APRIL. 1909 



CIRCULAR No. 5 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OF 



THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 



Department of Horticulture 



SUGGESTIONS FROM A SURVEY OF THE TRUCKING REGION 



OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND 



B. H. Crocheron 



A survey of the truck farms of eastern Long Island was made from 

 October 23, 1908, to January 18, 1909. The objects of the survey were 

 to obtain a comprehensive estimate of agricultural conditions in the 



PICKING CUCUMBERS AT ORIENT, LONG ISLAND 



territory covered, and to secure statements concerning the methods and 

 practices used on the farms with a view to their improvement. 



The survey consisted of a personal visit by the representative of the 

 College to the farms about which he secured statements. Such ques- 

 tions were asked as were calculated to elicit information on, (7) the 



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