INTRODUCTION 3 



flowers and ornamental shrubs and trees, these can 

 be largely found in the woods and fence rows. 

 They are often far better than the costly things 

 offered for sale. 



The farmer who has no orchard and no garden 

 must either have a bare table or buy what he needs. 

 To do either is expensive. Fruit and vegetables 

 cost far less than flour and meat. If produced on 

 the place, they cost still less than if bought from 

 the vendor. Hence the more abundant the home 

 supply, the smaller the butchers' and grocers' bills. 

 From this it is evident that doing without garden 

 and orchard is false economy, because one pays out 

 more money to get less than if he used a fraction of 

 the amount as a garden and orchard investment. He 

 is living expensively, but by no means luxuriously; 

 whereas garden and orchard reverse the case and 

 enable him to live luxuriously, with economy. 



FARM VALUE INCREASED 



There are more ways to make horticulture pay 

 than by growing a big acreage of some fruit or 

 vegetable crops and sending the produce to market. 

 Special emphasis is laid on this home phase of hor- 

 ticulture, because it is least appreciated. A well- 

 kept garden and orchard make every farm worth 

 more than the same farm would be without them. 

 Each is recognized as a permanent asset far more 

 valuable than the original cost plus the annual cost 

 of care. Each yields an average annual revenue 

 with less yearly attention than any equal area on 

 the farm. Hence the increased value of the place. 

 But more important is the fact that well-chosen 

 shade trees, ornamental vines and shrubs and hardy 

 perennial flowers, tastefully arranged about the 



