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it dtK>s in a tied of ladislifs. Sec llic Inxiiiiaiil 

 folia^'c \\fi\\\ ovci' 111.' |)i|ic; and at tlic siunc 

 time, said stcani-pipc is only fourini-h tile 

 laid aboiii l-i im-lics iindci- tlio surface of tiie 

 ground. Exluiust steam fiom on(> of our little 

 entrine> troe> tlirouirli this tile only in tlie day 

 time: hut even now at the preseui dale. .lulv 

 1. when no steam has heen ihroiish the tile for 

 more tlian a month, every tiiinfj prows with 

 marked hixuriance over this tile. Prof. Green 

 said, in a recent visit to us. that the action of 

 the >ieam resulted, he thoufjht without ques- 

 tion, in assisting to disintegrate the soil and 

 liberate the nitrates. I am hoping to see, ere 

 long, the whole quarter-acre warm(>d by steam 

 in tliis way. 



SELLING YOIH t'KODUCE. 



The gardener who raises his stuff, and esoc- 

 cially the early stulT that he secures by workfng 



that we were afiaid they could not well ripen, 

 so we got these by laUiiig oil a part of lh<'m."' 



I could not lieip smiling at her simplicity ill 

 olTeriiig to almost (//re the goods away hefore 

 she had sounded the purchaser a little; audi 

 was forci'd to smile again at her simplicity; for, 

 before 1 had time to make any reply whatever, 

 she went on something as follows; 



■■ We will lake it all out in trade. .Mr. Root, 

 and I do lioi)e you will give us something for 

 them so we shall not have to take them t)ack 

 home. I really should not know wliat to do 

 with so many."' 



When she "first took them out of the buggy 

 and showed them to me I meditated giving her 

 something liki'Oor 7 cents a quart for them: 

 but her discouragement at her want of finding 

 a buyer actually infected me a little, for 1 be- 

 gan to think that nobody wanted green goose- 

 berries; but as fruit was very scarce, I could 



ANOTHER VIEW OF GAKDEXING UNDER GLASS. 



with glass, is surely entitled to all his produce 

 will bring. If anybody is able and willing to 

 pay him a dollar a quart for his strawberries 

 rorced under glass, it is perfectly right and 

 proper that he should take it. Now, right here 

 is where a part of the trouble comes in with 

 those who raise vegetables and small fruits. 

 They sell them for a mere song, comparatively, 

 when the real state of the market warrants a 

 good price. Let me illustrate. A week ago a 

 young farmer and his wife drove into town 

 with half a bushel of green gooseberries. They 

 went to all of the grociTies. but could not get 

 an offer for them. Finally they came to me. 

 knowing tliat we raise small fruits consider- 

 ably. They were evidently not schemers in 

 selling good.s— at least the wife was not, for 

 she spoke something like this: ■ 



"Mr. Root. won"t you please take these 

 gooseberries off our hands at some price? We 

 have been all over town with them, and th<n- 

 are afraid to buy them. Our bushes are so full 



not quite understand it either. Now, there is a 

 moral right here: The seller may easily spoil 

 the faith of the would-be purchaser if he is un- 

 wise in trying to dispose of his crop. Of course, 

 he should have something good. These goose- 

 berries were very fine, and had been carefully 

 picked and sorted over. To be on the safe side 

 I finally gave 4 cts. a quart for the lot. Now, 

 here comes in the importance of a daily wagon 

 in place of a grocery store or any thing of the 

 sort, especially for small towns. The boys soon 

 drove up with the wagon, and I told them to 

 start the gooseberries at 5 cents. How do you 

 think it turned out? Why, the first purchaser 

 took the whole lot. The next day she sent for 

 another similar lot. to be sent her by express. 

 Then somebody who heard of it wanted another 

 lot at the same price; and the orders came so 

 thick and fast that I was obliged to mak<> an 

 advance from ."> up to 8 cents. Had I not done 

 so. every gooseberry would have lieen taken 

 from our whole plantation before it was any- 



