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AND A LIVING 



60,000,000 acres of this sort of land now wait- 

 ing reclamation. If half these swamps were 

 drained it would increase the land values of the 

 country by $300,000,000 and the crop values by 

 more than $900,000,000; it would provide ten- 

 acre farms for 3,000,000 families, thus putting 

 about 15,000,000 people on lands now practically 

 worthless. There is no doubt that the federal 

 government will some day reclaim these lands as 

 it already has the desert, so there is no real fear 

 of the pressure of farm population in this 

 country. 



The gardener, like manufacturers and mer- 

 chants, must devise new ways of packing and 

 selling. One of the latest is the "family bas- 

 ket," devised by the Fullertons. 



A crate holding six three-quart baskets was 

 selected. The three baskets in the bottom con- 

 tained beets, newly dug potatoes (the kind you 

 can eat boiled in the skin) and cabbage. A par- 

 tition over these and the top three contained peas, 

 lettuce and cucumbers in one box, young carrots 

 and onions in the third box. (" The Lure of the 

 Land," page 88.) 



