lhe RURAL N E V/ - V O R K E R 
1593 
ONIONS 
Connecticut Valley, $1.50 to $2 per 100- 
lb. bag: natives, 85c to $1 bu box; Span¬ 
ish. $4.50 to $5 case. 
POTATOES 
Maine. $1.90 to $2 per 100 lbs. on 
track: New Brunswick. $1.90 to $2; 
sweet potatoes, $4.50 to $4.75 bbl. 
VEGETABLES 
Cabbage. 75c to $1.25 bbl.; celery, 
white. $1.25 to $1.75 doz. ; cucumbers, $1 
to $5 bu. box; lettuce, 75c to $1 bu. box; 
spinach. 50 to 75c bu. box ; tomatoes, $1 
to $4 bu. box ; squash, marrow, $1.75 to 
$2 25 bbl.; Bay State, 3 to 3%e lb.; 
string beans, $2 to $3 bu. box; beets, 
$1.50 to $2 bu. box; carrots, $1.75 to $2 
bu. box; shell beans, $1.50 to $3 bu. box; 
green corn, $1 to $2 bu. box; turnips, 
Cape, $2.50 to $2.75 bag; peppers, $1.50 
to $1.75 hamper; parsnips. $2 50 to $3 
bu.: radishes, 50 to 75c bu.; cauliflower, 
50c to $2 bu. box. 
APPLES 
Gravensteins, $4 to $7 bbl.. $1.25 to 
$2.50 bu. box ; Alexander and Wolf IIiv- 
er, $3 to $5 bbl.; Wealthy, $3 50 to $6 
bbl.. $1.25 to $2.50 bu. box; McIntosh 
Red. $3 to $6.50 bbl.. $1 25 to $2 50 bu. 
box ; sweet apples. $1 to 83 bbl. 50c to $1 
bu. box ; crabapples, $2.25 to $3 bu. box. 
BEANS 
Carlots. per 100 lbs.. Xew York and 
Michigan pea bean. $7 to $7.25; fair to 
good, $6.50 to $7 : California small white, 
$7 to $7 25; yellow eye, extras. $12 to 
$12.25; fair to good. $10 to $11 ; red kid¬ 
ney. choice. $16 to $16.50; fair to good, 
$12 to 814: Lima. $11.50 to $12; Mada¬ 
gascar. $8 to $9; peas, $6 to $6.50; job¬ 
bing prices. 25 to 50c above car lots. 
FRUIT 
Oranges, late Valencias, $4 to $8.25 
box: grapefruit. $3 to $7.50 box; canta¬ 
loupes. flats, 50c to $1: honey dews. $2 25 
to $2.75; pears, $2.50 to $3 50 bu : 
peaches. $2 to $2.50 bu. basket; grapes, 
wild, $2.50 to $3 bu. : pony basket, 25 to 
28c; plums. 20 to 30c per 6-lb. basket ; 
cranberries, $2.25 to $2.50 crate. $7 to $s 
bbl. 
IT AY 
New : Xo. 1 Timothy, $45 to $46; Xo. 
2 Timothy. $40 to $43; Xo. 1 Eastern, 
840 to $43; N T o. 2 Eastern, $36 to $38; 
Xo. 3 hay. $33 to $34; clover mixed hay, 
835 to $39; fine hay. $31 to $33; rye 
straw. $25 to $27; oat straw. $16 to $17. 
LAMBS 
Genuine Spring lambs. 25 to 28c; Fall 
and Winter lambs, 15 to 20c; yearlings, 
8 to 18c; muttons. 12 to 15c; veal. 12 to 
2Se. 
MILLFEED 
Per ton. Spring bran. $45 50: Winter 
bran, $45.50: middlings, $53 to $56; 
mixed feed. 853 to $56; red dog, $73; sec¬ 
ond clears. 886 : gluten feed, $63.02 : hom¬ 
iny feed. $54.50: stock feed. $57; oat 
hulls, reg> , o\ind. $23 to $24 ; cottonseed 
meal. $59 to $63. 
Local Up-State Prices 
SYRACUSE PUBLIC MARKET 
B 
et f. prime. 
sides. 
lb.. 
14c; 
medium 
lie; 
lamb 
. Spr 
ing, lb.. 
, 28c 
; live 
hogs, 
lb. 
14c; 
; live 
pigs. 
small, 
each 
. $5; 
pork. 
lb. 
