ADVICE FOR LACKLAND 



"It makes this difference:— if you propose 

 to establish a permanent home for the year, 

 you want to provide against wintry blasts; 

 you don't want a hilltop where a northwester 

 will be driving in your teeth all November; 

 you want shelter; and you want near walks 

 for your children through the snow-banks to 

 school or church; and you don't want the sea 

 booming at the foot of your garden all winter 

 long. If it 's only a summer stopping place 

 you have your eye upon, all these matters are 

 of little account." 



"Suppose we make it a permanent home," 

 says Lackland, "how much ground do I want 

 to grow all the fruit and vegetables I may 

 need for my family?" 



"That depends altogether upon your mode 

 of culture. If you mean to trench and manure 

 thoroughly, and have good soil to start with, 

 and keep it up to the best possible condition, 

 a half acre will more than supply you." 



"Call it two acres," says he, "and what 

 chall I plant upon it?" 



What shall a man plant upon his two acres 

 of ground, on which he wishes to establish a 

 cosey home, where his children can romp to 

 their hearts' content, and he— take a serene 

 pleasure in plucking his own fruit, pulling his 



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