A LITTLE LAND 

 AND A LIVING 



may be worth, the crop to belong to the Associa- 

 tion. 



For this purpose seven hundred dollars should 

 be enough say a thousand. Another fifteen 

 hundred should be added to all this, to avoid run- 

 ning short. The building of a house is a later 

 matter, but it will naturally follow. Even if but 

 half a dozen should be found to take up individ- 

 ual plots to begin with, there would be no cause 

 for discouragement, as the plan here as elsewhere 

 will be justified by its works, and experience 

 shows that as the first of the succession crops be- 

 gins to come up, more applicants for the land are 

 found than can be accommodated. 



Some will be found who can take up detached 

 bits of land, under the superintendent's direction 

 and preparation, and take care of them on their 

 own account. Many know how to raise chickens, 

 flowers, fruits, or small animals, and can have a 

 chance to do so. To care for an acre intelligently 

 does not take over a month's work altogether dur- 

 ing the entire season even of unskilled labor,* and 

 when the rudiments of agriculture are learned, 

 employment for spare time can be found in car- 



Se Chapter VII. 



