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GARDEN YARD 
with a load of poor stuff. Arrange with your 
neighbors to take enough for them to make 
your trip pay. 
If a trolley or a carrier can be brought into 
use to make regular shipments, see some mer- 
chant or hotel man and arrange to supply him 
constantly. Then lay out your plantings so 
as to have a constant supply of what he needs. 
If you are choosing a farm or have a chance 
to sell yours, inquire and look to see if you can 
find one near a good market where you will 
earn your own commissions. The way to find 
out what you want is to talk about it to everyone 
you meet. A good local map will help you, but 
of course the real estate agents know more about 
what is for sale and the prices and values than 
you could learn in a year’s travel. No men, 
except editors and hotel clerks, are so ready to 
give information as the real estate agents. 
Remember, however, than even when they are 
honest (most of them are, like the rest of us, as 
honest as circumstances allow), the successful 
real estate agent must see the rosy side of the 
peach and may not point out the worm-hole on 
the other side. You will have to look for that 
yourself. 
When you have found what you want, point 
out that you are buying to improve, so that the 
