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CHAPTER IV 



VACANT CITT LOT CULTIVATION 



Lessons for the intensive cultivator of poor land. The effect 

 upon physical, mental, and moral health illustrated. A farm 

 educator in voluntary cooperation. In Europe. School gardens. 

 Patriotic gardens. Preparing them. Wonderful production. 

 Your opportunity. 



CHAPTER V 



RESULTS TO BE EXPECTED 



Overproduction not to be feared. Dr. Engel's "law" in scien- 

 tific farming. Fallacy of this. The information needed as to 

 prospects. Eastern or western land. The area required. A be- 

 ginner's experience. Necessity of intelligence and personal appli- 

 cation. How to use a small area. The poet's "little farm." 

 Classical examples. Price changes since the first editions of 

 "Three Acres." The returns from small acreages. In the United 

 States in Scotland. Schoolroom boxes. A new winter plan. 

 A garden on a tray. Standards of yields needed. 



CHAPTER VI 



WHAT AN ACRE MAY PRODUCE 



Truck the most advanced farming experience. Time required 

 to work an acre. Product of it. U. S. instances in various places. 

 Average crops. Product of an acre in specialties. Good products 

 compared with averages. A living and more. 



CHAPTER VII 



SOME METHODS 



Safety in diversified crops. When to plant. Times for selling. 

 Realizing cash. Cultivation in rows. Companion crop plan. 

 Cultivation raises price of your land. Profits. Produce in Europe. 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN 



For domestic use. Location: treatment. Begin in fall. Size 

 and arrangement. Fruit. Reasonable results. Cost and profit. 



