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Excerpt from The Farmer's Vegetable Garden
If nothing is charged for the use of the land nor for the man ure, the total cost of the garden may be summarized as follows Seeds and plants, insecticides, $50; labor (p. Total, In return for this expenditure the garden furnished a contin nous supply of fresh vegetables throughout the growing season, with enough sweet corn for drying, tomatoes for canning, cucum bers, peppers, cabbage, string beans and green tomatoes for pickles, besides onions, beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, winter radishes, cabbage and celery for winter use, and parsnips, salsify and horse radish left in the ground for use in the spring. AS already noted, these vegetables could not ordinarily have been bought at retail for less than This leaves a balance of in favor of the garden. What other. Half-acre on the farm would pay as well?
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