THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
money is made and a better living won from ten 
acres of intensive farming than from ten times that 
number of acres broadly tilled. I have but nine 
acres, and they are at least one-half devoted to orna- 
mental trees, shrubs, and flowers; yet I find it possi- 
ble to sell from one thousand to twelve hundred dol- 
lars worth each year of small fruits. Flowers, if 
sold, might add to this cash income. Such a place, 
combining the beautiful and the profitable, must in 
all cases be located at no great distance from a good 
market. Trolley lines will, however, soon be picking 
up our loaded wagons and hauling them to market; 
— so that we may have our gardens twenty-five or 
possibly fifty miles from the city. At present I 
should prefer not to be more than from six to ten 
miles from my customers. Even this will necessi- 
tate very early rising, and considerable loss of time 
in driving to and fro. The market gardener has the 
same requirements as to distance; while he must 
look more carefully as to depth of soil. Fruit re- 
quires strong clay; truck or vegetables require more 
loam and sand. For this reason the grower of 
vegetables must generally locate on the flat lands 
and the river bottoms, while the fruit grower seeks 
the hillsides and plants under the shelter of the 
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