79 



Commissiori, 10 per cent $30.00 



Picking, at 2 cents 50.00 



Interest on land 10.00 



Manure 25.00 



Use of baskets 10. 00 



Cultivation, &c 30.00 



Net profits 145.00 



Gross proceeds, 3,500 quarts, at 12 cents §300.00 



Shipping PlantSi — if they are expressed, pack them in stronir 

 shallow boxes, tied looselytin bundles of fifty, with the roots 

 down and the Lops up and exposed to the air. In cool we.ither, 

 a layer of damp moss over the bottom of the box, and between 

 each row of bundles, will preserve them. Then slats are nuiled 

 closely across the top of the box. If the plants are sent in hot, 

 dry weather, it is best to dip each one in a mud paste, that will 

 coat the roots, and place them very loosely in the box to prevent 

 heating; and then use moss, chaff, or the fine rakings of the lawn, 

 as before. Or in cool weather they may be packed in barrels, 

 first boring or cutting many holes in the sides for air. Place a 

 layer of moss, then a layer of plants in a circle, with the tops out 

 toward the sides, continue these layers till the barrel is full. Thus 

 a round hole down through the centre to the bottom of the barrel 

 is left for circulation with an opening in the cover or head over 

 this breathing place. When the plants are sent by mail, wrap 

 the roots in damp, (not wet, dripping) moss, then encase them 

 in oiled paper, with a neat wra])per of brown paper over this. 

 Leave a little of the top exposed for air, and to show what the 

 package contains, and tie on a card of direction. If the govern- 

 ment exists for tiie benefit of the people and not the people for the 

 sake of the government, then Congress did the country a great 

 injury in doubling the postage on plants, seeds, etc. In our wide 

 and sparsely settled land, multitudes are too distant from express 

 offices to find them of any service. 



The same general principles that have been stated above apply 

 to all the other small fruits. 



Raspberries — should be handled with even greater care than 



