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Irishman just landed at Castle Garden could 

 raise more potatoes or cabbages than I because 

 he would have more muscle to put into the 

 work. 



Many of my readers may happen to know 

 that Ten Acres Enough is the record of the suc- 

 cessful attempt of a Philadelphia merchant to 

 support himself and his family by raising straw- 

 berries and other small fruits. Middle life had 

 found him no nearer fortune than when he be- 

 gan ; he felt that strength was ebbing away and 

 he was losing enthusiasm ; business cares were 

 becoming thicker rather than otherwise. Notes 

 had to be met which caused him constant 

 anxiety. He could take no pleasure in life. 

 One day a friend suggested to him to drop the 

 whole effort for a fortune and try for a com- 

 fortable living in quieter, less ambitious, but 

 safer fields. He took the advice and sold out 

 his business, realizing two thousand dollars, 

 with which sum he bought a little place of ten 

 acres eight miles from Philadelphia, and planted 

 it mostly with strawberries. The book gives 

 the results of five years' work, with figures 

 showing exactly what money came in and what 



