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imagine that in order to make vegetable-growing 

 worth while, a half-acre plot and a man to work it 

 are necessary. But I know differently. For on 

 a garden spot, measuring fifteen by thirty feet, and 

 with only ten minutes' work a day, we grew twelve 

 dollars' worth of vegetables. There were twenty 

 kinds and each planting yielded enough at a picking 

 to supply a family of five grown persons. The seed 

 cost less than a dollar; except in cases where we knew 

 the actual value, we have reckoned it as one cent, 

 because the quantity necessary was only a small 

 portion of a five or ten cent package. One week's 

 picking alone would more than equal the entire cost of 

 seed, as the following table shows: 



LARGEST PICKING FOR ONE WEEK, JUNE 14 TO 2O 



Parsley $ .20 



Peas 25 



Carrots .25 



Chard .10 



Lettuce .45 



Beets .05 



Total $1.30 



LARGEST PICKING FOR ONE DAY, SEPTEMBER 14 



2 quarts Limas .10 



1 quart pole beans 05 



2 quarts parsley 10 



3 ears corn 05 



9 carrots 05 



8 cucumbers 20 



9 tomatoes 05 



Total $.60 



