AUTHOR OF "THINGS AS THEY ARE," "THRIFT," ETC.

FOREWORD

Chapter I: Making a Living—Where and How Chapter II: Present Conditions Chapter III: How To Buy The Farm Chapter IV: Vacant City Lot Cultivation Chapter V: Results To Be Expected Chapter VI: What An Acre May Produce Chapter VII: Some Methods Chapter VIII: The Kitchen Garden Chapter IX: Tools And Equipment Chapter X: Advantages From Capital Chapter XI: Hotbeds And Greenhouses Chapter XII: Other Uses Of Land Chapter XIII: Fruits Chapter XIV: Flowers Chapter XV: Drug Plants Chapter XVI: Novel Live Stock Chapter XVII: Where To Go Chapter XVIII: Clearing The Land Chapter XIX: How To Build Chapter XX: Back To The Land Chapter XXI: Coming Profession For Boys Chapter XXII: The Wood Lot Chapter XXIII: Some Practical Experiments Chapter XXIV: Some Experimental Foods Chapter XXV: Dried Truck Chapter XXVI: Home Cold Pack Canning Chapter XXVII: Retail Cooperation Chapter XXVIII: Summer Colonies For City People

CHAPTER I

MAKING A LIVING—WHERE AND HOW

CHAPTER II

PRESENT CONDITIONS

CHAPTER III

HOW TO BUY THE FARM

CHAPTER IV

VACANT CITY LOT CULTIVATION

CHAPTER V

RESULTS TO BE EXPECTED.

CHAPTER VI

WHAT AN ACRE MAY PRODUCE

CHAPTER VII

SOME METHODS

CHAPTER VIII

THE KITCHEN GARDEN

CHAPTER IX

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT—SPECIALIZED CROPS

CHAPTER X

THE ADVANTAGES FROM CAPITAL

CHAPTER XI

HOTBEDS AND GREENHOUSES

CHAPTER XII

OTHER USES OF LAND

CHAPTER XIII

FRUITS

CHAPTER XIV

FLOWERS

CHAPTER XV

DRUG PLANTS

CHAPTER XVI

NOVEL LIVE STOCK

CHAPTER XVII

WHERE TO GO

CHAPTER XVIII

CLEARING THE LAND

CHAPTER XIX

HOW TO BUILD

CHAPTER XX

BACK TO THE LAND

CHAPTER XXI

THE COMING PROFESSION FOR BOYS

CHAPTER XXII

THE WOOD LOT

CHAPTER XXIII

SOME PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS

CHAPTER XXIV

SOME EXPERIMENTAL FOODS

CHAPTER XXV

DRIED TRUCK

CHAPTER XXVI

HOME COLD-PACK CANNING

CHAPTER XXVII

RETAIL COOPERATION

CHAPTER XXVIII

SUMMER COLONIES FOR CITY PEOPLE