A LITTLE LAND 112 



AND A LIVING 



A small plot 20 x 65 feet was planted first in pan- 

 sies sold in bloom, then in radishes, part of which 

 proved a worthless variety, then idle long enough 

 to grow another radish crop, then half in late let- 

 tuce and the other half in winter cabbage which 

 yielded no cash return. Yet $86.78 was received 

 from this one thirty-second of an acre, at the rate 

 of $2780 per acre. This amount could have been 

 raised to $4000 an acre; all without using 

 glass. 



A woman on Long Island cultivated a patch 

 of garden 25x50 feet and raised radishes, let- 

 tuce, onions, peas, string beans, carrots, beets, 

 sweet corn, potatoes, tomatoes, lima beans, egg- 

 plant, peppers, parsnips, squash, and cucumbers, 

 enough to feed her family of three and cleared 

 $50 on sales in one season. This is at the rate, for 

 the things sold, of $1750 per acre, after paying a 

 man to spade the plot, for manure to fertilize, 

 and $1.00 for seed. Even a city yard, though 

 only 25x30 feet, if properly worked, can be 

 made to produce enough vegetables for a small 

 family. 



A lot 40x50 feet, by careful cultivation, 



