A LITTLE LAND 226 



AND A LIVING 



Instances of admirable yields during one sea- 

 son are common enough. One grower in a small 

 town in central New York sold $500 worth of 

 berries from half an acre, and M. A. Thayer, of 

 Spark, Wis., raised 200 bushels per acre and 

 made a profit of about $250.00. 



Of course, one great consideration in fruit 

 growing is to be near a good market. Shipping 

 long distances often causes loss by decay, while 

 the freight charges materially lessen the profits. 



To grow fruit for family use and have some 

 for sale would not require much land. One of 

 the U. S. Agricultural Department bulletins 

 gives a plan for a small fruit garden, about 60 

 x 80 feet, on which the following could be grown : 

 Six peach trees; six cherries; six dwarf apple 

 trees ; six plums ; twenty blackberries ; forty black 

 caps ; forty red raspberries ; three hundred straw- 

 berries; thirty-two grape vines, planted at inter- 

 vals of ten feet all around the plot; and eighteen 

 dwarf pear trees. If properly cared for, such a 

 garden would yield a large return. 



