236 MUCK CROPS 



turns vary from $80 to $330 or $400 net. A 

 good average return should be $75 net per 

 acre. 



Remarks by a Grower. 



Remarks by Henry Greifrath of South 

 Lima, N. Y., regarding this crop are most 

 interesting. Mr. Greffrath is one of the 

 most successful all-round muck crop grow- 

 ers in the East. 



"We are told that we can grow a better 

 crop of spinach that is what the canning 

 people tell us on muck land than any other, 

 for two reasons. It grows very rapidly, and 

 I do not think that the maggot attacks it as 

 much as on sand. But one of the great rea- 

 sons why canneries prefer Spinach on muck 

 land soil is that there is absolutely no grit 

 in it when canned. That is something they 

 have got to get rid of. Every canner says, 

 'If I can get it grown on muck, I want it/ 

 If a little of the muck does get into the spin- 

 ach it is so near the same color you can not 

 detect it, and nobody knows he has it. 



"The spinach is usually sold by the ham- 

 per in hot weather at high prices. I have 

 known it to sell at $1.25 for a half barrel 

 hamper that we use for shipping lettuce. 



