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As far as producing vegetables is concerned farmers can compete 

 successfully with gardeners. They can produce a crop as cheap or 

 cheaper, they have land at a less cost per acre, manure at their dis- 

 posal. The item of fertilizer and help are about equal. The regular 

 stock of the farm can consume what does not sell so that nothing is an 

 entire loss. What shall he do for a market? I have known farmers to 

 make arrangements with dealers to take their produce through the 

 season and that is a very good plan when reliable dealers can be 

 found. I think those are most successful who take some special crop 

 like asparagus, and gains a reputation foi" producing the best. 

 Those crops that can be handled in large quantities are best suited 

 for gi'owers who live at a distance from large cities. This can be 

 done directly to tiie retail trade as consigned at commission houses. 

 Vegetables can be stored very cheaply in pits, well kept produce 

 usually sells well in the spring. 



It is useless for any to offer inferior goods, vegetables must be 

 well grown, assorted and put up in attractive shape to bring remuner- 

 ative prices. The exhibitions exceptional in the merchantable quali- 

 ty of most specimens shown, and the absence of monstrosities which 

 are really worthless for market pui-poses. 



I think gardeners do not find much encouragement in the present 

 outlook and every one must work out the problem of success for him- 

 self. But it looks to me about like this. If gardeners would curtail 

 expenses and concentrate their operations largely to a truck business, 

 and if farmers would let the retail trade alone and confine themselves 

 to field crops all would stand a better chance to get a living. 



Geo. p. Smith, Chairman of Committee. 



