MONEY IN THE BACKYARD 17 



you will win out with a lot to spare. One inde- 

 pendent gardener reports having planted four 

 2O-foot rows of corn, on July 22, in the face 

 of discouraging opposition of all her friends. As 

 "fortune favors the brave" (and the industrious) 

 the weather was warm and damp, and effectively 

 supplemented the regular use of the wheel hoe. On 

 September 22, nine ears were picked. By October 

 19, ninteen dozen had been gathered, representing 

 at that late season, at least $4.00. The seed had 

 cost 10 cents, the labor was limited to a few minutes 

 each day, and yet the cautious neighbors had not 

 been able to see the sense of running the risk of los- 

 ing the seed! 



THE VERSATILE HOTBED 



Of course, the great means for securing early 

 vegetables is the hotbed and I hope that if you 

 haven't one already, you will refuse to let another 

 spring find you in the same fix. The hotbed is a 



This "handy hotbed" 

 is heated and cared for 

 through the cellar window 



permanent asset. Its cost of maintenance is limited 

 to the manure used in it once a year, and replacing 

 whatever glass is broken by carelessness; and it 

 can be kept busy all the year round. In the spring 



