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about one-lialf of what it costs when only meat, 

 bread, and Potatoes form the principal food. With 

 the farm-work properly arranged, the kitchen-garden 

 can be kept in good order without any extra cost for 

 labor. 



For the market-gardener, capital is very import- 

 ant when the proprietor knows how to use it — an art 

 learned only by experience. 



It does not make much difference how intelli- 

 gent a man may be in other respects, nor how much 

 capital he has to start with ; if he has had no expe- 

 rience in the business, he lacks the main element of 

 success. 



We know personally a large number of well-to- 

 do market-gardeners — men now worth from ten to 

 forty thousand dollars each — none of whom had 

 five hundred dollars to begin with. Industrious, 

 hard-working men, these, who at first turned every 

 available dollar into manure and reliable seeds. In 

 fact, he who would be siiccessful in market-garden- 

 ing must take the lead in all kinds of weather and 

 all kinds of work — late and early, rain or shine. To 

 stalwart young men, even with a limited capital, 

 willing to begin in a small way and work indus- 

 triously, the chances of making " money in the gar- 

 den " are as promising as ever they were. ' What- 

 ever is done, let it be well done." 