22'-: 
; veal. 
prime, lb., 2 
2e; common. 19c 
> 
Ducks, live, lb.. 40c; dressed, lb. 60 
to 65c; broilers, live, lb., 36 to 40c; 
dressed, lb.. 60 to 65c; fowls, live. lb.. 
35c; dressed, 60c; eggs. 70 to 75c: duck 
eggs, 80c: butter, lb., 68 to 75c; honey, 
new, lb.. 35 to 40c; per cap, 35 to 40c; 
extracted, qt., $1 to $1.30. 
Apples, bu., 50c to $2; peaches, bu., 
$2.75 to $3: citrons, each, 20 to 25c; 
elderberries, bu., $1.25; pears, bu.. $1 to 
$2 50; plums, bu., $2; prunes, bu., $2 50; 
cantaloupes, crate, $1 to $2.75; each. 5 
to 10c; crabapples. bu., $1 to $1.50; 
grapes, lb.. 10c; watermelon,^ crate. $1 ; 
each, 15 to 25c; cider, gal.. 25 to 35c. 
Beans, lima. bu.. $3: dry, lb.. 10c; 
beets, per doz. bunches. 30c; per bu.. 75c 
to 81.50; cabbage, per doz. beads. 48 to 
50c; per head. 5c; blue, per doz.. 81.50; 
carrots, nor bu.. 75c; cauliflower, per doz. 
heads. 81 to $2; corn, per doz., 15 to 20c; 
celery hearts, doz., 75c; stalks, per doz. 
50c; cucumbers, bu., $1; pickles, per 100. 
75c to $1; endive, bunch, 5c: garlic, lb. 
25c; eggplant, per doz., $2; lettuce, leaf, 
per crate, $1.50; Boston, per doz., 50c; 
onions, green, doz. bunches, 60c; dry. per 
bu., 81 to $2.50; parsley, doz. bunches, 
45 to 50c; parsnips, doz. bunches. 60c; 
peppers, bu.. $2 to $2.25; potatoes, bu., 
$1 *o 81 20; pumpkins, each. 10 to 20c; 
radishes, doz. bunches. 25c: romaine, 
bunch, 5c; sage, lb., 10c: spinach, bu., 
75c; Summer squash, per doz., 40c: Hub¬ 
bard squash, lb.. 4c: Swiss chard, doz. 
bunches. 50c: tomatoes, bu., 5.0 to 75c; 
turnips. 
bu.. 81 
to 81.25; 
vegetable 
oys- 
f ers. doz 
bundle 
s. 60c. 
Alfalfa, extra. 
ton. $37 
; Hay. X 
o. 1 . 
$37; Xo 
. 2. $33 
; No. 3. 
830: T’iih 
iMiy. 
$32; stn 
nv. rye, 
per ton. 
$18; oat. 
$20. 
JOHNSON CITY—ENDICOTT MARKETS 
Beef. lb.. 12 to 36c; hamburg, lb. 20c; 
lamb chops, lb.. 40c; pork chops, lb. 32 
to 35c; side pork, lb.. 28c; pork steak, 
b.. 38c; salt pork. lb. 23c; pigs, each, 
$•» to $6; sausage, lb . 30o; veal chops. lb., 
40c; veal cutlets, lb., 45c; woodchuck, 
dressed, lb., 30c; rabbits, lb.. 30c; dressed. 
35c. 
Broilers, dressed, lb., 50c; dorks, 
dressed, lb.. 38c; fowls, live. lb. 36c; 
dressed. 42c: butter, lb.. 64c; milk, qt., 
10c; buttermilk, (it.. 5c; cream, qt., Stic; 
cheese, lb., 35c; pimento, lb., 10c; cottage 
RS<>° Se ' 11) " 10c > 05c; duck eggs. 
Apples, peck. 25c; pears, peck, 55c; 
Bartlett pears, bu., $1.75; plums, qt., 8c; 
peaches, bu., $3.50. 
Beets, bunch. 5c; beaus, lb., 10c; beet 
greens, peck. 20c; cauliflower, lb., 7c; 
carrots, bunch, 5c; cabbage, new. lb., 2c; 
celery, bunch, 10c; cucumbers, lie; per 
100. 65c; green onions, bunch. 5c; onions, 
peck, 60c; lettuce, bunch. 5c; potatoes, 
bu.. $1.10; radishes, bunch. 5c; spinach, 
peck, 20c: sweet corn, doz., 20c; sauer¬ 
kraut, qt.. 20c; string beans, qt., 5c; 
squash, lb., 2c; Hubbard, lb., 4c; to¬ 
matoes, bu., $1.25; turnips, bu., $1. 
