$ FOREWORD 



Those who know most of farming believe that 

 it is only a question of once learning what to 

 do and how to do it, to draw many of the city 

 workers to the outlying lands. This A Little 

 Land and a Living aims to do; not to induce 

 the unfamiliar to rush headlong into farming, 

 but to encourage those who feel the pressure of 

 city life to study how they may get away from 

 the overcrowded city into nearby country, where 

 the gardens may first be made an adjunct to the 

 income and later, perhaps, prove the source of 

 the income. 



Mr. George T. Powell writes: 



;< You have brought together many facts and 

 information that should be helpful and be an 

 aid to many who, for the want of specific infor- 

 mation, do not realize what they might do on a 

 small land-holding. 



" If there could be lectures given on this sub- 

 ject in the tenement districts it would be of spe- 

 cial value. I advocated this in a lecture at the 

 United Charities Building on 'How to Help 

 the City Poor to Get Out to the Land.' 



" They do need specific instruction, first, where 



