Trucking can scarcely be called an adjunct of farming along the Coast, as it 

 has developed into a highly specialized industry, and the same care and pains are 

 taken in the preparation and packing of the various products that the manu- 

 facturer takes in assembling the various parts of the products turned out in his 

 factory. Returns are equally commensurate with those of the manufacturer, and 

 dependent entirely upon the amount of capital, knowledge and labor that has 

 been put into the work. Returns of several hundred dollars per acre from well- 

 cared for and highly and intensively farmed areas excite no comment, as it is 

 expected by the growers and accepted as compensation for their knowledge and 

 ability to produce these products in the off season, when they are without any 

 competition whatever from the Northern markets. 



Cabbage— Ready for Shipment in May 



Flowing Wells 



Flowing artesian wells are found all along the Coast, and they fit into the 

 trucking industry very nicely, furnishing abundant water for the washing of the 

 vegetables before they are shipped to Northern markets. 



General Farming 



While the Coast is primarily a fruit and trucking center, unlike other sections, 

 the farmers here do not send away for their food and live-stock feed, but after 

 their early-season vegetables are shipped, they raise corn and hay for their work 

 stock on the same ground that has brought them their more productive money 

 crops. 



Cattle and hogs are also being raised each year in increasing numbers, and 

 dairying has become a highly lucrative form of farming, because of the inexhaust i- 

 ble markets close at hand for all dairy products. 



Fruit Growing 



Every fruit known to the horticulturist, with perhaps a few species considered 

 indigenous only to the tropics, is successfully and profitably raised along the 

 Coast. Peaches, plums, pears, quinces, strawberries, dewberries, and black- 



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