CHAPTER IV. 



LOCATION. 



HOW to buy land and why; how to help 

 the poor to keep themselves on the land 

 and what plain people have actually done ; 

 the record yields and how they have been raised ; 

 how much capital can be used by one man, are 

 considered in " A Little Land and a Living." 



How much of a crop you may be able to get; 

 how much or rather how little capital it takes; 

 how much labor is needed; where cheap lands 

 are to be found and how to clear wild land and 

 how to build, are all treated fully in "Three 

 Acres and Liberty," now pubhshed in fine shape 

 at fifty cents. So this "hand book" need only 

 show what other things are included in the 

 term "location." 



If you are thinking of the character of the 

 soil when hunting for a garden plot, you will 

 more than ever think also about the import- 

 ance of location. Any soil, even the best sandy 

 loam, needs some fertilizing and watering, and 

 you cannot afford to use land where manure can 

 not be had easily, or where there is not a good 

 water supply. To pay high for fertilizer cuts the 

 profit from your small area, and this is more 

 especially true if your soil is clayey and needs 



