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AND A LIVING 



the average man, nor should it have. If Nature 

 were the niggard she has sometimes seemed to be, 

 we would owe her no gratitude. In reality she 

 has provided a wholesome and bountiful living 

 for the average family in every acre of soil, and 

 if we do not get it, the fault is our own. 



It must be borne in mind that in most cases 

 three or four crops or more can be grown on the 

 same land during one season. 



If we raise only one crop, we will not get a 

 good living from even ten acres ; that is no fault 

 of the soil; it is due rather to ignorance or care- 

 lessness. 



A few years ago Professor Bailey said that 

 100x150 feet of land, if well tilled, will give a 

 family of five an ample supply of all kinds of 

 vegetables, except potatoes. 



Now comes Mrs. Helena R. Ely and says that 

 a plot of ground 20x30 feet, or l-5th of Prof. 

 Bailey's estimate, if well fertilized and well cared 

 for, will yield cauliflower, egg-plants, lettuce, 

 peppers, parsley and tomatoes for a family of 

 eight persons. If one chose to vary the list some- 

 what the results would be about the same. Two 



