E. D. DONALDSON'S MODEL BERRT FIELD AT CODINGTON, IND. 
Mr. Donaldson's berry farm Joins the famous Frank E. Beatty farm, and he has become so thor 
ouEhly inoculated with the methods Blven in Great Crops of Strawberries and How to Grow Them and fol 
lowed Its methods so closely that he is second fiddler to no berry grower in Fountain County He attributes 
his success to using thoroughly developed plants and doing his work right aiLiiouies 
Mr Donaldson was a cooper, working at his trade until sixty years of age. He became tired of 
shop work and being determined to have a home of his own, a bargain was made for this farni of seven 
^Tf;/° ?, m"^"', I'l'^ P'"'' °' P'f^^hed into business: the big berries soon paid off the 
mortgage, besides furnishing ample means tor many needed improvements, also a snug bank account to 
draw from at any time; he is now seventy-tour years old and his good wife seventv-slx; he is as en- 
thusiastic over the berry business as many a young man. ' 
THE WIFE'S PIN MONEY. 
No matter how well the husband provides 
for the wife, she enjoys money better that 
comes from some source of her own; life 
seems more independent when she can go to 
a well filled pocketbook that has' been earned 
by her own planning. A big majority of 
women on the farm get their pin money from 
milk and butter, which is a very good way; 
howeyer, there are many hardships connected 
with it. We can recall a number of farmers' 
wives who milk from six to eight cows twice 
each day, tramping through snow and mud in 
the winter, besides being tormented with flies 
in summer; and some of the husbands allow 
their wives the honor of cleaning the stable 
as well. Then comes all the crocks to wash, 
which takes till bedtime; getting up at four 
o'clock in the morning, churning before break- 
fast, then taking the butter to market through 
the dust and sweltering sun. No matter how 
nicely it is moulded out and arranged on the 
dish, it will sometimes be soft and look mussy 
on arrival, making it hard to get a satisfactory 
price'. A few years of such hardship will make 
an opening for a step-mother. We are glad 
that a great many of these good wives and 
mothers have fouiid an easier and more pleas- 
GEO. S. POMEROT'S BERRY FIELD. 
Here Is another beautiful strawberry farm .showing 
the result of thoroughbred pedigree plants. Mr Pom- 
eroy has used Thoroughtied plants for years and con- 
tributes his success to their use and following the In- 
structions laid down in " Great Crops of Strawberries 
and How to Grow Them." Strawberries are srown 
in connection with thoroughbred poultry. This model 
farm is located at JonesviUe. Mich. Mr. Pomeroy Is 
like every other grower that follows those methods, 
first fiddler in his county. 
ant way to earn their own money. A patch of 
Thoroughbred strawberry plant's covering as 
much ground as the barn lot, which formerly 
held the six cows makes them more clear 
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