472 FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



as co-operative buying of shipping packages, ferti- 

 lizers, seeds, implements, etc.; better recognition by 

 the railroads, express companies, and other corpora- 

 tions with which the trucker deals; more power in the 

 courts and in legislation for the control of rates, time 

 schedules and car service. 



Kind of Packages. Incident with the development 

 of modern truck growing has arisen the demand for 

 vegetables packed in small packages, the size being 

 in proportion to the bulkiness of the crop or the de- 

 mand of an average family. This is the day of small, 

 gift packages, and the trend of the times is certainly 

 being felt in the truck business. Each shipping section 

 usually has its own particular styles of packages. 

 This gives rise to an innumerable variety. The time 

 will come, however, when a uniform standard package 

 will be demanded by the consuming public. 



EXERCISE. Make a list of the truck crops that may be grown in 

 your section. Classify them as to perishability. State when the 

 truck crops are grown and the length of the growing season. Are 

 the soils, climate and transportation facilities favorable? Is irriga- 

 tion practiced? Are the growers organized; if so what is the mem- 

 bership of the association? 



REFERENCES FOR COLLATERAL READING. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 FARM MANAGEMENT: 



Yearbooks of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture : 



1908 Types of farming in the United States. 



1908 Wastes of the farm. 



1908 Causes of Southern rural conditions and the small 



farm as an important remedy. 

 Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Circular, No. : 



159 The future use of land in the United States. 

 Farmers' Bulletins, Nos. : 



62 Marketing farm produce. 



126 Practical suggestions for farm buildings. 



242 An example of modern farming. 



272 A successful hog and seed corn farm. 



280 A profitable tenant dairy farm. 



310 A successful Alabama diversified farm. 



312 A successful Southern hay farm. 



325 Small farms in the corn belt. 



326 Building up a run-down cotton plantation. 



327 The conservation of natural resources. 



