A LITTLE LAND j 50 



AND A LIVING 



spinach, Swiss chard, peas, string and wax beans, 

 may be dug over for three successive plantings, 

 but that used for early potatoes would need dig- 

 ging only twice; the second time when you are 

 planting late cabbage or turnips. Plow it if pos- 

 sible, in the fall, so that the freezing and thaw- 

 ing will break up sods and clods. Before plow- 

 ing, manure with twenty-five heaping wagon- 

 loads to the acre. 



After manuring and plowing use a disc or cut- 

 away harrow till the soil is fine as dust. Then 

 your seeds will have a chance to grow. Mrs. Ful- 

 lerton says: "Weeds are the farmer's best 

 friends, they force him to cultivate, but every 

 stone, weed or clod left, destroys part of the food 

 your plants must live on. Don't be deluded with 

 the sluggard's reason that " the stones warm the 

 ground." 



For beginners who want fresh fruits and vege- 

 tables from May till Christmas 100 x 200 feet is 

 enough ; a regular fruit garden alone takes about 

 100x100 feet. 



To get the best results, the chief factors are 

 nearness to market, rotation of crops, saving of 



