62 TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED 



duction, should get up a profit-sharing scheme. Undoubt- 

 edly they would find their parents as willing and eager as 

 themselves, not merely to develop additional sources of 

 revenue but to stimulate a love for farming among their 

 sons and daughters. 



For young people who wish to see what they can 

 accomplish with land, a partnership of two is best. This 

 is because there is a great deal of work in connection with 

 raising and marketing flowers and vegetables, and the 

 enthusiasm is most likely to be kept up when there are 

 partners to share the labor and planning. 



It is best to begin the enterprise by arranging for a 

 little help from some one who can furnish a team at odd 

 times. There will be some hauling of vegetables all sum- 

 mer, but perhaps the team would not be required more 

 than twice a week. It would be quite feasible to rent a 

 horse and wagon for the season or even to buy them, 



If such vegetables as lettuce, radishes, onions, beets and 

 carrots are planted during May, the first crop can be 

 taken from the ground in July, and a second crop 

 put in. Celery, onions, beets and cabbage work nicely 

 into this scheme. A good crop of potatoes ought to be 

 secured between June i and September 15. The late 

 vegetables will require some attention after school opens, 

 and a little help may have to be hired. 



I would advise renting the land for two or three sea- 

 sons, for a lot of preparatory work can be done in 

 the spring, on Saturdays and at odd times, enabling the 

 young farmers to raise two crops. A study in double 

 cropping is advisable, for it means extra profits. An 

 enterprise of this kind, properly conducted, on a couple 

 of acres will return an income of several hundred dollars, 

 besides affording a vast amount of pleasure and valuable 

 experience. 



Make an effort to keep the weeds out of the land and 

 do not allow the soil to become caked. After the first lot 



