The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
PARTNERS TN AM ACRE Farm


Paw FHEER COLLEGE var.
oas nalsss vewstAbass ana the O,h.r
Em1D CuseameFo-TAs Wagk Psra.aD,
and PpaalmDle -NsaFlRet en q mar,
Perum-Psnn % rwO Other GIr,.
ny oosaain HAisss tAs vegetables and
fruits on her fathsr's farm. ana selI
them On tho Kitchen porch.' said a hiRh
school giri whose home 10 In = Pslnsyi
wanna city.
sYou 500. 10 arc both dstsrmined :,
% % college. a0d booauSe Ne have Zach
lot % younMsR brothers and sisters and
our parents are not rich We are earning
the money 30 pay our own way.
-Knto, my cousin. has an acre % lnpd
which her father lists her have free ~
rent. He ploughs and haFrows IL in N.
spring and gsts &c all ready for her IN
plAnt. and ahs has % do the rest ~ the
work. In the spring when there are No
Vegetables 20 ell 90 OsIt Fridays with
her. % vs can both work the garden
Friday afternoon and all day Saturday.
sOf course We could mako more money
Ia We raised carrier vegetables. but he.
Scanss We both havs 10 20 90 school We
hAvs never tried u. instead We put in all
ear time In getting ready FOR summer
TRUCK. We usually begin few weeks he.
Tore school closes by ceiling lettuce
radishss and eaFiy eating onions on Sat.
urdEys. I sall them from the porch and
my younger brother delivers them in his
wagon.
ne pulls TIE wagon himself just a h.
would n he were playing. only ins,sad
% hauling other boys tho cart 10 loaded
with vegetables. He 10 paid from my
10 per cent. Yes. that 10 vhat I make.
10 cents on every dollars worth % vsEs.
tables sell for Kate.
LAST year cleared siS and my brother
made o. delivering. Kate made almos,
90 last year. which vas % more than shs
made the year bsfore when she cold heg
me- che has 70 pay haP father for hauling
tie vamstables into town. He chnrRas
her for tho horse and wagon and for the
time of the driver just a. he would a
stranger. He wants her 20 be business
woman. he says. and that " the way for
my mother does nos charge me zen,
for the porch. bns even u che did would
be able 20 mako ae Toast $40. THE rear
90 hope 70 do bstte. beoafee We are not
only planting more vegstablse IN Hates
cut last fan are dong veil and the black.
berries and raspberries VIII have heavier
Another incrpase win come 20 IN. -.
hope. through TIE Old Cherry treo % the
land. Last Tan she ave 9 man . dollar
ne saId that was N u needsd and that
this year Il would Sivs . large CROP o.
fruit. II that eomae srue we viii both
make o lot more money. becaufe eli a
our Old customers have Engaged 10 buy
How did ] Sss my cu.sOmsssi sy
opsalng up on he pisa1a. spreading ne
vegstables osIt and going around and
askinG the nAighbors 60 buy. We soA
All the vegetables from the very hFR
sfhe v.a.aahles are nearly always soA
and the saspaAdder taken In hg 10 o clock.
Instead Of boxes now I spresd my vege-
tables on a stepladdeF. the kind they Iiss
in flower stores 70 show az their flowers.
Kats's mother had Il On her front pi'zn
and We BOUGHT !, q her 20 for y; psyIns
had destroyed all Kses's fathers early
corn. They pay her fer every vegetable
thew use from her garden.
IF We have zee vegstables beft over
At 10 o'clock nv brother takeR them u his
people know they are. fresh from the Gar.
den. All of our fruits and vegetables
are gathered In tho morning before the
sun toslghes them. That " one reasoa
Why people are 20 quick to take fhsm "a
our hand.
sAs We sell only for cash we never have
any trouble about collecting bills Green
peas radizhes and lettuce ell better than
anything else we have had. Last year
could have sold twice a. much every day
- Kate sena me. Thisyear she has PLANTED
more and people are always Asking me
when the Vegetables will be readv 70 DE-
liver We charge q little more than the
grocer and the vegetable mon in the mar
ket. but folks like ours best because they
saw they are always fresh and clean.
I know two other girls who are earning
money 70 SIND themselves 10 college
One works In q storo for two hours sverv
afternoon and tho other reads to an Cd
ladv Who " nearly blind. Neither Of ths.s
Riria has saved a. much money ~ Mats
and neither Of them likes her work ~ vel
a. Kate likes working In the garden ~ ]
Iike selling them. n they could do vhar
No arc doing | an sure they would %