DETAILS AND DOLLARS MY 

 GARDEN 



I HAVE tried this country life and found 

 that it answers all the requirements of my 

 modest way of living. In looking over my 

 sources of income, I should place my garden 

 first and my poultry-yard next. Of course, 

 after some years of experimenting, I have dis- 

 covered other, but subordinate, sources of in- 

 come. For instance, having much time upon 

 my hands and aiming to get all the sunshine and 

 fresh air and physical exercise that I can find 

 during nine months in the year on my country 

 acre, I took up a good many little schemes for 

 money-making or rather money-saving, for I 

 believe that the city man who retires to the 

 wilderness with the idea that he is going to 

 make money there, will, in ninety-nine cases 

 out of a hundred, be disappointed. I can save 

 money in the country by providing things that 

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