A LITTLE LAND 

 AND A LIVING 



The cost per sash is at least four dollars, or 

 about sixteen dollars per frame, made up as fol- 

 lows: A well-mortised sash frame (4 sashes), 

 $4 to $5; sashes unglazed, $1 each; glazing, 75 

 cents per sash; mats and shutters from 50 cents 

 to $1 per sash, depending upon the material. 

 These prices vary greatly, however. 



An estimate for a one-acre garden to grow a 

 general line of vegetables where half the acre 

 is to be set with plants from hotbeds, is as fol- 

 lows: One-eighth acre of early cauliflower and 

 cabbage, about 2000 plants, would require two 

 6x12 frames of four sashes each, allowing nearly 

 250 plants to each sash. These frames may be 

 used again with 450 tomato plants, for the same 

 area, about 55 plants to the sash. 



Another frame would be needed at the same 

 time, say for egg-plants and peppers, two sashes 

 of each, growing fifty transplanted plants under 

 each sash. 



Two frames will be needed for cucumbers, 

 melons, and early squashes; for extra early let- 

 tuce count sixty or seventy heads to a sash. 

 Celery and late cabbages are to be started in 



