26 The Principles of Vegetable -Gardening 



ESTIMATED WORKING CAPITAL 



Seeds 50 00 



Fertilizer for 5 acres 150 00 



Man to help for 7 months 200 00 



Grand total $1,929 20 



The following estimate is made by Irving C. Smith, of J. M. 

 Smith's Sons, Green Bay, Wis., well known high-class market- 

 gardeners. The estimate supposes that the area is ten acres of 

 land in a fair state of cultivation, and that the party desires to 

 make a first-class market-garden to supply the varying needs 

 of the market (prices of 1898-9): 



House for proprietor, with cellar full size $900 00 



Stable 16 x 24, with buggy shed attached 200 00 



Packing house 22x44, 16 feet studding, stone wall, 



brick- lined cellar, making two stories and cellar . . 600 00 



Cooler 14 x 16 feet 150 00 



Icehouse 16x20 feet, 16 feet studding 11000 



Onion shed 16x20 85 00 



Hay shed for berry covering 50 00 



Tool and wagon shed 75 00 



Buildings $2,170 00 



Water plant, including piping $800 00 



200 feet 1%-inch rubber hose 75 00 



100 hotbed sash 32 x 72 inches 18500 



Frames for hotbeds 60 00 



31 blankets for winter protection, 7x9 feet, $2.25 . ... 7000 



Water plant and hotbeds $1,190 00 



1 team draft horses, 3,200 Ibs $250 00 



1 horse, roadster, 1,200 Ibs . 125 00 



1 heavy double harness 30 00 



1 heavy single, $17 ; one buggy harness, $18 35 00 



1 heavy wagon, 3-inch tire 45 00 



1 one -cord box for same, top section to lift off 20 00 



