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snug.  See  your  eggs  are  uniform  in  size. 
At  the  bottom  of  the  carton  I  put  some 
soft  paper.  When  you  have  your  dozen 
in  place  put  some  soft  paper  on  top  and 
close  them  up.  Now  I  send  four  dozen 
at  one  time.  I  take  a  piece  of  corrugated 
card  and  cut  it  to  fit  and  put  two  boxes 
on  this  card,  then  another  corrugated  card 
on  top,  then  place  the  other  two  boxes 
and  top  it  off  by  placing  another  corru¬ 
gated  card  on  top,  then  take  a  newspaper 
and  wrap  the  four  boxes,  then  take  and 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  ‘‘square  deal.  ”  See 
Business 
Circulars  for  Advertising  Shipping  by  Parcel  Post 
Many  farmers  and  their  wives  are  de-  Farmers’  Bulletin  No.  70S,  issued  by 
velopiug  direct  trade  through  advertis-  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Wash¬ 
ing  and  circulars.  It  is  wonderful  what  ington,  gives  some  good  suggestions  for 
a  business  can  be  developed  in  this  way  shipping  farm  produce  by  parcel  post, 
if  people  will  make  sure  of  their  goods.  Among  other  things  quite  a  good  business 
have  confidence  i.u  the  trade,  spend  a  lias  been  developed  ip  some  places  in 
little  money  and  stick  to  it  through  the 
first  disappointments.  You  have  no  idea 
how  many  articles  can  be  sold  in  this 
way.  We  have  already  printed  the  little 
circular  of  Edwin  A.  Dean  of  Maine. 
On  the  first  page  the  following  appears : 
EDWARD  A.  DEAN 
DEALER  IX 
ALL  KINDS  OF  EATABLES 
Raiser  and  Manufacturer  of 
SALTED  DAXDELIOX  GREENS 
SO  I  K  KROI'T 
IIORSE  RADISH 
VEGETABLE  SALAD 
When  you  turn  over  you  find  the  fol¬ 
lowing  : 
NOTICE 
Dear  Sir  : 
Are  you  in  want  of  some  extra  nice 
Sour  Krout?  I  have  some  that  is  cut 
fine,  white,  juicy  and  crispy.  I  put  it 
up  in  4  gallon  kegs,  0  gallon  kegs  and 
one-half  barrels.  All  you  have  got  to 
do  to  keep  it,  is  to  put  a  plate  ou  top 
of  the  krout  and  a  small  rock  just  large 
enough  to  bring  the  pickle  over  it,  and 
keep  it  in  a  cool  place.  Almost  every¬ 
body  thinks  my  Sour  Krout  is  the  best 
they  can  got.  I  commence  making  it  as  late 
ns  the  first  of  October  and  I  make  i,t  as 
late  as  the  first  of  April,  so  if  you  should 
want  more  than  one  lot  you  can  get  it 
any  time  through  the  Winter.  Here  are 
tin'  names  of  some  of  my  customers  that 
use  my  Sour  Krout: 
Then  follows  the  names  of  parties  who 
have  bought  goods  from  Mr,  Dean.  This 
little  circular  goes  into  all  letters  and 
there  are  often  city  friends  who  have  a 
large  correspondence  and  who  will  gladly 
send  several  hundred  through  the  mail. 
It  all  adds  to  the  trade.  Many  of  us 
have  our  opinion  of  sour  krout,  hut  there 
are  enough  krout  lovers  to  provide  a  big 
trade  for  Mr.  Deau.  If  he  can  develop 
such  a  business  in  krout,  is  there  not 
something  produced  on  your  farm  that 
will  give  you  a  trade? 
The  Honest  Face 
of  a  Good  Watch 
Shake  hands  with  this 
fine  timekeeper,  built 
especially  for  the  men 
who  operate  farms.  This 
watch  is  highest  quality 
throughout.  It  combines 
life-time  accuracy  with  the 
most  modern  ideas  of 
beautiful  design.  Like 
all  other 
A  26-pound  Basket  of  Vegetables  Packed  for  Parcel  Post 
shipping  lots  of  assorted  vegetables. 
After  the  gardener  knows  what  his  cus¬ 
tomers  want,  or  what  they  need,  he  can 
make  an  assortment  for  a  small  family 
that  will  give  them  excellent  satisfaction, 
lie  must  know,  of  course,  something  of 
their  requirements,  and  about  what  they 
will  consume  in  a  given  time.  For  a 
small  family  the  outfit,  shown  in  the  pic¬ 
ture  is  quite  satisfactory.  Tlii,s  splint 
place  outside  wrapper  on  and  tie  firmly 
with  strong  twine.  I  find  the  newspaper 
acts  as  a  good  cushion  and  package  will 
stand  some  hard  knocks.  I  place  the  ad¬ 
dress  ou  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  pack¬ 
age  and  where  from.  Mark  all  sides 
“Eggs”  in  large  letters.  Don’t  be  afraid 
of  spending  a  penny  or  so  on  package, 
you  will  get  better  results  against  break¬ 
age.  If  you  have  regular  customers  when 
Model  No. 
