PLAN No. 703. WHAT ONE GARDEN PAID
Records of the boys’ and girls’ club work of the United States Department of Agriculture are full of instances of boys and girls who grew more than enough vegetables for their home tables and who either canned the surplus or sold the remainder at a profit not to be sneezed at.
For instance, Thomas Bresnan, of Springfield, Illinois, a lad of 15, made a net profit of $283 on a garden that was 310x410 feet.
Thomas had a hard time with worms, but he learned how to fight them. His garden was so far away that when he needed lime he carried a heavy sack of it three and one-half miles from Springfield. Some of the lime spilled out and got into his eyes, and Thomas got mad and quit, but only until he talked with his club leader, then he went in again and won, as above mentioned.