much better 

 than if I had spent my time looking around to find where I could 

 buy the cheapest. You will find that, if you will always look for 

 the best, the best will always be looking for you. and the man with 

 whom you deal will, if he has something extra nice and knows that 

 you want it, send you word or save it for you. Follow this rule in 

 relation to seeds, and you will find that j^ou will come out a long 

 ways ahead. I have bought as high as $1,000 worth of seeds in 

 one year, and I have never been cheated by a seedsman. I have 

 paid the highest price and have felt that I have received ni}^ money's 



