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white labor for the work. Knowing that, 

 owing to the uncertain state of the market 

 that has heretofore prevailed, every grower 

 wishes to pick early, the "heathen Chi- 

 nese'' practically controls the situation as 

 regards wages, and can change from $1.25 

 to $1.75 per day. But if the grower, were 

 assured of a standard price say 2 cents 

 per pound- he would know what to de- 

 pend upon, would not be in such a hurry 

 to pick his crop, and could make better 

 terms with the eastern jobber. 



"The eastern jobber could then roughly 

 estimate raisins at 2? cents to grower, 1 

 cent for stemming, packing and profit, 1 

 cent for freight, total 4J cents as the low- 

 est average price raisins could be had 

 f. o. b., and would buy early at the best 

 rates he could get above that figure." 



This plan is one which will probably 

 commend itself to raisin growers. 



An enterprising man wishing to invest 

 a little money would probably make a good 

 thing by starting a creamery at Grand 

 Falls, Texas. The Grand Falls New Era 

 says that for some time they have been 

 unable to obtain butter for love or money, 

 and pathetically sighs "Oh for a creamery!' 



Under the title "Hogs for Bacon," the 

 Kansas Advocate and news says that "At- 

 tempts are now being made, and with 

 promise of good 'results, to educate the 

 razor-back of the South to feed for bacon. 

 It must be confessed that this animal has 

 many characteristics of a good bacon hog, 

 and if the disposition to eat anything from 

 an old boot to a dead mule can be bred 

 out of her, she may yet astonish the advo- 

 cates of fancy breeds." 



