CHAPTER III 



GARDENING FOR PROFIT 



The best paying gardens were as a class those 

 whose owners made them a specialty. They were 

 depended upon for a living or as an important source 

 of income, and received the gardener's best thought 

 and care. They were not allowed to wait until the 

 rest of the farm had been planted and most of the 

 manure used for field crops. Neither were they left 

 to the care of the women folks, already over-busy. In 

 haying time the owner did not abandon them to the 

 mercy of bugs and weeds, or neglect to pick and sell 

 the produce because of a press of other duties. The 

 gardener for profit fertilized and cultivated to the best 

 of his knowledge. He worked early and late, placing 

 the garden first and other interests afterward. In 

 many instances he had done so for years and was a 

 market gardener by profession. Others were farmers 

 who made a specialty of their garden because it paid 

 them. The representative instances described show a 

 very small farm may be made to afford a livelihood. 



A Good Living from a Garden. — A clear profit of 

 six hundred and ninety-four dollars and one cent from 

 five acres was made by B. S. Rembaugh of Pettis 

 county, Missouri, winner of S. L. Allen & Co.'s special 

 first prize of one hundred dollars for the most profitable 

 results where their implements were used. Mr. Rem- 

 baugh had a small market garden on a plot of less than 

 hve acres on which to make a living. The land is 

 naturally poor and was in sod two years ago. Fer- 

 tilizer could not be purchased, owing to lack of capital, 



