The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-01-09
HOW TO MAKE THE
HOME ATTRACTIVE
~llE man or woman who shows
taste in preparing vegetables,
fruit. butter and poultry for


taste in preparing vegetables,
fruit. butter and poultry for
market is the one who gets
fancy prices and big profits. 1t is part
ly reputation and partly the appear
ance of commodities that enable one
to sell at high prices.
Here is an illustration: 1t costs 10
cents to feed a broiler up to the age
of two months. and 5 cents more rep
resents the expense of care and mar
keting This is where the business Is
OH large scale. If the producer re-
ceives % cents for the bird he Is bare
Iy getting cost and wages. but at 80 to
40 cents there is a liberal profit. The
extra 10 or 90 cents is the thing to
work for and it is gained by supply
ing goods in nice order. These broil-
ers may be fxttened on sweet milk.
shorts, cornmeal and boiled potatoes
This or similar food will give whole
some, sweet, juicy flesh. which epicures
will be willing to pay well for.
TO appeal to the best trade produce
of all kinds must be clean and fresh.
There should be taste and care in ar
ranging packages. 1t is possible to
have an individuality about these mat
tiers which will hold customers after
they have been found. An attractive
article of merchandise virtually sells
itself. This is particularly true of
nice country produce.
1t must be borne in mind that, while
prevailing prices on commodities bear
heavily on the poor. there are thou
sands in every large city who are will
ing and able to pay double the regular
retail rates if they can obtain really
choice produce direct from the farm.
The selling end of the farmers bust
ness is of ever increasing Importance.
1t is feature of agricultural activity
which urgently demands attention.
There are thousands Of skillful farm
ers who are poor statesmen and permit
legitimate profits to slip away from
them his, in some cases. represents
the difference between failure and sue
cess. With the development In cities
of Il steady cash demand at high prices
Improvement in transportation facili-
ties. there is no good reason why the
farmer should not realize greater re-
turns on the commodities which he
has to dispose of.
A New York business man who was
forced to New Jersey suburb on ac-
count of broken health is making
good living by repacking vegetables
and fruit which he buys from farmers
and truckers. repacking them and sell
ing direct to the consumer. He has
large list % regular customers among
the residents of the numerous small
towns of his vicinity, who buy all their
fruit and vegetables from him because
they can depend upon getting them
fresh. clean and sound.
A recent visit to the great produce
market of South Water street, Chicago,
disclosed the fact that hundreds OF
shippers send their apple crop-much
of it fine fruit of good color and free
from rot-to the commission men
dumped into barrels regardless Of size
or condition. mixed with dirt. leaves
and twigs. all Tending to lower the val
tie of the fruit. condition which the
commission men are quick to take ad-
vantage Of The merchants greatly in
crease their own profits by repacking
the apples.
Any farmer or gardener who is To-
Gated within reasonable distance of
good market will make more money
by selling to retail dealers or consum-
ers than by shipping his stuff to the
commission men in the large cities. BY
careful attention he can in short
time establish reputation for his prod
uce which will bring more customers
than he can serve.