The Dawning of the New Art 101 



certain cottage industries should he enhanced. I have 

 no hesitation in predicting that, given the same spirit 

 and industry, the principles of the garden home pre- 

 sented in Professor Schufeldt's diagram will work with 

 equal profit and satisfaction in all parts of the coun- 

 try. But it is, perhaps, not unnatural that Cali- 

 fornia should take the lead. Her golden heart is set 

 on homes ! 



The new art has advanced much in the past few 

 years, by means of the planting table, now quite gen- 

 erally appearing in newspapers and magazines. The 

 best of these show what to plant (which of different 

 varieties and different vegetables), how deep, how often 

 and how much; how to plant, cultivate and care for, 

 and this is supplemented by notes on cooking. We shall 

 see something of this in subsequent pages; just here 

 the point is that very important steps have been taken 

 in the development of the art of getting much food 

 from little land, and that thousands have been assisted 

 to practical knowledge by means of these planting 

 charts. 



In the equally essential matter of getting meat, milk 

 and eggs from very small holdings, there has been even 

 more progress along the lines of scientific and intensive 

 development, and nearly as much has been accomplished 

 in popular education. This is a fascinating branch of 

 the new art, as we shall see. 



Few people have as yet realized anything approach- 

 ing the true art of living well from a little land, in the 

 sense of "Housekeeping by the Year," with programmed 

 bills-of-fare, successional planting, scientific diet, high- 

 ly-skilled cookery and artistic serving. Nevertheless, it 



