CHAPTER IV. 
LOCATION. 
OW 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 published 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 
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