St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-09-17
Closely connected with this ques-
ton Of buying in quantity is the
CLOTHING PROBLEM.

CLOTHING PROBLEM.
Two or three or more neighbors car
often purchase by mail, ha wing goods
come by express, nearly all the cloth
ing used in family, at some of the
large stores in the cities or towns for
less money than the goods and ind
ings would cost in small quantities,
In order to do his successfully, how.
ever, it would be necessary for the
person giving the orders to be judge
OF cloth, so as to order inteligently
from samples, and to use some time
and ingenuity in becoming ac-
quainted with the system Of meas
urements necessary to obtain good
fitting garments.
This is not difficult undertaking,
however, and only requires the exer-
else of some good, common sense.
After little experience shrewd
lady would be able TO become good
buyer, and if neighbors did not join
her in the undertaking might often
make neat profit by taking some
orders from friends, beside supplying
the family wardrobe. Be sure and
deal with a reliable house in making
such purchases. and get wellinformed
as to prices from the lists OF several
concerns. AS general thing leave
the goods of all peddlers for someone
else to buy, for although the travel
ing dealer may be honest, he can sell
dom compete in prices with any Of
the large city stores.
In short, the whole question of
saving in purchasing resolves itself
into an effort to get as near to the
wholesaler as possible, and there is
sure to be a considerable saving, even
in small family, if some member OF
the family will do goodly amount
OF thinking and reading before buy
ing.
There are a few
LEAKS IN THE FARM PoCKETBooK
which may be called miscellaneous,
but which on some farms amount
from cents to dollars in the course of
a year. How many farmers keep
every machine and every farm imple-
ment under cover all of the time when
not i'll use? The price OF most farm
machinery is really very low, but re-
pair pieces for such machinery cost
very much more in proportion; in
fact some agents look to the sale of
repairs tor most of their profits The
wear on machinery which is not kept
well oiled and properly housed, is
probably one-half greater than on
such as is well cared for. Look at
the two facts and draw conclusion.
This applies also to garden tools,
wagons, harnesses and almost every
movable article on the farm. | sup
pose that none OF my readers, except
Peter Tumbledown, have a pocket
book leak caused by whiskey bill,
but maybe there might be few dol
lars saved here and there by making
the
CIGAR OR TOBACCO BILL LESS?
You see there is question mark after
this, however. Just think about it,
that is all.
Be sure and raise if possible, some
nice pork, mot too fat) and have
good beet fattened for winter use.
Raise corn or oats or other grain
enough to feed the cattle and poul-
try all the year round; and by the
way, have some extra cabbage, tur-
nips and other odds and ends in that
vegetable field to put in the cellar for
the poultry during the winter. Look
out Tor the
RATS AND MICE
and the leaks they make. While you
are saving don't try to save in house
hold expenses by wearing out the
housekeeper, even if she is hired one.
Ii tor no better reason than that it
will not pay. Don't try to save by
not taking any good papers or mag
aznes. Have good weekly paper,
and as much other good literature
as by careful calculation you think
you can possibly afford,-[By J. A.
Webster in Farm Journal.
APPLE TREE INSECTS.
Prof. ]. M. Stedman, of the Mis-
sour Station, says: The insect
known as the apple leaf folder NAV
be readily killed by thoroughly
spraying infested trees just as soon
as the young insects begin to hatch,
and before they have had time to
fold the leaves to any considerable
extent. This spraying should be
done just as the apple tree leaves are
unfolding. The spraying mixture
should be: One pound Paris green,
three pounds oil fresh lime, $50 gal
Ions OF water. Since there are three
broods OF this insect each year, there
are three periods during which spray
ing can be most successfully done.
The leaf crumpler, another insect
very Injurious to apple trees, may be
readily killed by thoroughly spraying
the infested trees while the leaves are
unfolding and before the blossoms
open with the same mixture. If nee
essary, the trees may be SPRAYED
again Immediately after all the bios
SONS have fallen, but in this case the
amount OF water in the mixture
should be increased to IT'S gallons.
SEED POTATOES.
Experiments at the Ohio Station
show that the best method of keep