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from his own market wagon, or within easy reach of the 

 factory by rail or steamer. Steamboat carriage is better 

 and cheaper than railroad. Twenty-five cents freight on 

 a barrel, probably, would not interfere with reasonable 

 profits. The pay of the pickle men is as good as that of 

 any other class of manufacturers. There are few in the 

 business ; their profits are supposed to be large. It is 

 ready pay and clean cash, if you make that bargain with 

 them. Pay as you go is the rule in pretty, much all kinds 

 of business now. That is one of the advantages of the 

 war. A good many other folks besides the rebels have 

 found out just where they stand.&quot; 



&quot; Where can we get seed ? &quot; asked Dea. Smith. 



&quot; That is one of the most important things in the busi 

 ness. I do not know of any one who makes a business of 

 growing the seed to sell, but almost every farmer who has 

 a pickle patch grows his own seed, and thinks it a little 

 better than any thing else. If a man is going into the 

 pickle business, it will pay him to visit Westchester 

 County. He can hardly go amiss of farmers who have 

 pickle patches in Yonkers, East Chester, West Chester, 

 West Farms, and other towns. He can inquire for No- 

 adiah Tubbs, who will tell him all about it. If he does 

 not want to be at that trouble, he should send to the near 

 est good seed store. I have raised fine cucumbers from 

 just such seed.&quot; 



&quot; Do you salt the cucumbers before you sell them ? &quot; 

 inquired Sparrowgrass, with a refreshing greenness. 



&quot;JSTo, Sir. That is the manufacturer s business. He 

 wants fresh picked cucumbers to make pickles out of. Of 

 course you do not want tight oak barrels, like whiskey 

 casks, to pack your cucumbers in. The farmer generally 

 buys up a lot of cheap flour barrels, when he is in town, 

 at the baker s or grocer s, or at the hotel, and these, with 

 a little coopering, will answer his purpose for a single sea- 

 Bon. They are sent to the purchaser or consignee, by rail 



