6 TRUCK FARMING 



Will not this undue proportion of population tending city- 

 wards have the effect of still enhancing the price of all farm 

 products ? This great question has already been answered by the 

 protests against high prices of our entire population, re-echoing as 

 it has to the farthest corners of our civilized land. In direct con- 

 sequence of this unbalanced condition of population, all food 

 products have advanced to an almost prohibitive figure. This 

 seems particularly so during the long winter months, when fresh 

 farm products are to be grown only in the far South. 



Will it not be wise to inquire into the probable results of this 

 extraordinary situation? Without penetrating further, has not 

 the far-seeing individual, though hopelessly in the minority, 

 already found the necessary remedy to combat this, which we 

 must admit is a great and menacing evil? He has already con- 

 cluded to not only rebuild this tottering economic structure by 

 getting "back to the land,'' but to replenish his depleted bank 

 account, and wisely so. 



That this feeling has already taken root is proven by the 

 remarkable inquiry for farm lands throughout the entire country, 

 and particularly in the extreme South and Southeast, for he who 

 is wise enough to foresee this great tendency wishes to enjoy \vith 

 his family and progeny not only everlasting summer, but at the 

 same time to avoid the rigorous Northern winters. No wonder, 

 then, that once it was announced that the great rich body of land 

 in South Florida known as the Everglades would be reclaimed, 

 thousands began to avail themselves of the valuable opportunity 

 to secure a home and a livelihood in this superb climate in a 

 country where fortunes have been and will be made, with probably 

 less exertion, on a smaller body of land, under more pleasant 

 circumstances, and in less time than in any known place on earth. 



