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the nature of a truck with wide tires, and small wheels 

 that will turn under the platform. On these platform 

 wagons the boxes may be stored in two or three tiers if 



Fig. 52. A slat-sorter for potatoes and fruits. 



necessary. In nearly every great trucking center there 

 is a special kind of market wagon. One of the most 

 distinct of these is the kind used on the western end 

 of Long Island, one of which is shown in Fig. 53. On 

 the macadam roads of that section these wagons are 

 often hauled twenty and thirty miles to the market. 

 The teams are started in the evening or night and ar- 

 rive in the New York City market by about two o'clock 

 in the morning, ready for the opening of the market 

 at daybreak (Fig. 54). One of these wagons weighs 

 about eighteen hundred pounds. It is provided with a 

 large canvas cover, which can be tied over the load. 

 The wagon, with cover, and top to shield the driver, 

 all complete, costs about three hundred and fifty dollars. 

 One of these rigs can carry three tons of produce. In 

 some parts of Long Island these wagons are loaded on 

 flat cars at the railway stations and are taken into the 

 markets by that means. 



In order to do the best with one's products, the 

 grower must keep track of the market. If possible, he 



