Vol. LXXIII. No. 4274 
SMALLFARM 
PROFITS. 
Started From 
the Wife’s 
Experiment. 
T AS r 
r Spring 
wi 
B had a 
M J discussion 
about the 
relative 
profits 
of small 
or large 
farms. 
One ■, set 
o f fa 
r m e r s 
claimed 
that 
“the little farm 
well tilled” is 
best, 
while 
others wanted a 
large piece of 
ground, 
so that 
labor 
- saving 
tools, etc., can 
be used. 
This 
d i s c u 
s s i o n 
reached 
the eye 
of Mr. 
Alfred 
Fuller, 
of Cat- 
taraugus Co., N. 
Y., and he sends 
his ex 
perience 
with a 
small 
place: 
G R 
E E N- 
HOUSE 
WORK. 
— If 
people 
on a 
large farm 
would put in 
the same num¬ 
ber of hours of 
hard labor, and 
practice . the 
same economy 
and saving that 
I do with my 
g r e e nliouse 
business they 
would make 
more than they 
do. Anyone to 
work a green¬ 
house success- 
full y must 
have persever¬ 
ance, courage, 
a n d h ulldog 
grit. It looks 
like an easy 
task when the 
plants are on 
the wagon for 
delivery, l> u t 
before that 
time there have 
been months of 
h a rd w ork, 
care, and sleep¬ 
less nights. I 
will start with 
my beginning 
and try to show 
how the busi¬ 
ness has devel¬ 
oped. 
HOW IT BE¬ 
GAN. — About 
40 years ago 
my wife sowed 
a package of 
Acme tomato 
seed. I do not 
“GRANDMOTHER’S POSY BED.’ 
THE END OF THE SEASON. Fig. 493. 
know by what 
special reason, 
but I never 
saw nicer 
plants, and 
people who saw 
them offered a 
big price for 
just one plant. 
I did not let 
any go, but I 
conceived the 
idea that the 
next year I 
w ould so w 
more seed and 
have some 
plants to sell. 
Ihadsome 
lumber sawed, 
part %-in cli 
and %-incli for 
boxes, and I 
had that for 
my “knitting 
work.” Every 
time I had a 
little time I 
would rip and 
saw on those 
boards, and it 
makes a chill 
go over me 
now to think 
how hard I 
worked on that 
box material. 
At this time I 
was working 
on the railroad 
as sectionhand. 
I finally cut out 
stuff for 50 
boxes, and 
made a rack 
something like 
a milk rack, 
and placed it 
in a sunny win¬ 
dow. I sowed 
my seed and 
had good suc¬ 
cess. The 
plants did not 
look as they do 
now, but they 
answered for 
the times, and 
sold readily. 
The next year 
I made some 
hotbeds c o v- 
ered with glass, 
and some cold 
frames. After 
I had worked 
that way for a 
few years I 
took my fath¬ 
er’s farm with 
the u n d e r - 
standing that I 
could raise 
plants if it did 
not interfere 
