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As TO PROFITS. Well, they depend so much upon 

 circumstances, seasons, localities and the man, that 

 general estimates are apt to be misleading. From 

 one hundred to three hundred dollars per acre, net, 

 is perhaps a fair average. H. S. Weber, of Pennsyl- 

 vania, recently figured his year's profit on a patch 

 of about seven acres, as follows : Fertilizer, seed, 

 hired help, marketing expenses, etc., $3945 gross re- 

 ceipts, $1,700; net profit, $1,306, or about $186 per 

 acre. 



THE HOME GARDEN. By this I mean the "kitchen 

 garden," which is intended to furnish an ample sup- 

 ply of fresh or canned goodies "all the year 'round." 



Here the condi- 

 tions are quite dif- 

 ferent from the 

 foregoing. The 

 area to be worked 

 is smaller, the 

 labor and expense 

 less, and the mar- 



A ONE-HORSE PLOW WILL DO IF SOIL IS , , i 



LIGHT AND AREA NOT TOO LARGE KCL 



home sure and 



reliable. Here the spade or digging fork (I prefer 

 the latter) often takes the place of the plow, the rake 

 doubtless performs the duty of a harrow, elbow 

 grease may be substituted for horse power, and 

 hand hoes, hand planters and seeders, hand culti- 

 vators, weeders, diggers, sprayers, etc., are often sub- 

 stituted for horse-drawn machinery. Fertilizers are 

 applied to square rods or square feet instead of to 

 acres, and manure is perhaps hauled in wheelbarrows 

 and spread by hand instead of in a machine manure- 

 spreader. And the results are just as good often 

 better than those achieved by the commercial gar- 



