70 Market Garde^iing. 



that average men receive about $40.00 per month, or 

 about $1.50 per day, during the summer season, and 

 about $35.00 per month, or $1.35 per day, during the 

 four months of winter. Of course skilled laborers 

 might expect to receive more, but to obtain it they 

 must be men of some experience and natural adaption 

 to the \vor£. The business is one in which men of 

 tact and experience are in demand, no less than in a 

 manufacturing or mercantile establishment. 



The expense of keeping the work-horses, including 

 all items, would amount to about $150.00 on each ani- 

 mal per year. The tools are a less important item of 

 expense, and yet the new and improved implements of 

 the present date are quite costly, and the cultivation 

 of even a limited amount of land requires quite a 

 number of them. 



By looking over the foregoing it will be seen that 

 the total annual expense of running two acres of land 

 would be about $2,500. That of five acres would 

 foot up about $5,000 ; of ten acres, about $8,000 ; while 

 a hundred acres could be run for $25,000. Many peo- 

 ple have a mistaken idea that they can run a garden of 

 ten, fifteen, or twenty acres on a capital smaller than 

 is really requisite to properly run three acres. If 

 one's capital is limited, it is far better to proportionally 

 reduce the amount of land than to spread over too 

 much surface. 



