d is being done on plots of about a quarter acre to each family, however, can be easily re-verified by any one who will go or write to Philadelphia, or examine any present e

mployed. The cultivation of vacant city lots by the unemployed had already been tried successfully in other cities. The first year we provided gardens, seeds, tools, and ins

h the season, and that he do not trespass upon his neighbors. He must respect their righ

the race for work, persons who on account of sickness or other misfortunes have been thrown out of the competition in modern business, and unfortunate beings who, though clear in mind and strong in muscle, ha

lands. In Mexico all proprietors will be required to designate what they propose to cultivate and the remainder will either be allotted temporaril

the papers, so weak and emaciated that the doctor was afraid the poor fellow would be unable to get out of

hed on account of being very rough, full of holes, and covered with stone and bricks. Part of this farm was below the street grade and sub

th dirt. The low places had been filled in. It was a work in which the whole family joined. A small house

lons of sauerkraut, fifteen gallons of catsup, five gallons of pickled beans, one hundred quarts of canned tomatoes, fifty quarts of canned corn, twenty quarts of beans, one thousand or more fine celery stalks, and many other things. Warm clothing has replaced the bad

ndividual cases, are largely the same that all

k slowly and for short periods only, but a little assistance enabled her to get a garden started. The work proceeded so well that more land was added to her small holding, and most of her waking hours were now spent either in or near the garden, working among the tender plants or watching them grow. Before the season was half spent she had developed

d and the artistic arrangement, was worked by a man who had but one arm. Many other successful and profitable gardens

nd saloons and clubs and abusing the family have been checked on account

g way only a few minutes afterwards. Before long, however, he began to see that his place had its responsibilities and that the work of Mother Nature depended on his doing his part and doing it well. By the time the crops were ready to gather and market he came to realize that the cost of product

nstrations of the following facts, each demonst

out of employment must

p, and many will take no other. Nearly all are able a

ablishes self-respect and self-confidence. The best and most effective way of helping people in need is to open a way whereby they may help the

d some assistance by providing seeds, fertilizers, and plowing accompanied with i

must come out into the open air and sunshine; must exercise, and put forth exertion,-all of which are conducive to heal

ofessions combined: a trade susceptible of wide diversification and offering many fields for specializing. But little capital is required; any other field would require large outlay. Its greatest

r the city; but the number is quite small compared to the whole number helped. Now more than ten per cent of those that had gardens previously have for the last two years been working on their own account. Out of nearly eight hundred gardeners, more than eighty-five either rente

ract of land and divide it up among themselves. The plan was readily agreed to, and a nine-acre tract on Lansdowne Avenue was rented at $15 per acre per annum. Some sixteen families became interested' and Mr. D. F. Rowe, who had been one of the most successful gardeners, became manager They had

attracted much attention. It was carried on by the children, of nine to twelve years of age, from the various families. Each child

end of each day's sales each child settled with the manager and was paid his commission (twenty per cent of the receipts) in cash. These little salesmen and salesgirls often took home four to five dollars per week and yet never wo

tables it has yielded all summer, or the good times that I and the children have had in the open air, but in the glasses of beer and absinthe that my husband hasn'

fear. Where any of the gardeners are allowed to camp or put up shacks on the patches, theft does not occur and various superintendents r

and bolts tend to

who need that sort of thing, these are just the sort of thing they need. They will be useful if you do not follow them. The Primer tells you how to get some kind

many places these are given away or thrown away this year. Grow anything that every one wants and has not got, like okra, small

struction, and for your warning However, th

d Yourself by Raising

ere is only one way to avoid a shortage among our own people, that is by raising a great deal more than usua

the food you eat. The more you raise the less you will have to buy, and the more there will be

our a day spent in this way will not only increase wealth and help your family, but will help you personally by adding to your strength and well-being

arden are a spade or spading fork, a h

ll rubbish, sticks, stones, bottles

st spot in the ya

de or spading fork. (Deeper for parsnips and some other r

might club together to hire a teamster for a day to do the plowi

ops it is often necessary to fertilize before each planting. Very good prepared fertilizers can be bought at seed stores, but horse

ll depth of the top soil. The ground should then be thoroughly ra

a line. Straight rows are practically a necessity,

he hoe. (Best and quickest with a wheel hoe. Ed.) After the furrow is opened, it is necessary that the seed be sown and immediat

f that can't be done, to order by mail rather than to take needless chance

pear, using a hand cultivator or hoe, and keep it loose throughout the season. This

except in very dry weather. An occasional soaking of the soil is better than frequent sprinkling. Water your

; but they occupy more space in proportion to their value than beets and carrots. Therefore a small garden could be made more profitable by omitting them altogether, or cutting

should use one's common (or garden variety of) sense. A good rule is to wait until the ground has warmed up a

experience and in accordance with the conditions of his own garden. A garden lover who has a bit of land will speedily le

of land-if you

Secretary of Agriculture, i

t the farm will earn at the present time, but on an expectancy of what it will be worth in the future. The farmer's son or the tenant farmer, with little or no capital, cannot hope to acquire possession of a farm w hen t

ng additional burdens on the bona fide farmer, will place land now idle within the re

X 150 feet each, not only in Philadelphia, but as war gardeners in New York, and most other

are small items, and many of them had no certainty of having the land even for a second year, co

t; often the children helped-they thought it fun. It does not pay to farm a small piece of land where all the workers have