States, but from careful observation the statement can safely be made that a well-kept garden will yield a return ten to fifteen times greater than would the same area and location if devoted to general farm crops. A half acre devoted to the various kinds... Bulletin - West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station - Page 356by West Virginia University. Agricultural Experiment Station - 1908Full view - About this book
| Agriculture - 1889 - 934 pages
...devoted to general farm crops. A half acre devoted to the various kinds of garden crops will easity supply a family with $100 worth of vegetables during...is considerably less than one-tenth of this amount. A bountiful supply of vegetables close at hand where they may be secured at a few moments' notice is... | |
| West Virginia - 1911 - 1518 pages
...hauling. Neither was any charge made for the time spent in gathering the vegetables, for in practice they would be gathered from one to three times a day,...sources outside of the state, the home gardens of West Vireirb should not only supply their owners with the best of a living:, fo: a •Illluoi.i Agr. Expt.... | |
| 1912 - 670 pages
...well-kept garden will yield a return ten to fifteen times greater than would the same area and location if devoted to general farm crops. A half acre devoted...is considerably less than one-tenth of this amount. A bountiful supply of vegetables close at hand where they may be secured at a few moments' notice is... | |
| Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1915 - 814 pages
...acre devoted to the various kinds of garden crops will easily supply a farm with a hundred dollars' worth of vegetables during the year, while the average return for farm crops is considerably less than a tenth of this amount. This article proposes to discuss briefly the management of such a garden. The... | |
| Vera Leona Connolly - Canning and preserving - 1917 - 386 pages
...well-kept garden will yield a return ten to fifteen times greater than would the same area and location if devoted to general farm crops. A half acre devoted...is considerably less than onetenth of this amount. A bountiful supply of vegetables close at hand where they may be secured at a few moments' notice is... | |
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