Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-30

what we paid for Matching eggs and
dividing the total by the number of
chickens we have alive. We bought all
the eggs for Matching, the cheapest of
them costing us D cents each, and some
thing less than half of them Matched
Jane was disconsolately certain there
could be no money in the chicken bust
ness with livable baby chickens cost
greatly disappointed that she will not
have nearly many laying hens as
she had counted on for next winter. If
there are no further losses and half
of the chickens are pullets there will
be only about ninety hens with which
to begin commercial egg farming in
the fall. That, 1t seems to me. is an un-
desirable number. There will be more
We will have to dispose of the surplus.
but the surplus will not be large
enough to make shipments in quantity.
1t VIII have to be matter, therefore.
of private customers. and I'll have to
carry them in or ship by parcel post.
The cost of the latter plan. containers
and postage. would eat into the profits.
Good Start for Next Year.
There will not be much this winter
in the way of cash, therefore, from
chickens, but we'll have a good start
for next year. Our equipment will be
about as good as ever and will be paid
for: Wen have our own Matching eggs.
and the experience We have gained
should enable us to get out baby chick
ems a a reasonable cost. Every one has
TO pay for experience, and compared
with what it costs some folks l reckon
Jane hasn't done SO badly, after all
! think | have largely overlooked an
opportunity to make some money from
my garden, partly because the season
was SO backward and partly because /
didn't know. Half a dozen or more men
at the office have asked II I couldn't
furnish them with baskets of fresh
vegetables two or three times a week
could have had quite a trade. furnish
| ing small baskets for 50 cents and
larger ones for 81 each. In order to
make the business satisfactory to GUS
toners. though. l should have a larger
variety than l planted in my garden.
When l planned the garden j took into
| account only the likes and dislikes of
my own family. and there are any
number of things which other people
like and would want which l didn't
plant.
Were 1t not for the delivery problem
I can't see why man with a good gar
den should not make considerable
| sum of money during the course of 9
| season. 1 could carry baskets to the
| men in the office. but with other Gus
| toners it would be more difficult. There
is the parcel post. Of course. but I'm 6
| little doubtful as to how well that serv.
! ice would work out The baskets would
have to contain only the choicest OF
| vegetables and be carefully packed
| That would mean not only discardinf
! lot of stuff that could be marketed
| through regular channels, but would in.
/ yolvc lot of work which would be un
| necessary when selling through a com
4 mission merchant In order to make Il
profitable. therefore. prices would hav.
| to be up to or little above retail
| prices in Washington. Laying aside the
| original cost of adequate containers. the
| postage on the full baskets and for re
| turning the empty ones would make {
big hole in the receipts: 1t would b.
ali right if people would be satisfied
with run of the garden" vegetables
| such as they can buy in market, bu
i I'm afraid they wouldn't But the ides
of a weekly or semi-weekly baske
| trade is worth trying, and next year
| am going to plan my garden with thai
~ view. If the men at the office are
| Of the same mind when my vegetables
| are ready for use I'll give 1t a pre-
| liminary trial this year. putting Ii
| 'areer quantities of the varieties
| have.
Jane Plans a Cannery.
| lane has a scheme of dfsnosino NJ