Vinegar, gal.. 45c; honey, lb., 35c; ex¬ 
tracted. 2Se; popcorn, shelled, lb., 10c. 
BINGHAMTON 
Fowls, live. lb.. 35c; dressed, lb.,-40c; 
turkeys, live, lb.. 45c; dressed, lb., 58c; 
squabs, pair, 80c; broilers, live lb., 32 to 
35c; ducks, dressed, lb.. 40c. 
Apples, bu., $1 to $125; pears, bu.. 
$1 to $1.50; plume, bu.. $1 to $2 ; melons, 
bu., $3.50; potatoes, bu., $1 : lettuce, doz., 
50 to 80c; rhubarb, doz., 30 to 40c; beets, 
bu., 81 to $1.25; cabbage, per 100 lbs., 
90c to $1: crook-neck squash, per bu., 
50 to 60c; green corn, per 100, $1.25; to¬ 
matoes. bu.. 75c to $1 ; carrots, doz. 
bunches, 40 to 50c; cucumbers, bu., 50 
to 75c; turnips, bu.. $1; parsnips, bu., 
$1.25. 
Cow hides, lb., 10c: bull hides, lb.. $9; 
calfskins, each, $1 to $4: horsehides, each, 
$4 to $5; lamb pelts. 25 to 50c. 
Buffalo Wholesale Markets 
As a rule the produce prices are still 
sagging, on account of the heavy supply, 
but certain things which have become 
pretty low, like potatoes, are now bolding 
their own. and cantaloupes and early 
pears are higher on account of coming 
near the end of their season. Butter, 
cheese and eggs are also a cent or two 
higher. 
BUTTER—CHEESE—EGGS 
Butter. 2c advanced; creamery, 54 to 
64 c; dairy. 50 to 55c; crocks. 46 to 52c; 
common, 41 to 42c. Cheese, steady; 
(busies and longhorns, 30 to 31c; fiats. 
29 to 30c. Eggs, higher; hennery. 70 to 
76c; State and Western, candled, 62 to 
68c; storage. 54 to 65c. 
POULTRY 
Dressed poultry, firm, light offerings. 
Fowl. 38 to 43c; broilers. 45 to 50c; old 
roosters. 20 to 30c; turkeys, 56 to 57c; 
ducks, 40 to 43c ; geese, 30 to 32c. Live 
poultry, easier. Fowl, 32 to 38c: broil¬ 
ers. 45 to 50c; old roosters, 22 to 25c; 
ducks. 30 to 34e; geese. 26 to 28c. 
APPLES—POTATOES 
Apples, poor quality, steady; fancy, 
ini.. $1 to $1.50: windfalls. 25 to 65c. 
Beta toes, steady, light offerings; good to 
fancy, bu., $1 to $1.25; common, 65 to 
80c ; Jersey sweets, bbl., $5 to $5.25. 
BE A N S—O N IONS 
Beans, dull; kidney, ewt., $12 to $14: 
marrow. $10.50 to $11.50; pea and me¬ 
dium, $7.50 to $S. Onions, weak ; home¬ 
grown, bu.. $1 to $1.25; State, ewt.. $1.75 
to $2. 
PEACHES AND MELONS 
Peaches, over-supply, somewhat demor¬ 
alized: fancy Elbertas, 1/3-bu., 50 to 60c; 
Crawfords. 45 to 50c; common, 30 to 40c 
Melons, firm ; cantaloupes, crate. $1 to 
$2.75; honeydews, crate. $1.50 to $1.75. 
TREE FRUITS AN1) BERRIES 
Pears, quiet; fancy, bu.. 82 to $3.35; 
common, 75c to $1.50. Plums, slow; 
Grand Duke. 6-lb. bskt.. 25 to 30c; com¬ 
mon. 15 to 20c. Prunes, good demand: 
fancy, bu.. $1 50 to $2.25. Crabapples, 
bu.. $1 to $2. Huckleberries, quoted, 
crate. $6 to $7. Grapes, strong; black. 
