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a flower bed, had produced, according to the actual 

 market prices, $14.52 worth of the finest of home- 

 grown vegetables. 



WHAT SCIENCE HAS DONE FOR THE GARDEN 



"I made a comparison of treated and untreated 

 beans, and am entirely satisfied that nitro-culture 

 increased the yield. The soil was prepared in 

 precisely the same manner in all cases, and the 

 beans were all weeded, hoed and watered exactly 

 the same. From the 7-foot row of Kentucky 

 Wonder beside the porch (given the treatment), 

 we gathered five times the quantity of beans plucked 

 from the untreated 9-foot row. The vines, too, 

 made a growth of from two to five feet greater 

 length. I also treated our sweet peas, and in the 

 entire neighborhood ours were the only ones which 

 were a success, flowering until September and being 

 nearly seven feet in height. The soil is a tough, 

 hard, almost unworkable yellow clay, that must 

 be cut up with sand and fertilized until there is 

 little of the original soil left." 



That is not a bad season's work for a man who 

 could be at home only before eight and after five. 

 And I've never a doubt that he was also far better, 

 physically, with the work to do, than he would have 

 been without it. 



THE REDEMPTION OF A 28-FOOT-SQUARE BACKYARD 



Actual examples are more effective than mere 

 precepts. Therefore I want you to read carefully 

 what was done to make a city backyard pay for 



