The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-04-22

worth foollnr with could plnnt The
space ihGy would occupy IN cotton,
maize or sudan and buy more irui,
aud vegetables than hat much lana
will produce" Maybe au, under
some conditions Bat | want 10 ask
how many " you ever saw a farm.
az with variety and abundance OF
good food upon hls table The year
round getting very far ahead " he
depended upon his field crops 20 pay
Tor n nll2
standardise Your Products
The next big mistake we make ia
in paying too little attention 20 the
quality and appearance Of what we
have DO sell Too often we think 20
terms Of quantity instead Of In terms
of quality. Consider the question OF
fresh vegetables, berries or fruit. As
rule, " we have "a surplus Of onions,
potatoes. tomatoes. or other such
garden stuff we just gather up q
large quantity Of 10 and take % TO
market IN practically the same CON
dition that we gathered H. }. e., u
We are selling tomatoes they may be
dirty. bruised green, medium rlpe'
and ovcrripe, and OF various shapes
and sizes an carried in the same con-
tainer Then we rail at the merchant
f be- offers us small price for our
products or tells as that be cannot
use them at all, the while We know
he is handling quantities OF shipped
in s,uh" Did you ever examine the
shipped IN STUFF" You note that il
Is an graded as to size, color, sound
ness, etc, so that the merchant can
estimate very closely at a glance
what his profit or loss on each bar
rel, box or crate. viii be.
But if you are too far from a
market to sell fresh vegetables you
may want to sell some Of your can
ned products Here also is need
for Standardization. Here thinking
and planning and careful estima-
ton Of the cost is required. Under
Home Demonstration methods, club
members, both girls, boys and women
learn to put up fruits, vegetables
and meats. pickles, preserves and
iellies in such a way that these
products will command just as high
price on the market as any Of the
"577 varieties" or other factory
products. When a canning club girl ,
cans a can Of tomatoes in this sec
ton Il should contain exactly the
same thing that would be found in
any other canning club girls can Of
tomatoes no matter what part Of the
State il comes from. Not only that,
but If these vegetables are canned
in tin and strictly according to dem
onstration methods, sample Of
what you have 20 offer is so convinc-
ing that il usually guarantees a ready
sale.
Take the question Of dairy prod !
ucts, butter for example. As long as
the home maker hastens her butter
making by pouring quantities OF
boiling water into the milk, instead !
Of ripening the cream properly and |
churnng Il al the right temperature /
as long as The butter is overturned, |
So that the milk cannot be washed !
out nor the salt worked in; so long
as butter nodded into various shapes !
and sizes and sent % market wrap
ned IN cloths or newspapers. just 4
that long viii country butter bring 4
a low price On the other hand when 4
the milk is properly cared for the /
cream churncd and the butter wash I
ca and worked as b should be, the I
butter carefully nodded into pound .
sizes. wrapped neatly in butter pa /
per and placed in clean cartons and /
sent Co market, the,home maker can /
name her price For this is a prod /
net that will not only sell readily /
that one time, Il VIII create a de- I
mand for more Of the same quality
and she will have 90 call upon her
ncighbors 10 help supply the de /
mand Then she will wonder why
more people are not selling that kind .
Of butter Wen, aran't they?