THE GARDEN AND THE HOME 27 



erate and comfortable successes if they had started without en- 

 cumbrance on a modest plan instead of wasting time with big 

 schemes .whose whole returns have gone to feed hungry mortgages 

 and interest accounts, until failure has swept from them the prop- 

 erty which they proudly hoped to possess? 



But why intrude this homily? The garden is one of the ele- 

 ments of success in mixed farming. Around it other elements 

 naturally gather. As gleaners and profitable transformers of gar- 

 den wastes and surpluses into home supplies and garden restora- 

 tives, the cow, the pig, and the hen await outside the garden 

 fence. Be sure to keep them there, and the garden will be a liberal 

 contributor to their vigor and productiveness. 