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as  well  09  Handsome  and  Dialing* 
oisked  Appearance.  Adjusted  to 
temperature  and  3  posiiiorn, — thi? 
watch  will  lime  closely,  day  after 
day,— year  after  year.  Prices  $25 
and  up  according  to  kind  of  case 
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identified  at  jewelet*  by  the  Purple 
Ribbon  which  they  wear. 
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808  Studebaker  Street 
South  Bend,  Ind. 
frozen  in  ice 
KEEPS  PERFECT  TIME 
Three  Setting  Hens 
On  April  20.  1915.  I  purchased  two 
liens  at  $1  each  as  sitters  and  two  set¬ 
tings  of  eggs  at  the  cost  of  00  cents. 
They  hatched  out  IS  chickens,  then  I 
borrowed  another  setting  hen  and  bought 
one  for  $  1,  paid  75  cents  for  two  settings 
of  eggs  and  hatched  20.  making  a  total 
of  44  chicks.  Seven  of  these  died  two 
days  after  being  hatched,  then  during 
rose-hug  season  I  lost.  10.  making  a  total 
of  20  lost,  leaving  inf  21  good,  vigorous 
chicks.  The  hens  weaning  their  chickens 
started  to  laying  July.  1915,  From  July 
to  the  first  of  March,  1910,  they  laid 
20  dozen  and  seven  eggs. 
Value  of  eggs  .  $S.0S 
Eight  pullets,  total  weight  40% 
pounds  at  24  cents  a  pound.,..  11.90 
Value  of  roosters  killed  for  table 
use.  dressed  weight.  15%  pounds 
at  24  cents  a  pound .  12.18 
I  still  have  two  hens  weighing  11% 
pounds,  at  22  cents  a  pound  value  2.58 
The  Same  Package,  With  Cover  Sewn  On— Postage.  30  Cents  in  First  Two  Zones 
basket  is  firmly  packed  so  that  the  vege¬ 
tables  will  not  shake.  Then  the  cover  is 
sewed  on  as  shown,  and  it  is  all  ready 
for  shipment.  This  package  weighed  26 
pounds  and  the  postage  was  MO  cents, 
within  the  first  and  the  second  zones. 
Of  course  it  is  necessary  to  obtain  a  good 
price  for  the  vegetables  in  order  to  make 
such  business  profitable,  because  during 
the  Summer  a  housewife  who  knows  how 
can  go  to  the  open  market  and  buy  vege¬ 
tables  qui.te  cheaply,  but  there  are  always 
some  people  who  would  like  to  deal  direct 
with  farmers  in  this  way.  All  these 
things  are  worth  studying,  hut  no  one 
can  expect  to  start  off  from  the  very  be¬ 
ginning  with  full  success.  It  is  neces¬ 
sary  to  study  the  business  and  spend 
some  little  time  in  arranging  for  it. 
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Packing  Eggs  for  Parcel  Post 
I  notice  article  in  reference  to  sending 
eggs  liy  parcel  post,  and  the  breakage.  I 
would  like  to  state  my  way  of  packing 
eggs  to  send  by  parcel  post;  perhaps  it 
will  help  others,  or  if  it  can  be  improved 
on  I  would  like  to  know. 
When  parcel  post  was  first  put  in  op¬ 
eration  I  had  considerable  trouble  by 
breakage.  I  was  then  not  packing  as  1 
am  now.  I  used  then  a  standard  mailing 
carton,  hut  I  did  not  have  sufficient  out¬ 
side  wrapping  to  protect  them.  I  did  not 
think  I  was  altogether  in  fault,  the  ser- 
viee  was  new  and  there  is  no  doubt  parcel 
post  business  was  roughly  handled  by  the 
mail  service.  I  am  still  using  the  same 
cartons ;  I  use  one  dozen  egg  cartons.  I 
wrap  each  egg  separately  with  soft  paper 
and  put  them  point  down  and  see  they  fit 
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Total  cost  . 
Total  gained  . $1S.15 
Feeding  dry  mash  mixture,  100  pounds 
bran,  00  pounds  chops,  MO  pounds  beef 
scraps,  eight  pounds  charcoal,  this 
being  my  only  feed  given  to  hens,  giv¬ 
ing  the  best  results  both  for  produc¬ 
ing  eggs,  also  weight  and  health  and  hav¬ 
ing  plenty  of  clean  water  before  them  at 
all  times.  Do  you  think  I  have  done  well 
considering  the  number  I  saved  at  start? 
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