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fer to dry them rather than sell lower than $10 per 1000, 

 experience telling us that the market will usually so reg- 

 ulate itself as to handsomely pay for holding back the 

 sale. The cost of getting the crop raised and marketed 

 will average about $150 per acre, the principal expense 

 being in tying it in bunches. But with many of our in 

 dustrious German gardeners it does not cost half that, as 

 the tying up is usually done by their wives and children in 

 the evenings ; a pleasant as well as profitable occupation. 

 There are but few varieties of the different kinds of 

 Herbs, but of Thyme, there are several, and it is very im- 

 portant to plant only what is known as the " spreading 

 variety ;" an upright sort, sometimes sold in the seed 

 stores, is worthless as a market crop. The variety of 

 Sage, known as the Broad-leaved, is the best. 



