TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the chapter. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. THE GARDEN YARD [Illustration: THE FINEST SUBURBAN FARM PRODUCE.] THE GARDEN YARD A HANDBOOK OF INTENSIVE FARMING BY BOLTON HALL Author of “THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY,” “A LITTLE LAND AND A LIVING,” “THE GAME OF LIFE,” “THINGS AS THEY ARE” _With an Introduction by_ N. O. NELSON _Revised by_ HERBERT W. COLLINGWOOD _President and Editor “Rural New Yorker” and_ SAMUEL FRASER _Manager Fall Brooks Farm, Geneseo, N. Y._ PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER 610 S. Washington Square COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DAVID MCKAY WHAT IS IN THIS BOOK AND WHERE TO FIND IT. CONTENTS-INDEX. PAGE PREFACE 9-12 Becoming a gardener 9, 10, 11 Intensive Farm, the 9, 16 Some sorts of critics 10 INTRODUCTION 13-20 A practical offer 14 Co-operation 17-20 Farm for nothing, a 15 How much land is needed 15 Obstacles—how to overcome them 14 The only life 13 What intensive cultivation means 16