icking, and I let some one else do
that part.

For a home garden it is even more desirable to select a variety that is
hardy without winter covering than when grown in a commercial way, for
this is one of the tasks that is liable to be neglected unless one makes
a business of it.

In choosing a variety the other qualities to look for besides hardiness
without winter covering are size, color, flavor, prolificacy and good
shipping qualities.

We are located only twenty-five miles northwest of Minneapolis, and one
would naturally suppose we would market our berries there, but we get
better prices in towns along the Soo railroad in western Minnesota and
the Dakotas.

Although our berries are a variety that crumble unless left on the
bushes until ripe they do not spoil readily, which is probably due to
the fact they are quite acid, and we ship to points in North Dakota
nearly as far west as Chicago is east of us with very little loss.
Wherever our berries have been introduced they have made friends, and
there is hardly ever a time that we do not have standing orders for two
or three times as many berries as we can furnish.

We usually ship in flat cases, two boxes deep, twenty-four pints to a
crate, which brought us $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 per crate net, f.o.b.
shipping point.

There is but one other berry grower near us, so we do not have much
difficulty in getting pickers. The first year we built a couple of small
cottages to accommodate people from the city who might care to combine
berry picking with a few days' outing, and it was surprising what a good
class this proposition appealed to, but we now have enough local pickers
to care for our crop.

The profits in raspberry culture vary all the way from little or nothing
above cost of production up to several hundred dollars per acre,
depending on the season and how well cared for.

Whether raspberry culture is a money making proposition or not in a
commercial way, there certainly is no good reason why every farm or city
garden should not have at least a few hills of raspberries for home use.
Even leaving the matter of cost out of the question, there is a
difference between fruit just off the bushes and that which has stood
around in hot, dusty places several hours or longer waiting for a
purchaser. Try it and be convinced!

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TO INOCULATE SEED.--Coating the seed of legumes with inoculated
soil before planting is a simpl