A LITTLE LAND 180 



AND A LIVING 



Hand labor, if you grow but one acre, might 

 cost you $40, with wages at $1.35 to $1.50 per 

 day. If you ship by rail to a consignee the selling 

 charges would be forty to fifty dollars, leaving 

 about thirty net profit. Where you do the work 

 yourself, the labor cost, of course, goes to you as 

 wages or additional profit. By thorough cultiva- 

 tion and care you can probably get 600 bushels 

 without any greater cash outlay. 



The cost of preparing an acre garden and the 

 seeds for planting may be estimated as follows : 



Counting Five Dollars per day for man and team, and two 



acres as a day's work, plowing $2.50 



One harrowing, at rate of 10 acres a day 50 



Manuring, 5 loads at $1.00 each 5.00 



Seeds, 'one planting, mixed produce 4.00 



ToUl $li.OO 



The cost of seed is not a big item, but if you 

 have to buy plants, the expense will be much 

 greater. Mrs. Helena R. Ely in "Another 

 Hardy Garden" says that $10 or $12 will buy 

 all the seeds (excepting potatoes) required for a 

 vegetable garden large enough to supply a fam- 

 ily of eight to ten persons. 



