66 THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



The efforts which are made by many 

 hard-working men to earn a livehhood 

 by growing the ordinary crops of the 

 farm upon too small an area have often 

 failed, in spite of the assistance of a 

 cow, some pigs, and poultry. The reason 

 is quite obvious ; for in most instances 

 they are only able to obtain a single 

 crop. The winter is too long, manure too 

 costly, to permit of double cropping. When 

 the harvest is completed the grower is com- 

 pelled to wait twelve long months for his 

 next returns. The addition of glass, or a 

 French garden, would enable him to largely 

 augment his productive powers without 

 materially diminishing the area of his land. 

 We have noticed that on one of the exist- 

 ing colonies of Small Holdings the tenants, 

 chiefly farm labourers, followed the prac- 

 tice of the farmers in the neighbourhood, 

 their chief produce being corn, roots, and 

 potatoes, a few only possessing a small 

 head of stock. The results were unfor- 

 tunate, and we should hesitate in making 

 any suggestion in the pursuit of this 

 practice. The farm labourer may cultivate 

 an acre of wheat or potatoes with material 

 success when he is able to obtain the 



