CAPITAL AND LABOUR REQUIRED 



more, but to obtain it they must be men of some 

 experience and natural adaptation to the work. 

 The business is one in which men of tact and 

 experience are in demand, no less than in a manu- 

 facturing or mercantile establishment. 



The expense of keeping the work-horses, includ- 

 ing all items, would amount to about $150 on 

 each animal per year. The tools are a less import- 

 ant item of expense, and yet the new and improved 

 implements of the present date are quite costly, 

 and the cultivation of even a limited amount of 

 land requires a large number of them. 



By looking over the foregoing it will be seen 

 that, if we exclude the more elaborate culture in 

 hot-houses, the total annual expense of running 

 two acres of land would be about $2,500. That 

 of five acres would foot up about $5,000; of ten 

 acres, about $8,000; while a hundred acres could 

 be run for $25,000. Many people have a mis- 

 taken idea that they can run a garden of ten, fifteen, 

 or twenty acres on a capital smaller than is really 

 requisite to properly run three acres. If one's 

 capital is limited, it is far better to proportionally 

 reduce the amount of land and improve the 

 culture by use of the best methods and appliances. 



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