. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . du rate of $ a month between.\e\\ Nlirk and Plainfield brings the cost ofthe daily round trip down to about twenty-fi\e cents. In short, no other suburb enjoysbetter railri lad accomniodatii ms—modernei|ui|iment, swift and frequent trains, lowcommutation fares and all-around comfortand convenience. Cnder the latter headma_\ be mentioned the club cars, niodels ofease and luxury on wheels. RaisSing Asparagus in Old Monmouth (CoittimiEb from page 10) I. utting the aspaiagus is ,in
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . du rate of $ a month between.\e\\ Nlirk and Plainfield brings the cost ofthe daily round trip down to about twenty-fi\e cents. In short, no other suburb enjoysbetter railri lad accomniodatii ms—modernei|ui|iment, swift and frequent trains, lowcommutation fares and all-around comfortand convenience. Cnder the latter headma_\ be mentioned the club cars, niodels ofease and luxury on wheels. RaisSing Asparagus in Old Monmouth (CoittimiEb from page 10) I. utting the aspaiagus is ,in intensel\- in-t(.resting event for the beginner, .\fter thelong, long years of preparation, there issomething uncanny about the quicknesswith which the springs U]), practi-e,ill\ o\er night. In the .Monmoutli Ciumlysection, the cutting is done earlv in the the late riser will come upon aL;rdup of cutters at work when the sun ishigh, but it is ) the a JBuncljrr on tl)t Job. inaik for cutliiii; tliv i^ras, \]u- -lip--(iown into the earth, ciiltiiiij the stalks cleanwith it^ little saw-like eds^e. The ti])s showabove tlie earth an incli. sometimes less,sometime^ more, and the cutters jjlod stead-ilv aloni;- the rows, cuttint;-, cutting-, cutting,and leaving in their wake little piles of the>talks. wliich >hine white and fat and pinkin the sunshine, .\fter the cutter> comesthe wagon—gathering uj) into cajjaciou^baskets the little ])iles of stalks, and cartingthem to the asparagus, or 1)unchers hou> located in the middle of the these houses the huncher works. ( )nehuncher—it is usually a girl—can hunch onan average of 175 Inmches a day. Some-times she can do a lot more—200, or there is a record somewhere down nearKey]iort of one girl who did 400 in a girl. 1 believe, did not sort the grassnor look after it when it left the asparagus, taken to tlie house inthe wagon
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