20-lb. bskt.. $1.75 to $2 : white and red. 
8135 to $1.50; California Malagas, qt.. 
15c retail. 
VEGETABLES 
Vegetables, over-supnly. weak. Beaus 
(string), bu., $1 to $2.25; beets, 25 to 
40c; carrots, 50 to 75c; cauliflower. 75c 
to $1.25; cucumbers. 50 to 75c; eggplant. 
50c to $1 ; peppers, $2 to $2.50; spinach. 
60 to 75c; Summer squash. 40 to 50c; 
Winter squash. 60 to 70c; tomatoes. 60c 
to 81; white turnips, 60 to 80c; yellow 
turnips. 75 to 90c; cabbage. 100 heads, 
82 to $3.50; celery, doz. bunches, 85c to 
81; radishes, 20 to 30c; corn, doz. ears, 
10 to 15c; lettuce. 2-doz. box, 50c to 
$1.25. 
SWEETS 
Honey, quiet; light comb. lb.. 38 to 
40c; dark, 30 to 30*. Maple products— 
Sugar. lb v , 30 to 38c; svrup, gal.. $2.25 
to $2.50. 
FEED 
Hay, quiet. Loose Timothy, ton, 828 
to $32; clover mixed. $26 to $28; wheat 
bran, much lower; ton. carlots. $41; mid¬ 
dlings. $48; red dog. $70.50; cottonseed 
meal. $68.50; oilmeal. $59.50; hominy, 
$52 50; gluten, $58.35; oat feed, $25; 
rye middlings. $50. j. w. C. 
Country-wide Produce Situation 
DOWNWARD TREND PERSISTS FOR POTA¬ 
TOES, ONIONS AND CABBAGE-APPLES 
SETTLED, FAIRLY STEADY 
Potato prices have steadily declined 
throughout September, and dropped from 
10 to 50c per 100 pounds during the last 
10 days of the month. Probably prices 
are new not far from the low point, which 
usually occurs in October, at. or near the 
height of the harvesting and shipping 
movement. 
Growers in nearly all sections seem 
reluctant to accept the situation, and 
many are inclined to hold stocks awhile 
in the hope of improvement iu late Fall. 
Often the market improves in November 
and December, when shipments fall off 
somewhat and stock is thoroughly ma¬ 
tured and fit to buy and put away for 
Winter storage. Car shortage is further 
restricting the movement nearly every¬ 
where, and shipments of Northern pota¬ 
toes are less than last season so far, 
although the crop is evidently larger, 
especially in the West. Recent reports 
indicate some falling off in the expected 
yield, chiefly on account of blight and 
rot. but as yet damage from this source 
does not seem to threaten great reduction 
in the general yield compared with earlier 
estimates. 
POTATO SHIPMENTS MODERATE 
Canadian competition probably will be 
active again this season. The September 
estimate of the Canadian crop is 123,- 
776.600 bushels, compared with 125,575,- 
000 bushels last year, but the decrease is 
chiefly in Western Canada and in Que¬ 
bec, while Nova Scotia. New Brunswick, 
Ontario and Prince Edward Island, the 
chief shipping sections to American mar¬ 
kets, report heavier yields than a year 
ago. Carlot shipments from producing 
sections in the United States thus far 
have been below last season, and were 20 
per cent less in late September, at which 
time prices iu city markets for large lots 
ranged $1.50 to $2.50 per 100 pounds, 
lowest prices being recorded in Chicago 
and Middle Western cities. The heavy 
supplies iu Western markets indicate 
that last season’s heavy draft on Eastern 
potato supplies will not be repeated this 
year. The price of sweet potatoes trends 
downward, and supplies in sight seem to 
be relatively as heavy as of white stock. 
Quality and condition of white and yellow 
potatoes seem good, although there is 
some complaint of the usual defects at¬ 
tending a large, rankly growing crop, 
such as over-size, hollow centers and 
watery texture. The potato situation and 
outlook hardly can be regarded as settled 
until final reports show the actual out¬ 
turn and determine whatever damage may 
occur from rot or freezing. 
