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grown wheat of a corresponding value, it will 

 be seen that the tenant is able to produce on 

 his holding practically all his requirements 

 for home consumption, viz., bread, bacon, 

 poultry, eggs, potatoes, fruit and green 

 vegetables, together with jams, pickles, and 

 bottled fruits. This is probably equivalent 

 to half the cost of living. If a cow were kept 

 butter and milk could be added to the list. 



" The tenant grows for the market the 

 following fruits : strawberries, black cur- 

 rants, gooseberries, raspberries (dwarf canes), 

 plums (Victoria), eating apples and cooking 

 apples. 



" The bulbs comprise about twenty-five 

 varieties of the Narcissus group and several 

 kinds of tulips. Beginning twelve years ago 

 with a small stock in the garden, the tenant 

 has gradually accumulated a stock sufficient 

 to plant fully two acres of land. Purchases of 

 bulbs have been made from time to time, and 

 the stock may now be worth from 400 to 

 500. No bulbs have been sold hitherto. 

 The varieties have been so selected that the 

 tenant can keep up, in a normal season, a 

 continuous supply of blooms for about ten 

 weeks, commencing at the end of January." 



What a signal instance of the real value of 

 a small farm in the hands of a capable and 



