The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28

every year for six ysarS. WIN
you going to dot" "a (. Et
~ want to figure 4 littlssv replieI
Mrs. Eowser as she got pencil and ~,
per. ". ,| 4
9 But what's the use7 ecrugginl9 one
I went over the figures three di&erene
times to be sure about them. z
'Yes, but we'll 60 over them oneo
more. What sort Of farm have yo9
in mindr
"why, about 200 acres to begin On:
! think we ought to exchange even up"
"Yes, but that leaves you witnous
capital to begin the strawberry Dusl-
ness" !.
"capItall What do we want Of eap
ital?' irt
Perhaps you won't want any. but
we'll see. The FIRST thing next spring
will be to prepare your ground. i
must be plowed two ways, dragged
leveled aud enriched. Do you know
what the cost will be?"
"A mere. bagntelle."
"Just SO. II man and team pre-
pare two acres a week they are nus
Ting. You'll have to buy the team,
plows, drags and all that. If you are In
hurry to get the plants in you'll have
to set four men and four teams at the
work. You must have windmill and
at least thousand feet Of hose; mustn't
let your plants burn up III dry sea
son." tf
"There you gor' shouted Mr.. Bowser
as he rose up to walk around. II knew
you'd be making figures before you got
throughw
1--WE have to. you know. Wen say
your hundred acres are all prepared
and you have got your well, your wind
mill, your pipes and your hose. Now
come your plants. What did Mr..
Scrugglngs say he should ask per hun
dredW re
"He-he didn't say" sss
"Well, put 1t at 80 cents hslndrSt
They ask that even for the commq
plants. think they put 400 plants to
the acre. That's 10000 plants. The
man who sets out an acre Of plants per
day Is doing well. You Gun keep one
man at 1t hundred days or hire 1--WE
men for twenty days each. The cost
will be the same"
"By Thunder, Womanl"
"By thunder, woman, by thhnderw
gasped Mr.. Bowser
"Those acres must be weeded and
watered and the runners cut on the
plants. Many will naturally die and
must be replaced. You must hire four
or five men to do all this"
"Never, woman; never In this cold
world! You simply sit there making Z
fool Of me. BY John. but how you
would like to see me on the way to the
poorhouse! How you would chuckle!"
"And now," continued Mrs. Bowser,
I'VE will say your hundred acres Of
Strawberries are ripe. They have got
to be picked. You must figure on 2
cents a quart for that and on 1t least
200 pickers. Then they must be boxed
and"--
Enough Encughl won't listen to
another wordw
"They must be boxed. carted' to the
depot and shipped. You must figure q
7. tidy sum for the boxes and the racking
and shipping. You may also have to
hire extra teams for thirty days. II
your berries are put out on a firm mar
ket. you will get a good price; II not
then you won't get enough to pay for
the shipping. Aguin"-
"There is no again about it!'' shouted
| Mr.. Bowser
again. If It should happen to be Z
| rainy season.
"Will you stop?"
| Certainly. You said you could make
| $4,000 out Of Strawberries the 1rs'
season. was merely showing yor
that I.
"That you didn't believe It, that II
couldn't be done, that am the big
gest jackass in America, thnt you
that's the part you think a wife ought
to play. II some one offered me a gold
mine for Is cents, you'd sni3 at It
BY thunder, woman
And he rushed down the hall and
clapped his hat on his head and ,ushei
outdoors and disappeared in the dark
ness Of the autumn evening. and wher
he came stealing upstairs four hour
later he was whispering to himself:
"Ten shousand dollars FIRST year, and
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