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kept growing only by watering regularly. This is the 

 third time I have tried liquid manure in this way, with 

 excellent results. — N. J. Shepherd, Mo. 



Record of Sales. — Can you inform me of a simple 

 method of keeping a record of the sales of each variety 

 of vegetables and fruits, so that at the end of the sea- 

 son we can tell the amount of each sold and prices re- 

 ceived for it ? — J. C. Grossman. 



Ansioei-ed by Professor L. K. Taft. — In order to make 

 such a record it will be necessary to keep a careful 

 memorandum of the daily sales of each fruit and vege- 

 table. This can easily be done in a pocket note-book 

 if desired, in a sort of day-book form, the entries being 

 something as follows: 



JULY I, 1890. 



Green, Weeks & Co., Dr. 



To 120 Quarts Strawberries @$o 10 $12 00 



" 2 Dozen Lettuce @ 30 60 



" 5 " Radishes @ 50 2 50 



Cash, Dr. 



To 50 Quarts Strawberries @ 10 $ 5 00 



" I Bushel Peas @ 2 00 



And so on through the day and month. 



Each of the items being entered in something of this 

 form, it will be a simple matter to transfer them to the 

 record. A common record book will answer for this, if 

 ruled in double columns, the entries being as follows: 



Record of Sales of Fruits 



earth have the same effect upon stable manure. If 

 earth is not desirable what effect will land plaster have ? 

 — John T. Morrls. 



[Dust will not injure the manure if care is exercised. 

 Apply only enough to destroy most of the odor. It 

 should not be applied so abundantly that it remains en- 

 tirely dry on top. Keep the door shut. Plaster is bet- 

 ter. Less of it is required to destroy the odor, and the 

 nitrogen is more completely conserved.] 



Chrysanthemums in Minnesota. — The first Annual 

 exhibition of the Minnesota florists, was the best dis- 

 play of chrysanthemums ever shown in the northwest, 

 and I cannot believe that there has been anywhere a 

 better exhibition as regards variety, size of plant, and 

 flower. I never before realized what are the possibili- 

 ties of the chrysanthemum. There were many shades 

 of pink and red, delicate lavenders, yellows, maroons, 

 white, and parti-colored hues and all perfectly beauti- 

 ful. I noticed among choicest yellows the Golden Rod, 

 White Larina, then a lovely quilled flesh, large and full, 

 marked Lilian Bird. Of the parti-colored ones I liked 

 C. H. Wheeler ; of the pink, La Favorite ; of the white, 

 Puritan, and so on indefinitely. Some of the exhibitors 

 told me that all their plants were grown from cuttings, 

 none from seed. I said when I went mto the rooms, 

 "Can anything be more lovely ?" When I came away 



ND Vegetables, July i8go. 



Day of Month. 



3 



4 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Total 



Strawberries. 



Lettuce. 



Radishes. 



Peas. 



Beets. 



Sweet Corn. 



Qts. 



Amt. 



Doz. 



Amt. 



Doz. 



Amt. 



Bush s 



Amt. 



Doz. 



Amt. 



Doz. 



Amt. 



2 50 



J2S 00 



10 



$3 00 



30 



$15 00 



3 



%f> 00 



10 



H 75 





$ 



3 00 



28 60 



1 1 



3 25 



25 



10 75 



5 



7 75 



15 



6 50 







2 75 



28 00 



15 



3 75 



35 



14 25 



8 



12 00 



18 



7 60 











5 



I 20 



10 



3 00 



6 



5 80 



25 



10 00 



40 



5 00 







7 



I 60 



12 



3 25 





4 40 



20 



8 00 



60 



b 00 







4 



95 



15 



4 25 



6^ 



6 00 



15 



6 00 



50 



5 25 







6 



I 40 



9 



2 60 



3 



3 00 



17 



6 50 



55 



5 45 







2 



50 



7 



2 00 





3 75 



20 



7 75 



35 



3 25 



5.357 







$450 00 



301 



J62 50 



776 



$241 50 



145 



$152 50 



5.732 



$223 75 



545 



$55 25 



By using two pages, from twelve to eighteen fruits or 

 vegetables can be thus recorded so as to show the sales 

 for each day, and the total for the month. If it is de- 

 sired to compare the profits from two varieties of fruits, 

 for instance, the record can be kept in the same way, 

 giving a double column to each variety. 



Treatment of Manure. — I have a manure pit, 

 mostly above ground, entirely protected from the 

 weather, but on two sides are doors which can be 

 opened to admit air and one is always kept open. The 

 bottom of the pit is 18 inches below the level of the 

 ground and is cemented to hold the water which drains 

 into it. During warm weather fermentation takes place, 

 generating a peculiar sickening odor, and to correct this 

 is the object of my inquiry. 



Last summer my gardener stated that the earth he 

 put on the manure dried and injured it. I have been 

 informed that earth used in earth closets is not 

 improvedjby the use, and I have thought, may not the 



I said, ' ' What a pity that so much beauty must so quick- 

 ly fads, for surely 'beauty is a fading flower,' " 



What is the object of flower shows ? I will tell you 

 the effect it had on my scraggy chrysanthemums that 

 I have been holding over from year to year : they dis- 

 appeared from mortal sight within an hour after I got 

 home, for all time, and an announcement was made to 

 the family that next year they will see chrysanthemums 

 that will astonish them, and tlwy believed it, which will 

 give you an idea of the effect of the exhibition on my- 

 self. So let the good work go on until we amateurs 

 will not be satisfied with anything short of the best,! — 

 MiRiAii Parker. 



My Madame Salleroi. — My plant shelf is by a win- 

 dow twelve feet long, and I wanted an edging. My 

 grocery man gave me half a dozen long narrow boxes. 

 I filled these with earth, and having several plants of 

 Madame Salleroi geranium, I pulled them apart and 

 filled my boxes. The plant is very easy to slip, and 



