PLAN No. 322. WHAT A BUSY COUNTRY GIRL DID
A little farmer girl, who is not a bit afraid of work, earns enough to clothe her nicely every year, and here are some of the ways she does it:
Picks strawberries in June, at 2 cents a box; earns five dollars.
Picks huckleberries and blackberries in July and August; makes from eighteen to twenty dollars.
Gathers wild grapes in September, and sells them at $1 per bushel or 50 cents for a peach basket full.
Gathers hickory nuts in October, and sells them from Thanksgiving to Christmas at $2.25 to $2.50 a bushel. Also gathers chestnuts; sells them for 15 cents a quart.
Plants 5 cents worth of popcorn seed in the spring; gets five bushels; sells it at Christmas time for $2.50 a bushel; or $12.50.
In summer she gathers wild balsam blossoms and fresh pine needles; makes them into small head pillows; sells these in drug and dry goods stores at 25 cents each, net.
Gathers bayberries in August, and combines their natural wax with paraffin, melting them into pretty, green-tinted candles. Ties these in bunches of three with baby ribbon, and sells two bunches for 25 cents.
Planted sage bushes in a corner of the garden. Gets $1 to $5 from these every summer.
She is now going to raise medical herbs, such as boneset, catnip, wormwood, mullen, etc., and will sell these to a wholesale druggist at big prices.