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There may be some people with but little experience 

 in tillage, who imagine the conduct of a farm or garden 

 is like that of a manufactory, where the amplification 

 and extension of the business is only limited by the cap- 

 ital at command ; and when they hear of certain large 

 sums being realized from a small plot of ground, argue 

 that the same ratio of profit may be extended over an 

 indefinite area; this is a great mistake, as they are posi- 

 tively certain to realize, if they undertake to prove their 

 theory ; and hence we recommend all readers who incline 

 to start in the enterprise herein discussed, to feel their 

 way. One season's experience may enlarge their confi- 

 dence, or it may teach them without serious loss, that 

 either they or their locations are unfitted to the business. 

 Undoubtedly the greater profit will be found in doing a 

 little well, rather than in imperfect efforts to accom- 

 l^lisli more than the facilities at hand warrant one to 

 undertake. 



CHAPTER II. 



Location and Soils. 



As a rule, the best ex2:>osure is a gentle slope to the 

 south, but in hilly countries such cannot always be 

 obtained, and good gardens are often seen facing to 

 every point of the compass. The site, face which way it 

 may, should preferably be an even plane, be it level or 

 sloping ; that is to say, a table-like surface, without 

 dish-like hollows, on the one hand, or knolls, on the 

 other ; but even an inability to meet these latter condi- 

 tions need not deter an active worker, for frequently the 

 best gardens are met with in localities anything but cor- 

 responding to the requirements of theory. 



