Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-31

The coffee.room was filled with men
| farmers and farmers sons. There was
a strong flavor of'the land about them
they were eating an immense lunch.
Sunny ordered lunch for herself and
sat at a side table, and while she ate
she watched and listened. II was not
long before she spotted Barstowe sit.
| ting among tho farmers. He was
nures. The other farmers listened re-
| spectfuliy TO his views, for he was a
man who knew.
"Wood.ash." Barstowe was saying
lishtens the soil, ard tho soils too heavy
here! 1 used hundreds OF tons OF wood
ash
He went on laying down the law and
! humping the table.
"Then take poultry" he said. "You
men don't understand tho value of poul-
try. You keep half a hundred NANCY
chickens and allow them to run about
anyhow. You get few score eggs
now and again you get none when eggs
are fetching their price. And you get
too, many eggs when eggs are worth
nothing, comparatively"
What do you do, squire2" man
asked.
ME? keep four thousand fowls,
and every one is picked. keep first
cross only Barstowe went on. Il al.
low two hundred fowls to each acre OF
orchard and fence 'em IN every sly
and"
Sunny listened. interested. This was
man who knew. He was teaching
these other men, too, and they were lis
tening interestedly.
That's how I get my crops that set
you all wondering" he cried, 'and that 9
how I get eggs and sell 'em at a big
profit at time when you don't see
an egg in the whole of your henhouses.' '
The other men were rising ana going
nttt I,, were
Barstowe and a few others left behind
He had talked so much that he had
forgotten his lunch.
I'm try that wood scheme Of yours,
squire" one man said.
Barstowe nodded.
The other men went out; only Bar
stowe and Sunny were left behind. She
had finished her lunch; she rose, and
Good morning, squire!' she said.
Barstowe started and looked at her :
he blinked and frowned.
Good morning" he said briefly; he
II heard what you said about fowls
and like that Sunny said. You're
right. I don't know much about Il, but
what you said sounds like sense -
''Hum!' Barstowe said.
plaee.S Es sunny nHsH said. iGGAf 7 didn't get per
mission. but thought you wouldn't
mind. That's q fine lot OF plums you We
got coming on" ,.,,, ,,
stowe said he looked at her suspicious.
ly. He knew her, of course, and waited
for what he thought was coming, and
he frowned again.
And you look like getting n big crop
off the ras'berrleS and Currans thls
year!" Sunny said.
"a very big crop
"I got talking to one OF your men, and
he told me about the way you market
'em. fancy you're wrong. about that J,
Wrong, hey? What do you know
about marketing fruit crops MISS Du-
crown"
"A Bit" Sunny said. 49,,
"Oh :" he muttered. you do. do you?'
what you want to do Ia to fix GER
tain price, a fair price. and see you get
it."
That's easier said than done, young
lady. I have to take what tho market
fetches."
There's no need" Sunny said. Take
us. We buy at a fair fixed price but
the trouble with us Is to get the fruit
good and dry and fresh
Who are you?" he asked sharply
Me? I'm Sunny Ducrow ~
Il know that, but you say we buy
what do you buy?"
Fruit and vegetables for jams and
Johnson & Ducrow-the John Crow
jams, you know"
1o6h o3h he said DhS hs ;bs stsred 6os at her
you in the eye on every boarding. wero
out" she went on. ito do the finest and
the best in pickles and jams and sauces
in this country. We sell the best and
the purest, and we want to buy the best
we can get at n fair price. It would
pay you better to sell Your crops direct
to us at a fixed price than to stock the
Barstowe put his elbows on the table
he was filled with wonder, but he said
come to poster him with music-hall af-
fairs. He remembered the trick she
had played on him in his car that day
when she sung to him through the
crowded streets of London But this
talk OF pickles and jams and standing
crops was more TO his mind
We'll, what are your ideas?" he |
asked.
"I'li tell you straight !" Sunny said |
She too put her elbows on the table she |
talked quickly. now and again she |
waved her hand
"You see, We make point of telling |
en- all the time. You pay a penny a |
pound more for purity and we guaran- |
lee purity all the time. And when we
guarantee purity, we've got to satisfy
ourselves that we are buying the purest
sugar and the cleanest and soundest
We want, and we're in the market for IL
Al fair price"
But your output?" he asked.
ITS growing. In little time we are
putting up a model factory where the
public will be invited to come and look
round and see how everything IL done
It's got to be all fair and aboveboard.
We're going TO advertise 1t and give nice
pictures of the factory and the girls
Nllh and the QWlDnT1in " hn hC
hat, and If you like, we'll put in a pic
-ure or two showing the great orchards
IN Squire BarstoweS estates at PotshaIl
which supply some of the fruit used BY
u.s."
You're very young to be Interested in
such business" BaTstowe said.
Nothing like starting early; Sunny
said. IRA like to take another look |
'ound them orchards"
so you shall" he said He was in |
crested No one listening to them
would have guessed for one nooment
hat Barstowe had any connection % With
ne music-hall world, or that Sunny was
nything else In life than one Interested
the production Of pickles and jams
At four O'Clock that afternoon, when
'arstowes business at the market was
yer, he drove back TO the Manor House
nd Sunny drove with him
IT'S a good idea that" he said-",
cry good idea. ! had thought of some' .
ning OF the sort myself, but I'm n busv
Ian. My time during the week is oC-
IpIcd the two days q week I can snaro
the work here are very much fiIied
'urinG the rest OF the week."
You've got something to do with tbo
,usic-hall world. haven't you?" sum-
skcd. "u''"S
He looked at her and gruntcd
II thought ! knew your non,o "
!id; However, that don't matter now ov
'ell get talking about them ,,I,,u's I"Um,
nd cherries and currents and p'''''
sun sunny Leit ialrIy tired out when Bar