This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
The Country Gentleman gives an instance of a young lady who cultivated one-half an acre of laud, both for the sake of health and a little profit. The labor was light, and the physical exercise gave greater zest to indoor enjoyments. At the end of the season the account stood as follows :
Expenses of rent, seed, labor etc................. | $34 | 63 | ||
Returns - 200 lbs. sage, 40c................. | $80 | 00 | ||
160 bu.carrots, 30c............... | 49 | 60 | ||
Radishes............... | 6 | 85 | ||
3½ lbs. Saffron, 90c - 1½ lbs. $1 | 4 | 65 | ||
3 | 00 | |||
144 | 10 | |||
Net.................................... | $109 | 47 | ||
 
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