6 FAKM-GARDENING AND SEED-GROWING. 



Even now there are many places where land can be 

 bought for the amount of money paid annually for rent by 

 many market-gardeners, where the soil is as well adapted, 

 naturally, for growing many vegetable crops as any 

 can be. 



At the present low prices of produce and the unequal 

 price of labor, farmers can no longer depend upon the 

 usual crops, and are anxious to turn their ground to good 

 account by growing root crops and other vegetables which 

 may be transported to market from a distance, and to aid 

 such in accomplishing this object is the mission of one part 

 of this work. 



The growing of seeds has become an important branch 

 of farm industry, and the increasing demand for all leading 

 seeds, owing to the constant growth of our country, and 

 the accompanyingly increased interest in horticulture, ren- 

 der this business worthy the attention of those having 

 land suitable for the purpose. Seed-raising may be con- 

 ducted in connection with farm-gardening to good ad- 

 vantage, or carried on separately. If, perchance, some of 

 my readers may be assisted, by means of the instructions 

 given, to establish for themselves or their sons a business 

 at once pleasant, healthful, and lucrative, the object of this 

 work will have been attained. 



In preparing the book, I have endeavored to give plain, 

 practical directions, in minute detail, for growing vegeta- 

 bles and seeds, and have aimed to avoid all superfluous 

 matter, which, though it might be interesting to the gen- 

 eral reader, would be of no practical benefit to those for 

 whom the work is more especially designed. I have 

 deemed it advisable to dispense with illustrations, which I 

 admit are useful, to a certain extent, in giving to the reader 

 a more vivid idea of the form and general appearance of 

 the subject under consideration ; but in these days of enter- 

 prise, almost every seedsman's catalogue, as well as the 

 works on gardening which have preceded this, and the 



