patch is 16 x 90 feet. Strawberries occupy an area 

 of 65 x 90 feet. He has a small nursery 90 x 98 feet, 

 in which he grows citrus trees. These, of course, 

 are grown very close together and are sold for 

 high prices. He has one row of dewberries a 

 hundred feet long, four apricot trees, three peach 

 trees, six fig trees, ten locust trees, thirty rose 

 bushes, twelve lemon trees, one lime tree, four 

 bread fruit trees, five pomegranate trees, four 

 prune trees, four grape vines and thirteen hives 

 of bees. 



So this man combines vegetable growing, fruit 

 growing, the growing of nursery stock, the keeping 

 of bees and the raising of Belgian hares. 



A great many other definite examples might 

 be given, but each one would be entirely different. 

 Each farmer w T orks out the details of his plan for 

 himself, but the principle upon which the whole 

 matter is based is this: Care must be given to 

 every product raised. Marketing and the expense 

 of production must be kept at the minimum. The 

 two-acre farm should be operated entirely without 

 hiring outside help. The system of management, 

 of course, will determine just how nearly this is 

 accomplished. Plenty of fertilizer will be neces- 

 sary. Water must be applied whenever it is 

 needed and cultivation must be given frequently. 



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