A preacher’s wife, living in Michigan, has had to support the family for the last fifteen years, and this she has accomplished by cultivating a truck farm a few miles from the city in that state.
From this she derives an income adequate for all immediate needs. Her good judgment and experience in the selection, sorting and selling of farm and garden products have made her an expert. Her services command a high figure and she earns a good living each year through this skill.
PLAN No. 320. ARCHITECT—SEE [PLAN No. 217]
PLAN No. 321. DUSTLESS DUSTERS AND OIL MOPS
A woman in a New Mexico city, where dust is one of the most plentiful of products, earned a good living by making and selling dustless dusters and oil mops to the people of her town.
To make a dustless duster, mix—out of doors, of course—1 quart of gasoline, 1⁄2 pint of turpentine, 1⁄2 pound of whiting and 1⁄2 ounce oxalic acid. Mix in a 2-quart fruit jar. Shake the cloths well, then dip into the mixture, and hang out on the line to dry. The above amount is enough for making several dustless dust cloths. She sells them at 25 cents each.
To make an oil mop, she gets 20 cents worth of paraffin oil, warms it up by setting it in a pan of hot water, and dips the cloth in this and squeezes it quite dry, then hangs it up to dry thoroughly. In this mixture she also dips broom bags made of the legs of stockings sewed together. She puts the oil in a bottle to use again.
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.