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Show FARMING IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO Chicago, April 4. Nature. In the form of a garden lot 150 by 37. extended ex-tended to "city farmers" yesterday, a call which was responded to eagerly eager-ly by scores of perrons, both young and old. It was the annual sprlug apportionment by the Chicago City Gardens association of free gardens for cultivation by people living In the tenement districts. Long before the hour ret for assigning assign-ing the lots, the prospective "farmers" "farm-ers" began lo gather at Hull House, where the allotment was made. It was a picturesque crowd, men bearing bear-ing the evidence of toll In factories, mothers with babies In arms, young men and old. A charge of Jl 50 for each lot is made. The average yield of each garden to tho person who tilled it last year was $25. |