MARKET GARDENING. 



CHAPTER I. 

 MAKKET GARDENING. 



Though this volume is written for the amateur, 

 or family gardener, indeed, to be more precise, for the 

 novice in gardening, it may, however, fall into the hands of 

 more experienced persons, inclined to make a venture in 

 gardening for profit, and, accordingly, it may not be 

 out of place to make some remarks upon subjects con- 

 nected with growing vegetables for sale. The last 

 United States Census Bureau has issued a bulletin on 

 Truck Farming, from which the writer makes the fol- 

 lowing extracts. Upward of $100,000,000 is invested 

 in this industry, the annual products reaching a value of 

 $75,000,000, the product of 534,440 acres of land. 



The annual expenditures for fertilizers being $10,000,000 



The cost of seeds used amounting to $1 ,420,633 



The number of men employed being 216,765 



The number of women employed being 9,254 



The number of children employed being 14,874 



The number of horses and mules employed being 75,800 



The value of the implements used being $8,971,000 



For convenience of tabulation the States are divided 

 into districts. The following is a summary of the num- 

 ber of acres under cultivation for truck farming pur- 



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