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CHAPTER IX 



TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT 



Implements needed and cost. How to care for them. Books as 

 a part of the outfit. Bucolic advice inefficient. Must get our own 

 experience. Specializing. Seed. Preparation of land. Thorough- 

 ness. 



CHAPTER X 



ADVANTAGES FROM CAPITAL 



Small capital can compete with large. Manure. Commercial 

 fertilizers. We waste and then buy. Cost and increase of re- 

 turns. Soil inoculation. Irrigation. Use of water abroad pros- 

 pects for the United States. Sewage utilization better than irriga- 

 tion. Cultivation is irrigation. 



"The American desert." Dry farming and its new crops. 

 Spraying. 



How much money is necessary. Tropics not so good a field as 

 'home. Facilities here. Available lands attracted first develop- 

 ment. The markets. 



CHAPTER XI 



HOTBEDS AND GREENHOUSES 



An early start. How to make simple hotbeds. An old-fashioned 

 way. Artificial heat. Use of frames. Instances of production 

 returns. The best greenhouse a substitute. Estimated cost. 

 Methods of heating. 



CHAPTER XII 



OTHER USES OP LAND 



Poultry and its difficulties as a business the reason. Profit- 

 able on a small scale. Ducks growing in favor don't need a 

 pond. Belgian hares fluctuation of the business. Pigeons. Bee- 

 keeping and the returns. Small capital required. Yield. Xabor 

 and area required. Method results how to start. 



Mushrooms in America. Better done in Europe. Where grown. 

 Causes of failure. A little land for pleasure. 



