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$1,000 ; horse, harness and wagon, $300 ; tools and equip- 

 ment, $100; manure, $100; operating capital, $800; total, 

 $22,300. 



Starting on a smaller scale, say 10,000 square feet of 

 house space, the requirements might be estimated as 

 follows: Cost of house, $5,000; one acre of land, $500; 

 horse, harness and wagon, $300; tools and equipment, 

 $75; manure, $25; operating capital, $200; total, $3,100. 

 Men have started in the greenhouse business with much 

 less capital, especially when extra land was available for 

 market gardening. It is not desirable, however, for any 

 man to start in the business seriously handicapped by 

 insufficient capital. 



Profits. Definite statements regarding the profits of 

 any industry, especially along horticultural lines, are 

 usually more misleading than helpful. Some growers 

 have succeeded in paying for their greenhouses in a re- 

 markably short time, from the profits of their crops, while 

 others have absolutely failed to realize satisfactory 

 profits. In this respect vegetable forcing is not unlike 

 other branches of olericulture the man being the most 

 important factor in the achievement of success. The 

 enterprise, however, certainly compares favorably with 

 other lines of horticulture, floriculture not excepted. 

 Greenhouse vegetable growers, as a class, are prosperous, 

 and the rapid expansion of their ranges speaks well for 

 the profits of the industry. 



Location. Most men now engaged in this industry did 

 not deliberately seek the best conditions for the growing 

 of crops under glass, but they simply concluded that the 

 land which they already owned was sufficiently well lo- 

 cated to enable them to realize a profit. The result is that 

 some establishments are advantageously located, while 

 others are producing under the most unfavorable 

 circumstances. 



When it is possible to select a location for the express 



