The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02
Normal Notes and Comments.
GARDEN CALENDAR.


the garden plants now. Swat the
weeds.
Also swat the crust that forms on the
surface. A loose surface prevents
evaporation Of moisture.
Risk few beans, tomato plants, cab
bage plants and even a few hills OF
corn.
If it should happen that there are no
more frosts, some of these early plant
ings will make good.
Is your garden provided with toads?
They are one of the helps to- garden
success.
MORE ABOUT TOADs.
The toads came out with the rain
Sunday night. They hibernated in the
ground during cold weather.
Their eggs will be laid in a pond or
pool in few days
These eggs are in gelatinous strings.
Their change into te dpoIes and then in
to toads is one of the most interesting
things in nature.
If kept in jar of water they can be
watched.
Toads are quite 'ehomey." If taken
from their usual home they try to find
their way back.
Young toads Matched from the eggs
can be kept and will pay for the trouble
Toads are the subject of numerous
superstitions and fake stories such as:
causing of warts; raining down." and
being found alive in the middle of rocks
''where they have been for years -
The tOads can't help these stories but
never the-less they go right on cleaning
the insect pests from our gardens and
lawns. l. D. W.
Marketing by Parcel Post.
That farmers are not making the
greatest use of the Parcel post is
well known fact. They receive quanti-
ties of small articles from cities and
mail order houses, but they are not
selling as they should by this system.
Farmers as a class are conservative
and hesitate to jump into thing be-
fore it is tried out The fact is the
parcel post system Of selling is holding
out to the producing class a money
making opportunity.
What the farmer needs is steady en-
ployment and constant income. He
needs to be marketing something each
day. He should be making good but
ter, curing hams and bacon. raising
chickens, grading eggs, tending gar
den and numerous other things which
can be done on a farm he should DO.
After he gets his product raised he is
ooly half done; he must now carefully
grade, wrap and pack his products
Now Mr.. Farmer if i6 pays the mail
order house, or the commission man,
Or your home dealer to put Up In small
packages and sell few at time, it
will pay you. Do you know that many
OF the best money making corporations
in this country have become rich by
selling their products at five and ten
cent? It will pay you to do your own
marketing at yonr own home.
But you say you cannot get a buyer.
Listen! There are many, many fami-
lies within fifty miles Of you who are
eager to pay you high price for your
produce. Just insert in your leading
paper an advertisement similar to this
one:
Home cured ham,. pic per Ib.
Home cured bacon 32c per ID
Warranted. Delivered prepaid by
parcel post in one to ten pound pack
ages. Cash must accompany order.
Eggs you can trust) delivered points
west of Kansas City at 25c.
Prairie Brook Farm,
Hays, Kansas.
If the above ad is set up in attract
i've form it will bring you buyers.
Then you must please them and hold
them by delivering them Al stuff. As
soon as they have received a few or
ders they wsll have confidence in you:
they will tell others and your business
will grow. Your trade will extend to
as large proportion as you wish it to
be.
But only one sort of farmer can do
this and that is the honest one. Sell
ing goods by mail Tor any other way)
mas its basis in honesty. Eggs must
oe of uniform size fresh and clean;
cured bacon must be good, of full
weight and we'll wrapped. If an or
der comes for some article not in stock
the money must be refunded ct once
with courteous letter OF explanation,
Advertising does not build business
except that it makes frieads. The
farmer who can make friends and hold
them. can build business and can well
afford to try out the matter of market
ing by parcel post.
1t is g money maker. G. RI.