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of production offers the advantages of well-distributed labor 

 demand and income throughout most of the year. Many cities 

 ^re well supplied with market garden vegetables; but numbers, 

 both large and small, offer opportunities for good gardeners. At 

 the same time, market gardening is a highly developed form of 

 agriculture and should hardly be undertaken by one who has not 

 had considerable field experience. 



TRUCK FARMING 



Truck farming or farm gardening refers to the production of 

 vegetables at a distance from market. The areas are larger, land 

 is less expensive, and the location is chosen on the basis of special 

 adaptation for the production of certain crops. The operations 

 are not ordinarily especially intensive, although there are import- 

 ant exceptions. In other words, the methods bear closer similarity 

 to those of the general farm. Horse and machine labor are con- 

 spicuous. The relatively small amounts of manure availajble are 

 supplemented by commercial fertilizers and manurial crops that 

 may be plowed under. Moisture is controlled rather by conserva- 

 tion than by irrigation. The nmnber of crops gTown on a par- 

 ticular farm is small, and the methods are highly specialized. 



VEGETABLE FORCING 



Vegetable forcing refers to the production of vegetables out- 

 side of their normal season by means of artificial heat and pro- 

 tection from cold. It refers to the growing of vegetables in green- 

 houses, hotbeds, and cold frames. (This subject is treated at 

 length in " Greenhouse Vegetable Production," page 2572.) 



ESSENTIALS 



Questions are frequently asked in regard to making a start in 

 the business of vegetable production. The elements previously 

 mentioned as making for success cannot be overlooked with 

 impunity. 



In choosing a location, the first consideration is a market. One 

 should know something as to its size and demand for vegetable 

 products, the present supply, the means of access, and the selling 

 facilities. 



