Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Vacant-Lot Cultivation
The excellent moral effect of giv ing needed aid through vacant-lot cultivation is evidenced by the almost invariable testimony of those engaged in the work. All reports dwell upon this feature of the plan. It not only preserves self-respect, but it restores the self-respect of those who have lost it. No intelligent advocate of the work claims that it is a panacea for the evils of lack of employment. Its most important mission is simply to serve as a useful emergency measure to help those who are temporarily out of work to support life meantime by honorable toil. Other advantages have been claimed for it with some measure of truth. Emphasis has been justly laid on the opportunity it affords forthe pathetic class of old men crowded out of our strenuous industry to still earn a living. An other service of considerable impor tance in the minds of many people is its tendency to induce those who have failed to win a place in the city to seek work in the country. In many cases cultivators have gradu ated from a vacant lot to a farm, but manifestly the influence of the movement in this direction is of minor significance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
