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well as the amount, kind and location of timber, 

 should be considered. 



Land devoted to market -gardening should be 

 near the market town where the perishable prod- 

 ucts are to be sold. Vegetables should reach 

 the market early in their season in a fresh and 

 presentable condition and cheaply, if satisfactory 

 profits are desired. Then land which can be 

 tilled early (warm or sandy land), though it 

 may contain a comparatively small amount of 

 natural plant -food, will be more satisfactory 

 than rich, cold land situated farther from the 

 market. An acre of poor, sandy land near the 

 market may be worth, to the gardener, three or 

 four times as much as an acre of the more dis- 

 tant fertile upland. 



Near the town, manures, w^iich are so neces- 

 sary to force many market -garden products, can 

 be procured cheaply and in abundance. The 

 added distance of even one or two miles from 

 the switch or shipping station may have an im- 

 portant effect on profits. Land situated far 

 from market may well be devoted to stock- 

 raising and such other products as may be 

 marketed infrequently or at leisure. As yet, 

 agricultural methods in America are so new that 

 they have not adjusted themselves to the grow- 

 ing cities, nor have specialized crops found their 

 appropriate localities. Too often are seen truck 



