FOREWORD 



INTEREST in the "little lands" from which 

 men may make a living continues to grow 

 and spread. A money panic does more than 

 scare people it sets them thinking how they can 

 protect themselves against a recurrence of this 

 thing. That necessarily turns their thoughts to 

 the land as the source of wealth and indepen- 

 dence. It is because of this growing desire on 

 the part of the people to know what can be done 

 with small areas, that the author has written this 

 book. Every chapter has been submitted to some 

 expert for correction and revision, and the author 

 gladly acknowledges indebtedness to Mr. George 

 T. Powell, President of the Agricultural Ex- 

 perts Association; Professor W. G. Johnson, of 

 the Orange Judd Co. ; Mr. R. F. Powell, Super- 

 intendent of the Philadelphia Vacant Lots As- 

 sociation; Miss Kate Sanborn, Mr. Howard 



