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and put up in a neat and attractive manner, the ve<2:etal>le8 

 in uniform bunches and tlie fruits alike both at the top and 

 bottom of the basket, and you deal honestly with your cus- 

 tomers, they will wish to buy of you every time, because 

 they know they can depend upon you. If farther away from 

 market, potatoes can be grown ; and they are generally a 

 profitable crop, if well cared for and put upon the market at 

 the proper time. In many localities apple orchards may be 

 set out, for apples will generally sell at fairly remunerative 

 prices. In all of these operations, however, great care must 

 be taken not to force the market, but study its wants and 

 take advantage of its needs, and then your opportunity will 

 be to put your produce on the market at just the right time. 

 When you have grown your crop and it is ready for sale, if 

 you have a good ofi'er sell the crop, for in perhaps nine cases 

 out of ten you will have no l)etter ofi'er, and frequently if 

 not disposed of then you will have to take up with a less 

 price. 



Whatever crop you grow, do not fail to grow corn. It is 

 one of the best crops a farmer can grow, both on account of 

 the grain and on account of the fodder, whether fed in the 

 form of cured stalks or as ensilage. If you have a dairy, 

 you cannot aflbrd to do without it. It is often remarked 

 that we can buy such croi)s cheaper than we can grow them. 

 That maybe true in some few instances ; but if we grow them 

 we do not have to pay the money for them, and so far as 

 we can we should raise what we consume. In these times of 

 active competition it is necessary for the farmer to save all 

 he can, in order to make both ends meet at the close of the 

 year. 



If the farm is near a city or large village, and he can keep 

 a herd of cows, then he can engage in no more profitable 

 business than in getting customers and furnishing them with 

 milk and cream at retail prices ; for milk at even three cents 

 a quart is as good as butter at thirty cents a pound. If away 

 several miles, so that he cannot make daily trips, let him put 

 his cream in a public creamery, or, if he is a good salesman, 

 make his own butter and take it to his customers once a 

 week, and get a better price by selling direct to consumers. 

 There is one industry that has fallen off very much of 



