CAPITAL AND LABOUR REQUIRED 



Many have an idea that five acres of land will be 

 enough; others put it at ten; while it is known 

 that some cultivate a hundred acres or more at a 

 profit. The amount of capital required varies, 

 to some extent, with the amount of land cultivated, 

 but not in a uniform proportion; while a larger 

 variation still will result from the greater or less 

 provision we may choose to make in the matter 

 of hot-houses. Not including these in the scheme 

 of cultivation, and on the presumption that we 

 are to do such forcing only as can be done in hot- 

 beds, we may fix approximate amounts as follows : 



While it might require about $3,000 with the 

 labour of three men and two horses, to properly 

 handle two acres, we estimate that there would be 

 needed about $5,000, six men, and three horses for 

 ten acres; and that $20,000, forty men, and twenty 

 horses would be sufficient for one hundred acres. 



One of the largest and most indispensable 

 items of original outlay is in providing the sashes; 

 these cost, with the requisite mats and shutters 

 to go with them, about $4.00 each, of which about 

 $2.50 is paid for the sash, and the balance for 

 mats and shutters to correspond. But in a 

 scheme combining, not only hot-bed and out-door 



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