Ideal '"THE farms in the territory of the Lehigh Valley Railroad 



Truck vary from steep hills to level valleys; they will pro- 



Land duce any except tropical products, and they are even threat- 



ening California's "corner" on some semi-tropical fruits. 

 The soils vary from a stiff clay to a light sand. There 

 are vast stretches of black 

 muck lands that can be 

 made into ideal truck farms 

 when someone has provided 

 adequate drainage. 



Truck farming is every 

 year offering increasing op- 

 portunities to persons holding 

 land within reasonable ship- 

 ping distance of New York 

 City. The population of the 

 metropolis increased forty per 

 cent in the last decade, and 

 the city is constantly reaching 

 farther and farther for food 

 with which to supply its in- 

 habitants. The growth of 

 Jersey City, Hoboken. New- 

 ark and other neighboring 



cities has been equally startling, and their food demands 

 correspondingly insistent. The past year has witnessed 

 surprising advances in the prices of almost all fresh vegetables. 

 Fortunate is the man who has such products to sell instead 

 of to buy. 



GRAPES NKAR NORTH HECTOR, N. Y. 

 A fair example of hundreds of vineyards along Seneca Lake. 



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