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 cents a pound, and treat them exactly the same way, you'll be able to tell the difference. It's in the flavor and the tenderness and the juiciness, and of the twenty-one-cent roast Mr. Hall will probably say: 'Roast a little dry and flat to-night, isn't it?

"Then this Marketing Guide is really no guide at all?" sighed Mrs. Larry, suddenly recalling that she had meant to clean the baby's white coat this morning, and here she was spending precious minutes unlearning what she thought she had learned so well.

"Oh, yes, it is—if you know how to use it. Take this one item alone. 'The market is flooded with Florida oranges and grapefruit.' That's your chance to lay in a supply of both fruits while the wholesale prices are down. 'Cranberry shipments are heavy and market glutted.' That's true, too. Cranberries have sold a few weeks back for twelve cents a quart. I am selling now for nine. It would pay you to make up some jelly and set it aside, or, if you have a cool place, you can keep the raw berries just as well as we can. Just now the manufacturers of bacon are cutting prices—they