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hectare — 2| acres — of land. When asked 

 how he managed to spare them when they 

 desired to till it and to gather in the 

 harvest, he replied that having a large 

 acreage of land himself they never asked 

 him for time when they knew that they 

 were wanted, while he never refused them 

 time when they could be spared. It was 

 in reality a matter of common sense on 

 both sides. 



We have endeavoured to establish the 

 position that the success of a Small Hold- 

 ing under five acres depends upon garden 

 cultivation, with a little glass, or upon 

 the intensive culture of a variety of 

 leading kitchen garden crops, and some 

 fruits — apples and gooseberries in par- 

 ticular, to which in suitable instances 

 strawberries might be added, for there is 

 no class of fruit which pays better in the 

 hands of a clever grower, when he is within 

 convenient distance of a market. The 

 alternative to glass is an acre under culture 

 as a French garden, or a similar area devoted 

 to the cultivation of garden flowers. Let us 

 here remark that this suggestion is the result 

 of an examination of a case of successful 

 practice. With the increase in our town 



