RESULTS TO BE EXPECTED 43 



It would have been waste, not thrift, to get a new authority 

 to tell us that straw makes the cleanest mulch for straw- 

 berries; that's the reason they were called strawberries, 

 and they grew just the same way ten years ago. 



L. E. Dimosh of Connecticut raised on one quarter of an 

 acre $146.21, of which over $85 was profit. 



In other cases the profits were $142 (Gianque, Nebraska) 

 per acre ; and over $295 (Dora Dietrich, Pennsylvania) ; 

 with the rather exceptional profit at the rate of $570 (Mrs. 

 Hall, Connecticut). Some showed a loss. 



Some of the town or city lots yielded very high profits; 

 one of a third of an acre gave a profit of $224.33 (Edge 

 Darlington, Md.). 



The summary "based upon the reports of five hundred 

 and fifteen gardens in nearly every state and territory and 

 in Canada and the provinces, may be considered accurate 

 and reliable. Covering such a vast territory local con- 

 ditions are avoided." It shows that "the average size of 

 farm gardens was 24,372 square feet, or about half an acre, 

 the average labor cost $26.34, the average value of product 

 was at the rate of $170 per acre, and the net profit over $80 

 per acre." 



To get results we must first learn and then teach what we 

 know. The finest game in the world is to teach. No one 

 ever knows anything thoroughly till he tries to teach it. 



When you tell a person how to do a thing, he doesn't 

 know how to do it himself. When you show him how to do 

 it, still he doesn't know that he could do it himself. But 

 when you get him to do it himself, then he knows. 



Country boys will believe that early tomatoes can be raised 

 by starting them in the house ; but like the rest of us they 

 don't know how to do it, and when spring comes and it is 



