34 INTERMEDIATE CROPS 
fere with the roots of the fruit-trees if they spring up too 
close to them. Young raspberry canes can usually be 
bought for $2 per hundred. The fruit is in great demand 
for making into jam by the jam factories. The prevalent 
variety is the Cuthbert, but a new variety, the Herbert, 
is reported to be an improvement on it. Plant in rows 
6 feet apart, placing the plants 14 to 2 feet distant in 
the row. 
There is a keen demand, too, for blackberries for the 
same purpose. The price runs higher than the price of 
raspberries. Whereas the latter generally sell for $2.50 
to $3 per crate of 24 pounds, blackberries fetch, as a rule, 
$3.50 to $4 per crate. The Erie, Snyder, and Evergreen 
are all good commercial varieties. 
For black currants, again, there is a strong market, at 
about the same prices as are paid for blackberries. 
Red currants are not in very great demand, and for 
gooseberries and white currants the demand is com- 
paratively small. The prices for these three varieties 
last mentioned are $2 to $3 per crate. 
Ti the rancher happens to be within easy reach of 
a jam factory, he will find it quite profitable to grow 
small fruits to sell to it. These factories give good 
prices, and the gathering of the fruit for them is greatly 
simplified. 
Pouttry.—Although it cannot literally be described 
as a crop, the keeping of poultry is a branch of ranch 
economy which no good rancher should neglect or 
overlook. It pays best to keep pure-bred birds. Such 
make higher prices for breeding ; they grow quicker and 
thrive better. Eggs fetch 35 cents to 75 cents per dozen. 
