76 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



Debit 



Manure, 1 double load $2.50 



Fertilizer, 50 pounds .75 



Poultry wire, 50 yards 2.50 



Posts, 12 at 12c 1.50 



Tin strips, 4 .25 



Seeds 1.55 



Tomato and Pepper plants .40 



Total $9.45 



Credit 



Lima Beans, 7 qt. at 12c. per quart ] $ .84 



Brussels Sprouts, 12 qt. at 25c. per quart 3.00 



Onions (white) 15 qt. at 15c. per quart 2.25 



Peas, 3 qt. at lOc. per quart .30 



Beans, 38 qt. at lOc. per quart 3.80 



Cucumbers, 200 at Ic. each 2.00 



Peppers, 150 at l|c. each 2.25 



Muskmelons, 19 at 8c. each 1.52 



Turnips, 96 at l^c. each 1.44 



Beets (425), 106 bunches at 3c. per bunch 3.18 



Radishes, 75 bunches at lc. per bunch 1.13 



Lettuce, 81 heads at 5c. per head 4.05 



Tomatoes, 6 bushels at 50c. per bushel 3.00 



Parsley estimated at .75 



Total $29.51 



On this 748 square feet of land the net profit is shown to 

 be about three cents per square foot or $300 for a quarter- 

 acre plot. 



Here's another use of "land." Maybe a pool in your 

 garden or a dam in a little brook in it may help out your 

 home garden bank account. Of course a pond a few square 

 yards in extent will give even better returns if you can sell 

 its produce at retail near by. 



W. B. Shaw, a seventy-year-old veteran who lost his right 



