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herbs are available, several types of vinegars, jellies with special herb
flavoring, and cosmetics prepared from certain beneficial herbs. A small shelf
of 10 selected kitchen herbs is sold as a unit. Mixed salad herbs are also sold
by ounce or half ounce.

Many a woman who has a sunny corner in her garden could develop an herb
garden specializing either in medicinal or in kitchen herbs. If she is known
for her jellies and jams, she can combine two interesting occupations and,
incidentally, make jellies so unusual that they will bring higher prices. The
better food specialty shops offer an outlet for such products.

There are several books on the subject of herb growing and most of the
garden magazines have published articles about people who “herb garden.”
The details of such gardening are simple enough for any man or woman to
follow and success in this field is dependent only upon the energy and
initiative of the individual gardener.

Raising Goldfish for Premiums

B

ACK in 1900, Eugene C. Shireman was selling washing powder for a
company which had hit upon the bright idea of offering a small bowl and a
pair of goldfish as a premium. This premium idea worked so well that they
soon ran out of goldfish and Shireman decided to turn a swamp, which he had
received as a legacy years ago, into a fish farm and sell his crop to the
company. He stocked his pool with two hundred goldfish which multiplied
rapidly. But by the time he was turning out sufficient fish to sell, the
company had gone out of business. However, there were other outlets, and
today the fish are sold through five-and-ten stores, pet shops, chain stores,
drug stores, florists, department stores, etc. The various State Departments
are also a market for goldfish which are used extensively in mosquito control
work. The goldfish, which belong to the carp family, are exceedingly fond of
the mosquito larvae and will clear a stagnant pond of water of these pests in
no time.