150 LOCAL SELLING OF MARKET GARDEN PRODUCTS 



Mr. Hallett: It sells very well. 



Question: Can you sell the yellow sweet corn? 



Mr. Hallett: Yellow sweet corn has been called for more 



the last two yesLTS than ever before. 



Question: What is your experience with Golden Bantam.'^ 

 Mr. Hallett: The Golden Bantam is a little too small. 

 Question: How do you store celery? 



Mr. Hallett: Celery may be taken up from the trench and 

 placed in hotbeds, when it will keep till the last of December. 



Question: How about the labor question? 



Mr. Hallett: I have largely Americans. I have never had 

 any trouble whatever with the labor problem. I pay $1.50 a day 

 and $1.25. Some I board. In a rush of season, if I wanted help 

 badly I might have to pay $1.75 to $2.00. I have had ladies for 

 pickers when I had to, but I am not just in favor of them. I would 

 rather have small boys. 



Mr. Locke: With us there are a good deal higher wages, $2.00 

 a day. 



Mr. Hallett: Many things from the garden have not been 

 spoken of, as there is such a limited demand for them, but such as 

 are called for should be raised to fill even small orders. Winter 

 storage is of great importance. Should one have an abundance, 

 this can be sold during the winter at good prices at wholesale. A 

 root cellar is valuable when kept at a very low temperature, thus 

 avoiding the shrivelling of beets, turnips, carrots, and so forth. 

 All these can be sold at prices equal to the highest quotation of your 

 nearest city. We noticed this last season that cabbages were sold 

 as low as three or four dollars per ton, but we failed to find where the 

 consumer was at all benefitted by this low market. This should be a 

 lesson to the producer to so arrange to hold rather than sell at such 

 low prices. Let us co-operate, and if necessary, establish through 

 associations selling places where we may sell at a small profit rather 

 than a loss. 



