A LITTLE LAND 186 



AND A LIVING 



In Long Island City, New York, 56 acres 

 divided into 84 plots averaging two-thirds of 

 an acre each, required altogether 2016 days' work 

 or 24 days for each plot. The total product was 

 worth $4900.00, which gives an average wage 

 of $2.43 per day. In Brooklyn, where the Gar- 

 dens were as nearly a failure as anywhere, the 

 average was $1.52. In St. Louis, Boston, Buf- 

 falo, Detroit, and Omaha the returns ran from 

 $5.55 per day to 83 cents, or an average in the 

 five cities of $2.70, and these places all started 

 late and suffered greatly from drought.* 



You can thoroughly cultivate an acre in 140 

 hours if you have a horse, or 250 hours by hand, 

 say 14 or 25 days. At the South seeds can be 

 planted every month; North from the first of 

 March to August. Simple but complete tables 

 are given in " Three Acres and Liberty " to have 

 crops to sell every month. You can plant quick 

 maturing crops and get almost immediate re- 

 turns. 



The average product per acre was as follows: New York 

 (commercial fertilizer used), $87.50; Boston (commercal fer- 

 tilizer used on only 14 acres), $130; Brooklyn, $55; Buffalo 

 (very poor soil), $48; Detroit, $60; St. Louis claims $200. 



