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needed to raise feed. Turkeys, ducks, and other fowls 

 may be added or substituted for some of the chickens; 

 sheep raised in place of hogs; a cow used instead of 

 milch goats. The cow would require more land than 

 the goats; the addition of sheep or an increase in the 

 quantity of hogs would also increase the area of land 

 needed for grain and pasturage. The area devoted to 

 the orchard and the kitchen garden would have to be 

 large enough to supply about 500 quarts of vegetables 

 and fruits to be canned and preserved for winter, or 

 to be dehydrated if that method of food preservation 

 is preferred. 



On a three-acre homestead, about one and a half 

 acres of the land would need to be put in grain for the 

 goats, hogs, and chickens; about a quarter of an acre 

 into alfalfa, soy beans or some similar crop, and a half 

 acre reserved for pasturage. A quarter of an acre 

 would be needed for the corn or wheat for the fam- 

 ily's cereals. This means about two acres for field 

 crops. The remaining acre would be all that was 

 needed for the vegetable garden, the orchard, the 

 barnyard, the flower-gardens and lawns, and the 

 homesite itself. Indeed, if the family were content to 

 live exclusively on vegetables and nuts, all its food 

 could be raised on this one acre of land. On this gen- 

 eral plan, three acres would be all that would be 

 needed, while five acres would be a generous allow- 

 ance. If a common pasture were made available, the 

 three acres would be ample. I therefore suggested that 

 the Dayton Homestead Units should consist of 160- 



