A LITTLE LAND 178 



AND A LIVING 



an acre that costs $500 you can certainly afford 

 to pay much more than $25 a year interest on 

 its cost, for the money will bring you far larger 

 return than that. 



You can work with only an axe, a plow and 

 a spade, although a scythe and a sickle extra are 

 handy, but to get the best results you need the 

 best tools. Special work calls for special tools. 

 They will pay for themselves many times a 

 year. 



Aside from axe, saw, plane, hammer, etc. ; for 

 market gardening, the following will be needed : 

 1 team of horses, $200 (though these may be 

 hired) ; wheel hoe, $6.00 a wheel hoe saves back- 

 ache walking plow, $10.00; disc or cutaway 

 harrow, $25.00; farm wagon, $50.00; cultivator 

 (2 horse), $25.00; cultivator (1 horse), $8.00; 

 wheelbarrow, $4.00; shovels, pick, matlock or 

 grubbing hoe, $10.00; work harness for two 

 horses, $25.00; spade and fork each $1.00; push 

 hoe, 65 cents; watering can, 60 cents; rake and 

 common hoe, $1.00; bulb-sprayer, 25 cents; 

 trowel, 10 cents. A few good tools carefully se- 

 lected and cared for are better than a number 



