24 CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES. 



have recognized as never before that sound farm policy 

 generally requires the home production of most food sup- 

 plies. Those who have endured with least hardship the 

 financial stress of beginning a farm enterprise are those 

 who have had least to buy and not those who had most to 

 sell. Many a farm has been saved from the mortgage by 

 the yield of subsidary products for home use and for ex- 

 change for essential home supplies. In this most import- 

 ant service the vegetable garden has done its full share 

 and has thus commended itself to the attention of many 

 who formerly looked upon the growth of "garden sass" as 

 a sort of ignoble pothering. The farm garden saves money 

 and makes money if it is given adequate thought and gen- 

 erous effort. 



This exhortation can be given forceful concreteness by 

 the following actual instance which occurred in one of our 

 warmer coast valleys : 



"My garden consists of one acre of good river bottom 

 land, and as a matter of course is under good tilth. Be- 

 sides what we used at home and gave away, we sold to our 

 neighbors as follows : 



"Green onions, $16; cauliflower, $7; spinach, $4; early 

 cabbage, $12 ; squashes, $8 ; green corn, $10.50 ; lettuce, 

 $2.25 ; tomatoes, $18 ; beets, $3 ; turnips, $4. Total, $84.75. 



"What can be more profitable? Any farmer can do as 

 well if he will only try. How did we do it? I will tell 

 you. Early in November we planted top onions on one- 

 half acre, and on the other half we planted spinach, beets, 

 lettuce, turnips and carrots. Our seed beds were made in 

 December, and as soon as the onions were ready to pull 

 we replaced them with cabbages, pulling our onions with 

 regard to such planting, also making room for a succes- 

 sion of early peas and snap beans, and finally cucumbers. 

 Of the last three articles we sold a good quantity, and the 

 product will raise the total amount produced for the sea- 

 son to over $100." 



This is not an isolated instance. Any one can do it who 



