Photograph of the berry field of John Baker, of Kane Countj', 111. Beginning with almost nothing but 
pluck and energy he has paid debts, and writes me he has a handsome bank account and beautiful home 
for all of which he says he is indebted to "Great Crops of Strawberries and How to Grow Them." He has 
always used thoroughbred Pedigree Plants. 
general expenses incident to doing business, 
each expense account must be cut down to 
a few cents, to balance income. It can only 
be done with plants having the viney habit, 
raked out with potato hooks, counted and 
packed by child or other cheap labor in the 
open field or some open shed exposed to sun 
and wind, since that price will not permit the 
erection of suitable buildings for the purpose, 
and hiring a better class of labor. 
THE POOR BERRY GROWER. 
The very poor berry grower is poor because 
he surrounds himself with poor home on poor 
soil, uses poor tools, poor seeds, poor plants, 
gives poor cultivation and always has a poor 
crop of poor fruit and sells to i)oor people who 
are contented to buy poor stuff if it's "cheap" 
and thus he remains always and eternally 
poor. 
You must have dash! First study the field 
to get your bearing and then throw your whole 
being into the charge. Make it move. If you 
.are a lazy good-for-nothing fellow and can't 
find pleasure in surrounding your home with 
comforts, and would not enjoy the approval 
•of your neighbors by being somebody and do- 
ing something above the ordinary, then in all 
goodness don't change, but tag along just as 
you are. 
THE FIRST AND SECOND FIDDLER. 
The first fiddler is a high priced fellow. He 
has won a rei)Utation for furnishing fine music 
and he need not and will not play for less than 
$25 per night — often much more than that. 
They send for him from far and near. He 
takes pride in his business, uses only the best 
fiddle to be obtained, and never furnishes sec- 
ond-class music. He finds a world of pleas-- 
ure in his business has a delightful home and 
pleasant surroundings, with a good bank ac- 
count and looks at his whole life work as a 
magnificent entertainment. 
The second fiddler, with which the world 
seems abundantly supplied, plays for his sup- 
per (generally the second table), and picks up 
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