October, 1913 
house: 
AND GARDEN 
cleaning up, washing windows, fixing the 
machine, driving you around, and so forth, 
just the same, whether we had a garden 
or no garden. We didn’t pay him any 
more this year than last, when we only 
worked a quarter acre for gardening. This 
year we’ve worked the three acres. Nor I 
don’t count my own time, because it hasn't 
been over an hour a day for half the time 
— say one hundred and fifty hours all told. 
If I take eight hours to mean a day, then 
I’ve been worth, at Jack’s wages, about 
twenty dollars! But I didn’t do it for 
profit — I did it for the pure joy of digging 
in the dirt, and if I hadn’t done it. I’d 
have been draped over the porch railing 
smoking up cigars or burning up gasoline 
bunting someone to talk business. I think 
three hundred dollars as labor cost for the 
three acres is excessive, not an under esti¬ 
mate. 
“Now, as nearly as I can figure out, our 
garden has provided us for a full year with 
fruits and vegetables which would ordinar¬ 
ily cost us, in the market, about $200, 
which just about offsets the labor hire, if 
we consider Jack as working two-thirds 
of the time on the garden. So we have an 
actual gross profit on our garden and or¬ 
chard of three hundred and twenty-nine 
dollars and some cents. Less the one hun¬ 
dred and thirty-seven invested in the be¬ 
ginning, we have a net money profit of 
$191.75. At any rate, we’ve that amount 
stuck away in the bank to start with on the 
garden next year, and I think we are all 
to be congratulated.” 
“Haven't you forgotten something, 
Father?” 
It was Larry who spoke, his eyes twink¬ 
ling. 
“Your chickens? So I have. Well, son, 
you and your mother do that — how did it 
work out?” 
“We’ve had all the fresh eggs we 
wanted, and I’ve seventy-three dollars put 
away. I’ve forty-two more laying hens 
than I had last year, and we’ve used one 
hundred and seven chickens for the table 
during the year.” 
“Hurrah for Larry and the chickens!” 
cried his father. “You’ll be a chicken 
farmer if you keep on!” 
But his eyes were proud, and Larry was 
well satisfied. 
After the boy and girl had left the room 
for bed, Mr. Spence handed his wife a 
sheet of paper. 
“Here, my dear,” he said, “is the account 
as it used to be — you may remember my 
banding it to you once, when we were in 
the city.” 
He handed Mrs. Spence a paper as he 
spoke. 
“Opposite every item,” he continued 
slowly, watching her, “is the accompany¬ 
ing one for the last year. I’d like to have 
your judgment.” 
Mrs. Spence took the paper. She had 
known they were prospering, she knew 
that the country life was best for them all, 
and she was satisfied. But she was not 
mathematical, and she was not prepared 
for what she saw: 
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