242 FIVE ACRES TOO MUCH. 



creditable result. It could not be questioned that a 

 place which would grow such wonderful pumpkins, 

 and such vast expanse of onion, and such early and 

 abundant squashes, would also, if properly managed, 

 be as fertile of egg-plants, cauliflowers, and the other 

 higher classes of vegetables. There was no proba 

 bility of my again visiting the Old World, and I 

 should be able to devote undivided attention to my 

 horticultural pursuits. 



As with the previous year, it is not an easy matter 

 to make out the accounts satisfactorily; there were 

 items that were of questionable relationship toward 

 investment or yearly expenditure ; there were kinds 

 of profit difficult of estimation, and, as usual, there 

 were sundry matters altogether forgotten. If there 

 is any one point more important than another in re 

 cording the experiences of an individual in any pur 

 suit, when these experiences are to be the guide of 

 others, it is absolute exactness in figures and calcula 

 tions. I have, therefore, been exceedingly careful, 

 and devoted much consideration to every item ere it 

 was inserted, and I flatter myself that the following 

 statement may be relied upon confidently : 



