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roll of soft cotton twine which is used for tying the 

 plants and for tagging. This twine can be purchased in 

 rolls of about fifty pounds each which are so made that 

 they can be suspended on a stick placed through the cen- 

 ter and unrolled as needed. The order-sheet is made 

 out at the office by the owner or his bookkeeper. This 

 sheet includes the purchaser's name and address and the 

 variety and number of plants desired. Shipping tags 

 are made out to correspond to each order and sent down 

 with them by the bookkeeper. 'No bookkeeping is done 

 at the packing-shed. The order sheet is kept in con- 

 venient reach at the packer's right and as the orders are 

 filled and tags attached to the packages, they are checked 

 off the list. The work thus proceeds systematically and 

 without confusion and lost motion. 



Office methods. 



If the grower is sufficiently well known throughout 

 the territory which he supplies or desires to supply, and 

 his stock has been properly advertised, the office force 

 will be well occupied from the middle of April until 

 July 1st. Many orders will be booked during the win- 

 ter and early spring months and these will be tabulated 

 for immediate attention when the first plants are ready 

 to be drawn. A rush of orders will, however, begin to 

 pile in with the beginning of early planting season and 

 at this time the grower receives the best prices for his 

 plants. These orders must receive prompt attention. 

 Nothing is so valuable to a commercial grower as to have 

 -the reputation of giving his orders prompt and faithful 

 attention. Many telephone and telegraph orders will 

 be received by the progressive grower and these must be 

 given the same courteous attention as the mail orders. 



