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bountiful crops, better, more perfect vegetables, 

 and reduced labor programs and expense accounts. 

 One of the best proofs of this, and also one of the 

 simplest, most practical, and comprehensive systems 

 of keeping records, that I have ever seen, has now 

 become an institution in the practices of its ori- 

 ginator. I say it is the best I've seen, but I'm open 

 to conviction if you can make use of it, and invent 

 some improvements. Notice the returns that one 

 season produced where this method is used. Six 

 hundred per cent, from one-tenth of an acre! 



A VEST-POCKET GARDEN RECORD SYSTEM 



"The reasons why ordinary systems fail are two. 

 (i) You can't get a big yield without fertilizing and 

 there is no way to learn how to fertilize except by 

 experimenting. (2) You can't economize space un- 

 less your crops follow one another without the loss 

 of a day and there is no way to get the necessary 

 dates except by experimenting. 



"My garden contains about one-tenth of an acre 

 and it grows all the vegetables (excepting late 

 potatoes) needed for a family of five adult persons. 

 Last year was the fourth of its existence, and each 

 year has shown an increased yield which was made 

 possible only by keeping a record of each year's 

 work and making use of this in planning the suc- 

 ceeding year's garden. 



"The garden's daily progress is recorded in a 

 small book {z}/2 x 4}/^ In.) that can be carried in 

 the vest pocket, and is always handy. The pages 



