GARDENING AND TRUCK FARMING. 283 



The business of market gardening has a promising outlook 

 in this country. Good, fresh vegetables are wholesome and 

 cheap living, and our cities are increasing in population much 

 faster than the country, and will furnish a market for a large 

 amount of garden products. Young men with a taste for gar- 

 dening, who will make themselves masters of the business, will 

 find it remunerative. No one should begin the business of 

 market gardening unless he is willing to work, and can devote 

 his entire time to it and give personal supervision to all the 

 details of the work. 



To give some idea of how much can be sold from an acre 

 of garden, I quote from Peter Henderson the cost and proceeds 

 per acre for a few leading crops, and he gives this as the aver- 

 age for ten years : 



EXPENDITURES FOR ONE ACRE PER YEAR. 



Rent, $50 00 



Labor, 300 00 



Horse labor, 35 00 



Manure, 100 00 



Seeds, ; . 10 00 



Wear and tear of tools, etc., 10 00 



Cost of marketing, . .... 100 00 



Total, $605 00 



RECEIPTS FOR ONE ACRE PER YEAR. 



12,000 early cabbages at 5 cents per head, . . . $600 00 

 14,000 lettuce at 1 cent per head, . . . . 140 00 

 30,000 celery at 2 cents per head, . . 600 00 



Total 81,340 00 



Deduct cost, 605 00 



Leaves profit, ...... $735 00 



All three of the above crops were grown on the land the 

 same year, which will account for the large amount of labor and 

 manure expended. 



Selecting and Preparing the Garden Spot. Whether 

 the garden is to be merely for the family or a market g.'irden, 

 the same general directions will apply. It should be well 

 drained. The soil should be warm and easily worked. It must 

 be rich. It must be kept free from weeds. 



If one is going into the business of market gardening, he 



