A LITTLE LAND 88 



AND A LIVING 



with profitable cultivation than the quality of the 

 soil or anything else. 



The following extract from the Year Book of 

 the Department of Agriculture for 1902 (page 

 562) shows what can be done with barren soil: 

 " The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 

 Station has grown carnations and other crops in 

 sifted bituminous coal ashes with three per cent, 

 of peat moss. There is practically no plant food 

 there, so for 100 square feet of bench-space six 

 pounds and three-quarters of nitrate bone black, 

 and muriate of potash were thoroughly incorpo- 

 rated with the ashes before setting the plants and 

 proved to be better in some ways than rich com- 

 post." 



So look out for a good place where you can 

 get stable manure cheap. Don't be discouraged 

 by the run-down look of a place or the ratty 

 looking shacks those are the places that sell for 

 much less than they are worth. A lot of pains 

 and a little paint will do wonders to renew a 

 tumble-down, weed-grown farm, and you will get 

 big pay for them. You are out for a bargain, 

 and if a place looks well it sells well. 



