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are nearer than is New York to the great centers of popu- 

 lation, and areas of production, of the West and Northwest. 



Market garden crops of every description can be grown. 

 The following result was obtained on a four-acre patch near 

 Norfolk : 



j "The owner stated that in September he sowed spinach on 

 four acres. Between Christmas and the first of March fol- 

 lowing he cut and sold the spinach at the rate of one hundred 

 barrels to the acre, at a price ranging from two to seven dol- 

 lars per barrel an average of $4.50 per barrel. Early in 

 March the four acres were set out to lettuce, setting the 

 plants in the open air with no protection whatever, [175,000 

 plants on the four acres. He shipped 450 half-barrel baskets 

 of lettuce to the acre, at a price ranging from $2 to $2.75 per 

 basket. 



" Early in April, just before the lettuce was ready to ship, 

 he planted snap beans between the lettuce rows; and to- 

 day, June 2d, these are the finest beans we have seen this 

 season. 



"The last week in May he planted cantaloupes between 

 the bean rows, which, when marketed in July, will make 

 four crops from the same land in one year's time. The 

 cantaloupes will be good for 250 crates to the acre, and the 

 price will run from $1 to $1.50 per crate. A careful inves- 

 tigation of these 'facts, figures, and features ' will show 

 that his gross sales will easily reach $2000 per acre ; his net 

 profits depend largely upon the man and the management; 

 but they surely should not be less than $1000 clear, clean 

 profit to the acre." 



"This is for farming done all out of doors. No hothouse 

 or hotbed work not a bit of it, with no extra expense, for 

 hotbeds, cold frames, or hothouses." 



