101 VACANT LOT 



GARDENING 



the skill of the gardener. Our experience bears 

 out the results that have been attained in Phila- 

 delphia to wit a product of fifty to one hun- 

 dred dollars per garden. For the time put in, 

 the garden earns, therefore, from 70 cents to 

 $1.40 per hour without any of the advantages 

 of capital and without any employer. 



In addition to the product of the garden, those 

 families who lived in tents saved from fifteen to 

 twenty dollars per month in rent. For six 

 months the entire saving amounted to from $140 

 to $220 per family. The expense was the cost of 

 the tent about $20 complete and such items as 

 seeds and tools, which for a quarter-acre garden 

 amount to five dollars for the season. 



The indirect benefits to persons with large 

 families were very great. In a few weeks after 

 going to the Farm the pale, puny children became 

 ruddy and robust, playing in the grass and living 

 healthy, natural lives. They helped the mother 

 in the gardens, and added their mite of strength 

 to weeding the growing vegetables, to feed the 

 family during the summer and to make a store 

 for the winter. 