CABBAGE AND ONIONS LOW 
Prices of cabbage continue to decline, 
reaching a general level around $6 per 
ton bulk in Xew York State and Wis¬ 
consin. the two leading commercial ship¬ 
ping sections. Demand continues light, 
because of heavy local supplies, and total 
cabbage shipments iu carlots from the 
Northern States have been lighter than 
least season, although the crop is much 
heavier. Evidently atgood deal of stock 
not fit for long storage will fail to find a 
market, especially in more remote ship¬ 
ping sections of the West. Colorado, 
with a heavy crop, has shipped less than 
half as much as last season, and Wiscon¬ 
sin only three-fourths as much as to the 
end of September last season. City quo¬ 
tations have not fallen relatively as low 
as prices in producing sections, but aver¬ 
age generally $14 to $18 per ton. 
Eastern yellow onions are selling at 
high prices that would not have been 
considered high in the years before the 
war. In many Western producing sec¬ 
tions growers are getting only $1 per 100 
rounds for best stock. The range in the 
East is mostly $1.25 to $1.75, but tending 
downward through September under pres¬ 
sure of liberal supplies and full markets. 
The general range in the large cities is 
$1.25 to 81 75. the prices having been 
reduced nearly to one-half those at the 
opening of the market season in early 
September. The decline seems to be a 
part of the general drop in prices of 
many food products and other commodi¬ 
ties. The increase in production as com¬ 
pared with the average season seems 
hardly great enough to account for the 
extreme weakness of the market. 
AFPLES SLOW. FAIRLY STEADY 
Apple markets have kept up better than 
most others; conditions have even shown 
some improvement with cooler weather 
and the clearing up of the enormous sup¬ 
plies of early varieties. The general 
range in city markets of Fall and early 
Winter stock is $4 to $7 for best grades. 
Some markets have declined slightly, but 
the general situation is fairly steady, 
leading Fall varieties in producing sec¬ 
tions in Western Xew York selling mostly 
84 per barrel, and sales for future de¬ 
livery of standard late varieties like Bald¬ 
win. York and Ben Davis have also 
ranged not far from $4. but the high price 
of barrels and other incidental expenses 
makes the net return unsatisfactory to 
producers. Many are shipping iu bulk, 
and for that reason the supply of bulk 
apples seems likely to be excessive and 
p ices low. Present prices run about 
$1.25 per 100 pounds in Eastern ship¬ 
ping sections. Shipments in bushel b s- 
kets range at shipping point 81 to $1.25. 
Buyers have been holding off heavy pur¬ 
chases to the last possible moment, but 
large numbers of them are located in the 
producing sections awaiting what they 
consider the right moment. Cider stock 
evidently will be lower than last season. 
It is quoted at 40c per 100 pounds in 
Virginia and West Virginia. 
The Canadian apple crop is a little 
below that of last year, and much less in 
Nova Scotia, which is the leading province 
shipping to northeastern markets and a 
chief competitor iu the export trade. The 
export markets have so far been satis¬ 
factory, although prices have tended 
downward under increasing supplies. Most 
sales recently net considerably below $10 
per barrel to American shippers. Freight 
is $2.50 to $3, while commission, insur¬ 
ance. cartage and other incidental charges 
bring the expenses above $4 per barrel. 
The British crop was light, and will soon 
be out of the markets, leaving the de¬ 
mand to be supplied chiefly from the 
United States aud Canada. 
PEACH PRICES DECLINE 
Shipments of peaches have shown a 
considerable increase from leading East¬ 
ern producing States like New York, New 
Jersey and Michigan, about offsetting the 
decrease from Western shipping sections. 
Southern shipments were rather light, 
-and the total for the season is only about 
three-fourths that of last season. The 
markets, however, seem over-supplied 
lately, on account of the abundance of 
various kinds of fruit, and prices have 
tended downward. Standard late varie¬ 
ties from New York State have been aver¬ 
aging not over $2 per bushel. Western 
markets have been about 50c higher than 
Eastern on account of the shortage of 
Western peaches. 
PACK ONLY THE BEST 
Somewhat lower prices seem to be the 
rule in practically all leading lines of 
fruits and vegetables, and notwithstand¬ 
ing the generally good quality Of the crop 
this year, the marketing problem is the 
most serious in recent seasons. The best 
general policy would be to pack and ship 
only the best grades and to put these up 
carefully. Top grades have brought high 
prices in most markets, even under pres¬ 
ent conditions. The low grade stock 
should be culled out closely and handled 
as well as possible in local markets and 
for the manufacture of juices and canned 
or dried products. G. B; F. 
Wheat was not so good through this 
section; averaged about 15 bu. per acre. 
