GARDENING FOR PROFIT 2*^ 



season of hot weather, but it is the way to make money 

 in gardening. 



The bill of expense itemizes thirty-eight dollars 

 for seeds, two dollars and twenty-five cents for ma- 

 nures, forty-seven dollars and ten cents for miscella- 

 neous and two hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty- 

 nine cents for labor. Total, three hundred and forty- 

 five dollars and thirteen cents, which is deducted from 

 sales amounting to one thousand two hundred and 

 thirty-nine dollars and fourteen cents. The small pay- 

 ment for manure is because most of it was obtained 

 for the hauling, while the cost of the portion bought 

 was only from ten to twenty-five cents per load. Labor 

 was charged at ten cents per hour for men and five 

 cents for women and boys. Actual cash paid for out- 

 side labor was eighty-seven dollars. 



FIVE ACRES ENOUGH 



A little farm well tilled will produce a larger 

 income than a large one half worked. Five acres 

 devoted to rasing vegetables has made a comfortable 

 living for L. C. WVight & Son of Oswego county. New 

 York, one of the leading prize winners. They were 

 able to do nearly all their own work of growing and 

 marketing the crops, raised much of their own seed 

 from selected plants, kept some hogs and hens to add 

 somewhat to the income and incidentally produce 

 most of the manure used, so that they paid out but a 

 very small portion of the gross receipts. The products 

 were marketed at wholesale in Oswego, three miles 

 away, and the delivery, therefore, was quickly done. 

 Only such crops as were in good demand were grown, 

 but enough of them to make variety and a constant 

 supply of something from early spring until late fall. 



