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The best lay-out for an acre garden for easy 

 cultivation is about 132 x 889 feet, and easy cul- 

 tivation is an important factor in creating profits. 

 In one such garden in Pennsylvania, one-half 

 acre was planted with strawberries, one-half with 

 early beans, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 cucumbers, lettuce, melons, onions, peas, pota- 

 toes, sweet corn, tomatoes, while the last row was 

 set with Hathaway raspberries and Blowers 

 blackberries. This garden fed a large family, 

 provided vegetables and fruit for winter can- 

 ning, and furnished $800 worth of surplus veg- 

 etables and fruit for market. 



On Prof. W. G. Johnson's truck farm in 

 Palatka, Fla., between the sowing of lettuce seed 

 on September 28d and the first of January fol- 

 lowing, the profits of half an acre amounted to 

 $295. Three crops of lettuce were gathered from 

 the same land during the year, with celery and 

 cucumbers intervening. The celery yielded from 

 650 to 850 crates per acre, ranging in price from 

 $1.25 to $8.00 per crate. 



Half an acre of land in Bath Co., Kentucky, 

 on the farm of V. C. Razor, was made produc- 



