1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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BY n. W. BUCKBEE. 



The question of the hour is, How can 

 I make money? These have indeed 

 been trying times, and the question has 

 been a perplexing one, but I think I 

 have a solution of it, which many of 

 you would do well to follow. As now 

 is the accepted time to begin this line 

 of work, a few timely hints I trust will 

 not come amiss. 



My suggestion is this: Put a little time 

 and money into the right sort of a mar- 

 ket garden, and supply the large North- 

 ern markets with desirable early vege- 

 tables. 



Tomatoes. — There is money in this 

 very popular and quick-selling vegeta- 

 ble, and if your present line of merchan- 

 dise does not meet with ready sales, try 

 this line that promises profitable and 

 quick returns. 



The wholesale price on early ship- 

 ments run as high as 25c. per pound on 

 the Chicago markets, but even taking 

 5c. per pound as an average, I know of 

 nothing that will turn more clean cash, 

 net, per acre. Tomatoes at even Ic. per 

 pound beats wheat at $2.00. 



Tomato seed may be sown in hot beds 

 at once and grown in heat until the sec- 

 ond leaf appears. Then transplant same 

 into cold frames 2x3 in. 

 ' \M| apart, and hold in good stock 

 ) Londition till the time for 

 K^ outside planting arrives, tak- 

 care not to over water, and giving all 

 the air and light possible. 



When the time for planting to the 

 open ground arrives, set them so as to 

 admit of horse cultivation both ways, 

 which will save all hand hoeing and 

 other needless expense. They should 

 be given good cultivation while grow- 

 ing. 



Shipping. — As Northern markets com- 

 mand the highest price, have your ar- 

 rangements made with a good reliable 

 commission merchant to handle your 

 produce. The crop should be packed 

 at just the right stage, so as to admit of 

 its carrying properly. 



The boxes for packing should be light, 

 neat and attractive. Nothing but first- 

 class stock should be packed. By deal- 

 ing honestly and furnishing fine stock 

 only, you will stimulate a demand for 

 your goods, for when a buyer can de- 

 pend upon a grower, his goods will al- 

 ways find a ready market. I would rec- 

 ommend as a few of the best varieties 

 the following first-class sorts: Buck- 

 eye State, Atlantic Prize, Biickbee's 

 Tree, Favorite, Beauty and Dwarf Aris- 

 tocrat. 



Radishes. — This is another most pro- 

 fitable vegetable, and from three to 

 five hundred dollars can readily be 

 realized per acre from this vegetable 

 alone. 



They mature in from twenty-five to 

 thirty days, under favorable circum- 

 stances, and if well grown and 

 placed in Northern markets in 

 K^ January, February and March, 

 they will find ready sales. Some 

 of the finest varieties are as follows: 

 Rapid Forcing, a fine scarlet turnip va- 



riety, which matured in twenty days on 

 our Rockford Seed Farm the past sea- 

 son; Rosy Gem, a most beautiful white- 

 tipped scarlet turnip variety, matured 

 under same conditions in twenty-three 

 days after planting. Then comes tbe 

 famous Chartier, a white-tipped, long, 

 scarlet, which is a great favorite wher- 

 ever grown. 



The seed may be sown in drills % toj^ 

 in. deep, with a distance of 14 to 16 

 inches between rows, so as to admit of 

 hand cultivator, which every gardener is 

 supposed to have. 



The ground must be rich, so that this 

 vegetable may be grown as rapidly as 

 possible. Give same careful attention 

 to packing and shipping as mentioned 

 above, and you will be repaid for your 

 labor a hundredfold. 



Limited space prevents my writing of 

 numberless other vegetables that, han- 

 dled with the same careful attention, 

 will yield equally as good results. 



Here is success to you the coming sea- 

 son. 



Rockford Seed Farms, Rockford, 111. 



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