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there, with the expectation that in due time the city 

 property may be disposed of at a figure which will warrant 

 a sacrifice in removing the range. 



36. The farm as a location. Large flower-producers 

 are now getting into the country, where farm values are 

 low. There is an increasing belief that the flower-pro- 

 ducer should be a " flower-farmer/' and since manures 

 and fertilizers are becoming more expensive and more 

 difficult to obtain, it is the duty of the flower-grower to 

 make these manures on the farm by means of the dairy 

 herd. Many large rose-producers have found it impossible 

 to buy enough cow manure for their crops and have there- 

 fore established a large dairy herd in connection with the 

 greenhouses. As one rose-grower expresses it : " The 

 manure made by the cows during the night goes to feed 

 the rose plants the next morning." These plants take 

 such manurial elements as they need, and the remainder 

 is left in the soil. When the blooming season is over and 

 the benches are to be re-filled with fresh soil, the old soil 

 is taken to the grass-lands and spread as a top-dressing. 

 Thus the fertility of the farm-land is maintained and ex- 

 cellent crops of grass are produced for the dairy herd. 



Automobiles are fast supplanting horses for city trucking 

 and transportation, consequently city stable manure, 

 which is such an important factor in plant culture in 

 suburban sections, is becoming more difficult to obtain. 



As has been said, such a farm range should be located 

 on a railroad which has several through express trains 

 daily to some large business center so that the products 

 may reach markets quickly. If it be within easy shipping 

 distance to several large cities, so much the better. For 

 example, to locate in a country section midway between 

 Boston and New York, with other intermediate smaller 



