Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-05-16

"Wcil. have you figured on the cost
Of the land?"
II shall exchange our house and lot
for n farm. of course
wen figure, then, that you have ex-
chNused even up. None of the live
stock or farming implements go In
with farm. We must have a COW, 4
team of horses. a wagon. plow drag
aH,! other things. Then we must have
a i.i.ad man. You can figure on pay
ing our 5000 to begin with
There you go-trying to discourage
me right on the start" shouted Mr..
ba"scr rs he rose up and began walk
ing around.
"But how can you get along without
lhcSc things? You are to put 100 acres
int strawberries. DO YOU know how
,lrch work it is to prepare the land!'
Mr. Eowser stopped and looked at
hc' h'dnHly.
First what is the cost of the plants?
II Is given in the pamphlet here III 50
2 hundred That's SO IA acre Or 5000
for your hundred acres. Had you fig
urel on that
Nr. Bowscr began to turn pale. aud
the ca1 left the hearth rug and crawled
under the piano
Would Be Big Expense.
And now about breaking up the
,aul There are 100 acres to plow.
drag ana enrich and lay off in beds.
Tlr ground has got to lie carefully pre-
t.,-G. Have YOU figured on the cost
of n.is:"
"W'oMan, what do you mean by such
laik:" demanded Mr.. Bowser in stern
tones.
"WhT, this Is Il business talk, and
am talking business. You can expect
your Persian Double prolilicS are go
ing to yield anything if you stack them
away in the barn. They have cot t. be
set out in rich and carefully prepared
grounds. Let me see, To prepare those
100 acres will take two men and two
teams at least month. 10 set out the
plants viii take two men fi0U two to
three weeks. 1t says here that you
must fertilize every plant. low many
say. If it comes on dry weather, the
plants must get watcred in some way
OF You will lose them. Have you
thought of that?'
AIr. Bowser sat down. flushing red
and white, and set his jaw and glared
Mt her.
"Well your hundred acres Of straw
berries get along to the period when
the berries begin to ripen. What about
the pickcrs? You must have at least
fifty women and children ready. They
will have to be paid from > to 3 cents
a quart. Strawberries must go to mar
ket in boxes. How many boxes, and
what is the cost? You must send them
TO the depot and pay freight They
must 90 to commission house, and
have You figured on that commission?
Il the supply is light, you may get 10
cents Il quart. If the market is glutted,
you may get 5. Now, take your pen.
ell, and we will get it all down to dol
lars and cents.'
we viii do nothing of the kind" re-
Piled Mr.. Bowser
Figured Only on One Side.
'But you want to know just where
you are going to stand, don't you? You
see. you had figured only on the one
side. The agent
''Never mind the agent, madam"
"But If you propose exchanging our
house and lot
Never mind the house and lot"
but you said you wanted business
talk with me, and I am trying
Never mind the business talk"
Mr.. Rowser looked at her for Il mo-
ment and then rose up and passed
down the hall and put on overcoat and
hat and banged the front door after
him. 1t was dark, and it was cold, and
the wind walled as if the spirits of
dead and gone murderers were spook
ing around. Three blocks down was a
small park, and single bench had
l~een left for persons to sit on and
SILVER and ponder and think. He sat
down and bumped up his back and
thought of the Persian Douhle-prolitcs.
the hundred acres, Mrs. BoWSer and
the cat, and he moved not until Mrs.
Bowser was In bed and asleep and
policeman came that way and punched
him with the end of his club and said:
"Now, then, old man, you get move
on you and get home or III give you a