326 FARMING BY INCHES; 



So I got out my ledger, and Robert opened it to read such 

 portions as would interest our company. 



"In the first place," said he, "I will give you a list of 

 our crops, and what we received for each, and then I will 

 show you some of the bills. You can then compare the 

 two, and see the result for yourselves. The first thing we 

 tried was early peas. We planted half an acre of the 

 * Daniel O'Rourke' variety. We sold ten barrels at five 

 dollars, and ten at four dollars each, which produced 

 just ninety dollars for the crop. After they were gone we 

 cleaned up the ground and planted it with fall cabbages ; 

 but I will tell you more about them soon." 



" Planted two crops on the same land ? " asked the doc- 

 tor. 



"To be sure. That is the only way in which to make 

 money." 



" Well, I never heard of that before." 



" It is the common practice among our best market-garden- 

 ers," said Mrs. Jones. 



" But how can they do it? Does it not exhaust the land 

 at a fearful rate?" 



" So it would if they did not spend money on it at an 

 equally fearful rate." 



" That is just the point. It costs so much to do these 

 things, I don't wonder it does not pay." 



