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Show HOW TO SELL GOOD VEGETABLES Prepare Product with Same Care that Kxnits Receive Farmer Will Scon Have Trade No One Can Take Away. The following good advice to market mar-ket gardeners is taken from the Minnesota Min-nesota Horticulturist: factories. While prices paid by these factories are not nearly so inviting as those received from other sources, yet there is some advantage In growing grow-ing crops for them. If the factories are near at hand not much care will be needed in packing or handling the crop. The main point being to produce pro-duce the greatest bulk at the least expense. ex-pense. Very little is needed in the way of packages, and many items of expense are saved. To be profitable, the acreage should be as large as pos sible, so that when ihe gathering comes it win require steady naming to the factories In this way the extra ex-tra help can be fully employed. There will be no loss of time or crops in having to stop and hunt for help when needed, or take chances on getting them just when wanted." ll you are locaieu ueai a ciiv where you can market produce from the wagon, you will find that if you prepare vegetables with the same care that you do fruits, and be honest all the way down to the bottom of the basket, you will have a trade that no one can take from you, and your produce prod-uce will bring a premium over the average market. The same rule holds true if you are shipping to other markets. mar-kets. A packet rightly packed is half sold, and is an invitation to buy another. an-other. It is always advisable, before planting your crop, to know to some extent where and how you will dispose of it. Make all preparation before the time of harvest. What might be serious seri-ous losses arc often avoided by look big ahead. "To some, a good "utlet for some vegetables is fount ij the canning |