MONEY AND 

 TIME REQUIRED 



carelessly bought and then neglected. With 

 proper care all these things, even the team, should 

 be good for twenty years. 



A broomstick or a tool handle sharpened, will 

 make a dibble. Garden lines, to insure straight 

 rows; labels; tomato supports, plant protectors 

 and stakes can be home made, and thus lessen ex- 

 pense, but the following additional "boughten" 

 tools will be useful : 



Wheel-hoe with seeder, $8.50; roller, $8.00; 

 sprayer, $3.75; crowbar, $1.50; weeder, 35 cents. 

 You push a weeder backward and forward and it 

 cuts both ways. It's best on soft ground; on 

 hard, use a push hoe. A horse hoe will save time 

 on many crops ; horse labor can be hired. 



In Northern Long Island, if you do your own 

 work, the cash outlay on an acre which produces 

 250 to 400 bushels of potatoes, usually selling for 

 fifty to seventy-five cents per bushel, or from 

 $125 to $300 an acre, is 



Seed Potatoes $10.00 



Commercial Fertilizer 13.00 



Spraying Against Blight, etc 4 .00 



Total . .$27.00 



