CONTENTS 



Introduction 



CHAPTER 1 



STORY OF THE CONTEST 



History, rules, entries, reports and results. 

 CHAPTER n 



THE GRAND PRIZE GARDEN 



Mr. Morse's story— Sketch of J. H. Morse— His methods for 

 special crops — Prize garden queries. 



CHAPTER HI 



GARDENING FOR PROFIT 



Good living from a garden — Five acres enough — A cucumber 

 experiment — Money in berries — Mr. Wright's vineyard — 

 Money in a Minnesota garden — A twenty-acre garden. 



CHAPTER IV 



GOOD FARM GARDENS 



A luxuriant Iowa garden — Mr. Campbell's story — The Wood- 

 ruff prize garden — A business-like gardener — A busy 

 farmer's garden. 



CHAPTER V 



THE HOME ACRE 



A quality garden — In the semi-arid district — A luxuriant home 

 garden — A farm garden patch — Small gardens. 



CHAPTER VI 



ON HIGH-PRICED LAND 



A city man's garden — Good seeds and fertilizers — Careful 

 planning — Winner of the first prize — Mr. Higley's way. 



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