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$1,000; horse, harness and wagon, $300; tools and equip- 
ment, $100; manure, $100; operating capital, $800; total, 
$22,300. 
Starting on a smaller scale, say 10,000 square feet of 
house space, the requirements might be estimated as 
follows: Cost of house, $5,000; one acre of land, $500; 
horse, harness and wagon, $300; tools and equipment, 
$75; manure, $25; operating capital, $200; total, $5,100. 
Men have started in the greenhouse business with much 
less capital, especially when extra land was available for 
market gardening. It is not desirable, however, for any 
man to start in the business seriously handicapped by 
insufficient capital. 
Profits.—Definite statements regarding the profits of 
any industry, especially along horticultural lines, are 
usually more misleading than helpful. Some growers 
have succeeded in paying for their greenhouses in a re- 
markably short time, from the profits of their crops, while 
others have absolutely failed to realize satisfactory 
profits. In this respect vegetable forcing is not unlike 
other branches of olericulture—the man being the most 
important factor in the achievement of success. The 
enterprise, however, certainly compares favorably with 
other lines of horticulture, floriculture not excepted. 
Greenhouse vegetable growers, as a class, are prosperous, 
and the rapid expansion of their ranges speaks well for 
the profits of the industry. 
Location.—Most men now engaged in this industry did 
not deliberately seek the best conditions for the growing 
of crops under glass, but they simply concluded that the 
land which they already owned was sufficiently well lo- 
cated to enable them to realize a profit. The result is that 
some establishments are advantageously located, while 
others are producing under the most unfavorable 
circumstances. 
When it is possible to select a location for the express 
