32 CITY MEN SUCCEED ON FARMS 



refinement and beauty that would be sufficient to keep 

 the young men and women at home. 



The time has come in this country — and it came long 

 ago in other parts of the world — when a tract of ten 

 acres insures comfort and independence. 



This is owing to the large markets which exist every- 

 where and the development of railroads. When the 

 country was sparsely settled, and everybody could own 

 land, it was hard to dispose of produce for enough to pay 

 for handling it. Cash was scarce and markets were in- 

 different Today the great cities all around us are calling 

 for farm products at prices which afford large profits. 



Last season a Michigan man put in four and three- 

 fourths acres to cabbage. The ground was plowed about 

 the middle of May and with the plowing a good coat of 

 manure was turned under. Then the plot was topped 

 and dressed with muriate of potash, using about ioo 

 pounds to the acre. The seed was drilled in the row and 

 the plants were thinned out when large enough for that 

 work. 



The heads were cut the first week in November and 

 about the middle of January ninety-three tons, all from 

 this patch, were sold in Grand Rapids. Twenty-five tons 

 were sold at $23 a ton and the remaining sixty-eight 

 tons brought $25 a ton. This is a total of $2,275 from 

 four and three-fourths acres of land — not all profit, of 

 course, but a good per cent of it is. 



The owner had land enough left, supposing his farm to 

 be ten acres, to maintain a herd of swine and a flock of 

 poultry. 



