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and a gross return of $500 per acre has many times been exceeded. 

 The total cost of growing, washing, bunching, and marketing will 

 vary with the scale upon which the operations are conducted, the 

 skill of the producer, and the local conditions of labor cost, price 

 of land, and ease or difficulty of tillage. It should not greatly 

 exceed $100 per acre. 



Next to celery, and possibly exceeding celery as a profitable crop 

 upon the Portsmouth fine sandy loam, would be the onion crop. 

 The soil requirements of onions are fulfilled by this soil type, and 

 yields of 300 to 600 bushels per acre have been secured on closely 

 similar soils. Unlike celery, onions are seeded directly in the field, 

 and their cultivation is more largely accomplished by hand labor, 

 with hoe and rake. Nevertheless the cost of production is no 

 greater for the onions, and a gross return of $150 to $300 per acre 

 can be secured. Onions also enter conveniently into a crop rotation 

 which includes celery. 



Winter cabbage will produce large yields upon the Portsmouth 

 fine sandy loam, but will require a longer time for growth than 

 upon the early truck soils of the Norfolk series. 



Among market garden crops, beets, carrots, turnips, spinach, kale, 

 and collards may be grown on the Portsmouth fine sandy loam. 

 Among forage crops the Ironclad and Whippoorwill varieties of 

 cowpeas are successful, while vetch also produces a large crop. For 

 corn, the Portsmouth fine sandy loam, when properly drained, is 

 excellent. 



SUMMARY. 



Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., is situated on the coast, in a 

 region fitted by climate, soils, and transportation facilities for the 

 growing of early vegetables for northern markets. 



The Norfolk and Portsmouth series comprise the important truck 

 soils of the Atlantic coast. 



The best truck soils of these series are developed extensively within 

 easy hauling distance of Savannah. 



Considerable trucking is now done in the neighborhood of Savan- 

 nah on these soils. 



Thousands of acres of the best trucking land are available here 

 for the extension of the trucking industry. 



On the Norfolk fine sand, which is, all things considered, the best 

 early truck soil of the eastern United States, early potatoes lead, with 

 snap beans, lettuce, and cucumbers important products. The local 

 adaptation of the soil to these crops is demonstrated by the usual 

 good profits made, and there can be no doubt of the successful de- 

 velopment of trucking on areas of this soil. 



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