PLAN No. 407. HOME SCENES FOR CALENDARS
A Spokane young man, who owned a good 5x7 camera, and knew how to use it, got the lowest quotations from publishing houses, on medium-size calendars of artistic designs, and from the samples sent him selected a line well adapted to the purpose for which he intended to use them.
Next, he took pictures of all the prominent business houses in the city, showing the names of the merchants occupying the ground floors, as well as the signs on some of the upper windows, with names and business of the occupants. Then pasting one of these photos on one of the calendars, he called upon the merchant, as well as all the other tenants of the building, and took orders for any number they required. These made an excellent advertising medium, and he received orders for many thousands of the calendars.
Later he went into the best residence districts and took pictures of all the homes, and, pasting a picture of each house on a calendar he called at the various places and sold them by the hundreds. Often he was called upon to take special pictures showing home scenes, such as children at play, on the lawns, family groups on the front veranda, interiors of homes, etc., and within a very few months his net income was over $50 a week.
PLAN No. 408. BRICKMAKER FOR U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 409. A MEDICAL GARDEN
Garden vegetable products having medical properties made a large income for a widow with several small children, and though it required considerable care, the returns were more than satisfactory, for the druggists bought all she could raise, at high prices.
Larkspur, for instance, the seed of which brings $1.50 to $2 per pound, was one of her successes. This she planted in rows about 18 inches apart, and, when 4 to 5 inches high, she thinned it to 5 inches apart in the rows, and harvested it like buckwheat.
She also grew parsley, as the seeds and roots find a good market as drugs, and the roots bring 90 cents per pound. An oil is obtained from the seed.
Ginsing is another profitable product of a medical garden, and brings approximately $5.40 per pound.
She obtained reliable information regarding these plants, without cost, by writing to the bureau of plant industry, at Washington, D. C.
PLAN No. 410. AUTO-BUILDER FOR U. S. SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 411. SILVER FOX SKINS
When it is known that a silver fox skin is worth $2,500 in London, it will be seen that some capital is required to begin the raising of the animals.
A western man, who knew something of the business, organized a small company with which to purchase two or three female foxes and one male. The bureau of animal industry, at Washington, D. C., sent full information, free, on request, concerning this particular industry, and following the instructions received from that source the company made a remarkable success. One mother silver fox frequently rears eighteen young animals in three years, so the profit can be figured from this. Of course, the first cost was considerable, but this was amply justified by the returns.