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Area per man. — Two and one-fourth acres. Actually the one general man with occasional helpers 

 was occupied with two places of similar character having a total area of about two and three- 

 fourths acres. 



2. Suburban Place in New Jersey, One Hour from New York. 



Labor. — One Italian at $1.50 per day continuously, except in bad weather, with a little extra work 

 by a choreman and gardener. 



Character oj Place. — 



Total area 3 acres 



Lawn I " 



Vegetable garden iK 



Balance (trees and shrubbery with a small drive-turn and a very few paths) . ^ " 



Quality of upkeep. — Fair to poor. 



Area per man. — ^About three acres. 



3. Quasi-Suburban Country Place of Large Size. Long Island, about One Hour from New 



York. 



Labor. — J1.50 per nine-hour day for common labor, factor about 17^ cents per hour. 



Character oj Place. — Landscape portion, excluding farm lands, contains twenty-two acres, including 

 three miles of macadam road about 16 feet wide, mostly grass bordered; grounds immediately 

 about house, largely irf turf terraces with a few I>eds of annuals, about three acres; a nursery 

 of one and three-fourth acres; balance made up of lawn partly hand-mowed among trees and 

 partly horse-mowed, with considerable areas in trees with undergrowth. 



Quality of upkeep. — Fair to good. 



Maintenance cost per acre, 1906. — ^Actual cost, $254.00 ; comparative cost on basis of labor at 20 

 cents per hour, S290.28. (This includes labor, supplies, tools, etc., but not charges for 

 improvement planting.) 



Areo per man. — ^About two and one-half acres. This does not include, in area or in cost, the kitchen- 

 garden, four acres, or the greenhouses, 1 1,600 square feet of glass. If the kitchen-garden 

 were included, with allowance for the value of its produce, the cost would be about $306 per 

 acre actual, or on the basis of labor at 20 cents, $349.70.) 



4. Country Place on Long Island, about One Hour from New York. 



Labor. — Prices not known. 



Character of Place. — 



Cultivated fields 36-0 acres 



Pasture 35-4 " 



Garden 3.4 



Orchard, golf-links, and tennis-courts lo.o 



Lawn and shrubbery near garden 2.0 



House-grounds (lawn, shrubbery, perennials, one-fourth mile of road, complex design) 4.0 



Cottage grounds (lawn and scattered trees) 4.0 



Woodland, about 150.0 



Total area, about 250.0 



Roads about one and one-half miles; gravel. 



Qualify oJ upkeep.-Fah to good. 



Average area per man. — ^Twenty-five acres (teams are hired extra). 



Area of house-grounds per man. — Four acres. 



Area of garden per man. — One to one and one-third acres. 



B. GARDENS: KITCHEN-GARDENS AND MIXED GARDENS FOR VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, 

 AND FRUIT. 



I. Garden on a Country Place on Long Island, about One Hour from New York. (Same 

 place as A 3.) 

 Labor. — AI>out i7>^ cents per hour. 



