GETTING THE MOST OUT OF AN ACRE 55 



Joseph Gould, an Illinois truck farmer, has for years 

 cleared an average of $150 per acre on his land, in the 

 western part of Cook county. Mr. Gould last season had 

 a profit of $1,800 from ten acres, and his experience 

 attracted general attention. 



An acre of celery brought upward of $500, and before 

 the celery plants were put out the same land produced a 

 nice crop of earlier vegetables. The beets, carrots and 

 tomatoes have been below the average in price, or his 

 income would have been larger, for the yield was heavy. 

 Mr. Gould has produced three crops of radishes and let- 

 tuce in a single season, and his land is kept in perfect 

 condition. Nearly the entire tract raises two crops of 

 vegetables within five months. 



No ground is allowed to be idle ; intensive cropping is 

 practiced ; early vegetables are carefully looked after, and 

 a home market direct to the consumer for the greater part 

 of the products is made by honest and courteous treatment. 



His specialties before celery time are early peas, toma- 

 toes, onions, radishes and lettuce, all of which grow rap- 

 idly enough so that the land can be used twice. Sweet 

 corn, squashes, cucumbers, turnips and popcorn are grown 

 every season, and for two years he has experimented with 

 peppers. These thrive finely. 



Crop rotation is methodically followed by Mr. Gould, 

 in order to obtain the results noted. This is important for 

 other reasons. It helps to destroy insects and fungous 

 diseases, and provides fresh organic matter which decays 

 quickly in the soil and by its stimulating action liberates 

 from the soil itself more plant food than would otherwise 

 be available. This successful truck farmer studies out the 

 best methods of money-making and helps his neighbors to 

 place their land on a paying basis. 



Illinois florists with an investment of $10,000 or less for 

 greenhouses and heating plants are able to clear $5,000 to 



