A LITTLE LAND 154 



AND A LIVING 



In this way late celery is planted between the 

 rows of early celery; radishes with beets or car- 

 rots; before the beets need all the room the rad- 

 ishes mature; corn with squashes, citron, pump- 

 kin or beans; horseradish or early onions with 

 cauliflower or cabbage. Lettuce with early cab- 

 bage, etc.* 



No one need fear that his land will become too 

 rich.t 



Specialties often pay better than general 

 crops. The returns can be made immediate and 

 the work almost continuous, through compan- 

 ion cropping. 



Marketing is an important item in success, 



* A complete planting table for vegetables is printed in the 

 appendix of " Three Acres and Liberty." 



f At a recent meeting of the New York Florists' Club, M. H. 

 Weezenaar, of Holland, made the following statement as reported 

 in " The Florists' Exchange "i 



" Land in Holland adapted for the cultivation of hyacinths, 

 he said, runs from $2,000 to $3,000 per acre. The manure used 

 amounted to something like $1,000 an acre, in addition to which 

 there was a big water tax, levied for service of the pumping en- 

 gines, the water having to be pumped at certain seasons from 

 the canal. 



The soil in which the hyacinth bulbs are planted is dug to a 

 depth of three feet, the work being done in winter, the aim being 

 to get as much frost as possible into the soil. When spring arrives, 

 from 10 to 15 inches of pure cow manure is dug into the soil to 



