and the result was that Mr. Burbank secured twice 

 as much for the corn which he marketed as his 

 competitors received for theirs which came in at 

 the usual time. 



This plan may be applied to any other vege- 

 table. Some variation, of course, is necessary for 

 certain crops. Crops that have the smaller seeds, 

 however, cannot be allowed to sprout as long as 

 corn, but sprouting them before planting does 

 hasten the ripening a great deal. 



To the man who has been in the habit of 

 growing crops by the hundreds of acres this plan 

 seems very tedious, but to the man who is really 

 securing contentment, this is the most interesting 

 work. It does not take much seed to plant a 

 couple of acres and you have the time to give 

 more attention to the seed you do plant. Cultiva- 

 tion, too, is much easier, and although you do not 

 have a horse or a gasoline tractor to help you, the 

 work does not become drudgery. It is always 

 varied and there is such a small amount of it to do 



that it is ever new and always interesting. 

 * * * 



He who would make a complete success of the 

 two-acre farm cannot depend entirely on the 

 products of the soil. There must always be some 

 sort of live stock that can be raised on a small 

 tract with a liberal amount of profit. 



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