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out so that the land becomes too valuable to farm, he will 

 be well paid for leaving. 1 



The amount of product to be grown for one's own use 

 depends on the size of the family and its fondness for vege- 

 tables. 



"An area of 150X100 feet [about two fifths of an acre] 

 is generally sufficient to supply a family of five persons with 

 vegetables, not considering the winter supply of potatoes; 

 but the acres must be well tilled and handled." (Bailey, 

 "Principles of Vegetable Gardening.") 



"The produce that could thus be obtained from an acre 

 of land well situated would abundantly supply with nearly 

 all the vegetables named, nineteen families, comprising in 

 all 114 individuals." (Same, page 43.) 



In our garden we must know what we want and know 

 how to get it. 2 



"The things to be considered in the home garden are : 

 (1) a sufficient product to supply the family ; (2) continuous 

 succession of crops ; (3) ease and cheapness of cultivation ; 

 (4) maintenance of the productivity of the land year after 

 year. 



" The ease and efficiency of cultivation are much enhanced 

 if all crops are in long rows, to allow of wheel-tool tillage 

 either by horse or wheel-hoe." 



1 Although progress is continually forcing laborers back upon 

 less desirable land, their loss, unless they are the owners, is the land- 

 owner's gain. 



1 It is impossible to treat exhaustively of the various crops in 

 a book of this kind. On onion culture alone there are four standard 

 books, besides seven or eight recent experimental station bulletins. 



"In a family garden 100 X 150 feet (which equals six New York 

 City lots), the rows running the long way of the area, eight or ten 

 feet may be reserved along one side for asparagus, rhubarb, sweet 

 herbs, flowers, and possibly a few berry bushes. A strip twenty feet 



