FRUIT FARMING. 43 



consumed by the gambler's greed for unearned gold. At 

 the same time, I am decidedly in favor of high culture, and 

 the most generous enriching of the soil; convinced that 

 fruit growers and farmers in general would make far more 

 money if they spent upon one acre what they usually expend 

 on three. In a later chapter will be found an instance of 

 an expenditure of 1^350 per acre on strawberry land, and 

 the net profits obtained were proportionately large. 