The corn is not looking so good as other 
years; did not get it planted till late on 
aeeouut of wet weather. After planting 
it was dry for so long it did- not get 
started; only about two-thirds of it will 
mature. Wheat. $2.45 per bu.; old corn, 
$2.50 per bbl.; potatoes, $1 per bu.; oats. 
80c per bu.; eggs. 50c per doz.; chickens, 
old. 2Sc per lb.: young. 26c; hogs, $13 
per ewt. There is a lot of black oats 
through this section. About the time the 
oats were cut it set in wet, and a lot of 
the crop spoiled. j. c. M. 
Fulton Co.. I’a. 
Eggs. 62c per doz.; butter, 75c; po¬ 
tatoes. $1.50 per bu.; apples, $1.50 per 
bu.; wheat. $2.50; corn, $1.50; oats, SOe. 
Conditions seem to indicate a bumner 
prop. Oats have been a good crop, while 
wheat was only fair. The high wages 
paid by the industrial works in our city 
have the tendency to take away from the 
farm all available help, aud the question 
of harvesting the corn crop looms up as 
a very serious one. unless the weather 
holds off long enough to gather. 
Lebanon Co., Pa. c. H. s. 
Hay. around $25 per ton ; millers pav¬ 
ing $2.20 to $2.30 per bu. for wheat. 
All other produce we have to haul 20 
miles to market, aud then paid prices as 
follows: Sugar corn, from $1.25 to $1.50 
per 100 ears; tomatoes. 10 to 40c %-bu. 
bskt.: cabbage. 15 to 25c %-bu. bskt. : 
potatoes. SO to 90c: peaches, 75c to $1 ; 
apples. 40c to $1. These prices seem very 
low. and many of our farmers feel very 
much dissatisfied, as labor is scarce, and 
they are asking as high as $6 per day for 
harvesting potatoes. n. w. t. 
Bucks Co., Pa. 
Prices for Roots and Herbs 
From time to time we have spoken of 
the trade in roots nd herbs. Very few 
people, apparently, realize the great de¬ 
mand for these materials. They are 
needed for making extracts and medicines. 
It is uot generally known that some of 
our common weeds have considerable 
value for this purpose. On looking over 
the last price list sent out by a dealer 
iu this material we find a strong demand 
for certain goods. 
Dog grass is practically the same thing 
as quack grass, or. as it is often called, 
witch or twitch or crab grass. Tbe dried 
roots of this pest are selling at 15c per 
pound wholesale when clean and dry. A 
superior line of this root cut up line 
brings 22c per pound. Elm bark i«s in 
demand at 18c. and the bark of black haw 
tree brings 17 1 4c. The root of lady slip¬ 
per (tbe orchid, not the little garden 
plant) is now bringing 70e to 75c. which 
means, of course, properly dried and 
cleaned. The dried leaves of tbe arbor 
vitae bring 4c; blood-root, properly 
cleaned. 17c. and the new roots of bur¬ 
dock. properly split. 10c. Large plants 
of catnip with a sihall stem bring 4c. 
with the catnip leaves alone, 14c. The 
price now offered for dried dandelion root 
is 17c. while the dried leaves of golden rod 
are worth 3e. Dried roots of the Indian 
turnip bring 8c. and the roots of Ply of 
the valley 25c. The root of the milkweed 
has a present wholesale price of 5c per 
lb, while dry leaves of the mullein plant 
bring 6%e and the flowers of ox-eye daisy 
3c. Pennyroyal brings from 4c to 7c. 
Tbe dried leaves and tops of ragweed 
bring IVjC, while sassafras runs from 
17c to 25c. The roots of skunk cabbage 
bring from 12c to 14c; the leaves of 
tansy, thoroughly dried, 13c. and winter- 
green leaves 5c. There is still a demand 
for wild cherry. The dried bark runs 
from 7%e to 12c a pouud. and dried wild 
cherries with skins on bring 16e a pound. 
It may seem to some of our readers that 
there is easy money in collecting herbs 
at these prices. They will find, however, 
when they come to prepare a pound of 
any of these herbs that it takes a h’ - ■' 
time to prepare and dry even a srpd] 
quantity. In some localities where cer¬ 
tain kinds of plants are plentiful it miaht 
pay to look this up and send a few sam¬ 
ples to see what could be made out of the 
business. 
