362 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



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 

 you 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 my money's worth. The 

 tools upon the market garden should be the best and of the 

 most approved pattern. They should be kept in perfect 

 order and in a building expressly for the purpose. 



A plan of the place should be marked out early in the 

 winter, and it should be definitely settled what crop is to be 

 put into each piece the following season. This will enable 

 you to get the manure into position, — the difierent kinds for 

 the different crops. Estimate the quantity of seeds required 

 by the size of the piece to be planted. Look the tools over 

 carefully and have them put in the best of order. Do every- 

 thing that can be done before the ground opens. 



With the work all planned, the seed bought, the manure 

 in place and the tools all ready, you can go to work, and in 

 the busy time of planting you will appreciate all that has 

 been done in the winter, you will be able to keep up with 

 the work, and you will see how important it is to get every- 

 thing ready, as I have described. 



I would therefore advise young men who are thinking of 

 taking up the market gardening business, to carefully study 

 the requirements and then fit themselves to fill them. By 

 following the suggestions I have ofiered they will be fitted to 

 carry on the business with satisfaction and profit. Some may 

 ask : How can the necessary education be obtained ? I 

 would say to them : Complete your grammar school course, 

 spend one or two years in a commercial college, go to the 

 Agricultural College, and after that course is completed, 

 spend one year in the Experiment Station. Then engage 

 yourself to the best market gardener you know of who will 

 take you for three or five years. Then you will be fitted to 

 take a position as a foreman, or you can carry on the business 

 for yourself. 



Some may ask : Are there any positions for young men 

 with the education you have described ? I will say that there 



