PLACE OF INTENSIVE FARMING 



for the production of potatoes, cabbages, 

 legumes, roots and tomatoes is one of the 

 most ready means of increasing the food 

 supply. Whether such substitution will be 

 advantageous to the human race depends, 

 however, not so much upon the food returns 

 from a given area of land as upon the 

 products from a given amount or unit of 

 labor. 



KINDS OF HORTICULTURE 



In that form of intensive agriculture to 

 which is given the designation horticulture, 

 there may be recognized several more or 

 less distinct divisions, as fruit growing, 

 market gardening, truck farming and 

 floriculture. Each has its own special prob- 

 lems, based upon conditions of culture and 

 market. While, as in all classifications, 

 there is more or less overlapping, the 

 tendency is for them to become more and 

 more distinct. The market gardener is the 

 producer of vegetables for a local market, 

 while the truck farmer produces similar 

 products for a larger or wider distribution. 

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