LESSONS FROM THE WINNERS 2$ I 



The value of produce was eighty-five dollars per 

 garden, or at the rate of one hundred and seventy dol- 

 lars per acre, and the net proftt was forty-one dollars 

 and thirty-three cents, or at the rate of eighty-two 

 dollars and sixty-six cents per acre. This is more 

 than any farm crop can approach. Now if these gar- 

 dens can be extended to four times the size or greater, 

 they will become quite an important source of the 

 farmer's income. On the majority of farms the lack 

 of a good nearby market will prevent the attempt at 

 gardening on a commercial scale, except in favored 

 localities specially adapted to certain crops. But where 

 one is located within five miles of a good-sized village 

 or city, a small market garden may be made a consid- 

 erable source of revenue. 



There are two lines of gardening which may be 

 followed. First, general gardening, in which most of 

 the common kinds of vegetables are planted and mar- 

 keted at wholesale at stores and butcher shops, or 

 at retail by peddling from house to house. 



Second, special gardening, in which only a few 

 kinds are grown, such as may be raised with the least 

 amount of labor, those which are in greatest demand, 

 or those for which a certain plot of ground is particu- 

 larly well adapted. 



Local conditions and circumstances must govern 

 which kind of gardening each should attempt. If one 

 takes up market gardening as the main part of his 

 work, the most profit will be found in growing a full 

 line of vegetables and selling at retail, unless he pro- 

 duces them in such large quantities that this method 

 is impractical. But where the work is taken up in 

 connection with running a farm, and partly as a side 

 issue, it will be found more profitable generally to raise 

 only a few kinds of such sorts as can be harvested and 



