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the time ; at other times they may have free access to the garden, 

 where they are often very beneficial in reducing the insect 

 enemies." 



Professor Thomas Shaw writes* of a plat of ordinary ground 

 in Minnesota comprising the nineteenth part of an acre, which 

 for four years kept a family of six matured persons abundantly 

 supplied with vegetables all the year, with the exception of 

 potatoes, celery and cabbage. "In addition, much was given 

 away, more especially of the early varieties, and in many in- 

 stances much was thrown away. In other words, the produce 

 that could thus be obtained from an acre of land similarly 

 situated would abundantly supply, with nearly all the vegetables 

 named, nineteen families, comprising, in all, 114 individuals." 



* Minnesota Horticulturist," 1900, p. 102. 



