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pounds and turnips 8 ounces ; hairy vetch, 20 pounds and red, mam- 

 moth or crimson clover 8 pounds; turnips, 12 ounces and crimson 

 clover 8 pounds; turnips, 12 ounces and soy beans or cowpeas 40 

 pounds; dwarf Essex rape, 4 pounds and rye 1 bushel; rape, 4 

 pounds, soy beans or cowpeas 40 pounds and rye 20 pounds; 

 alfalfa, 15 pounds and red, mammoth or crimson clover T 1 /^ pounds. 

 Many other combinations may be used successfully. The object 

 should be to use such a mixture of crops that a part at least shall 

 live over winter. A few of the combinations above contain all fall 

 crops and for that reason are not so desirable as though they con- 

 tained a part of those that live through the winter and grow in the 

 spring. (Del. Col. B. 61.) 



The following table shows chemical analysis of cover crop plants 

 and date of seeding in Delaware orchard: 



*Tlie turnip roots weie weighed in their natural state just alter being dug, this is, therefore. 

 Dot air dry weight. 



(Del. Col. B. 61.) 



The Intensive Trucker. Truck farming is successful only as 

 intensive methods are applied. It requires a large expenditure of 

 capital and labor. Much depends upon soil and climate. Soil can 

 be improved by judicious and liberal fertilization, and unfavorable 

 climatic conditions may be partly overcome. One successful truck 

 farmer is thus described: 



The splendid success achieved on this farm (see below) is, as 

 is nearly always the case, largely attributable to the personality of 

 the man. It is the fruit of a dogged determination to win, and of 

 industry intelligently applied. To use his own words, "I had to 

 succeed." The farm is no better than others along the river, some 

 of which are even more advantageously located than this one. But 

 he saw the need of the industrial community at his door and set 

 about to supply it. He has made the best use of his land. He has 

 worked along the lines of least resistance. He produces the crop 

 that gives the largest net returns for the labor. He grows what the 

 other fellow doesn't. He studies the market. When a demand arises 

 he has something to supply it. He possesses the rare combination 



