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the back yard means the groaning dinner table dear to the hearts 
of our grandmothers; into terms of domestic economy, lower 
grocery bills. It means better Beals and clearer and i in some 
cases cleaner minds. To the nation’ 
sce better eaGshed: more tahoe a more efficient work- 
n, isten to the 
Bele ised on twent: Yy acres year in Newark: a steel carefully 
compiled from the crop reports. 
SHOWING AMOUNT OF VEGETABLES RaIsED IN 325 Lots 
IN Ig16, 
Quantity. Pounds, Mice one 
‘otatoes 650 bus. 39,000 $ 3,224.00 
omatoe: 2,353 Pks 32.353 5,394.25 
Corn 1,850 doz. 20,720 452.50 
325 pks. 4.875 243.75 
bean 650 qts. 1,215 165.00 
tring beans 3.250 pks. 48,720 4,875.00 
‘ax bean 650 pks. 9,720 975.00 
nions 1 pks. 7,695 865.00 
ettuce 9:750 heads 2,437 1,462.00 
bb: 7,500 heads 7,500 1,125.00 
eet: 8,125 bunches 8,125 243-75 
dishes. 7,500 bunches 1,8 459.00 
Carrots 487 pks. 6,074 584.40 
Cauliflower 2,275 heads 1,137 523.25 
Cucumbe: 9.1 3,033 545.95 
Cele: 6,500 bun. 3,750 1,040.00 
eek 1,625 bun 408 65. 
rsle: bun. 6,500 26.00 
umpkins 5: 5,850 175.00 
‘urnips 650 qts. 2,300 78.00 
reen tomatoe: 866 pks. 12,015 346.40 
wiss cl 1713 pks. 8,360 513.90 
epper: 13,000 1,250 650.00 
Sohl rabi 6,500 1,083 65.00 
pinach 325 pks. 1,625 97-50 
trawberrie: 50 qts. 7S 17.50 
plant 650 650 130.00 
arb roo bunches 00 2.50 
$24,357.35 
1 
hat i will you permit 
‘o cite a few of the individual instances that go to 
make up 
shi oo iz have many ane 
nd many emp da oo of 
full of the 
Out of these I select a few. The first is ane Harold Marriott, a 
boy twelve years old, who raised vegetables valued at $25.6 
