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does not thrive in the region, cow peas are sown immediately after 

 the wheat is harvested, and will leave the land in ideal condition 

 for melons. On a clay soil in regions where clover does not thrive 

 and wheat is not grown, but where muskmelons constitute an 

 important money crop, the following rotation has given exception- 

 ally good results: Corn, cow peas, melons, timothy. The mel- 

 ons are heavily manured, and the thorough tillage required by 

 this crop leaves the land in ideal condition for seeding to timothy 

 immediately after the melon harvest (Fig. 2). Early tomatoes 

 might be substituted for melons in the same rotation with almost 

 as good results. 



Fig. 2. — Field of muskmelons. An important truck crop in a system of mixed farr/iing. 



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The grownng of vegetables for canning and pickling factories 

 is usually carried on in regions especially adapted to the production 

 of the crops in question. Factories are commonly located only 

 in such regions. It is not a mere coincidence that blanched as- 

 paragus is canned in eastern Long Island or peas in Delaware, 

 Maryland and western New York. Other vegetables extensively 

 grown especially for canning or pickling are sweet corn, tomatoes, 

 string beans and cucumbers. The growing of these crops for this 

 purpose does not differ from their culture for marketing in the 

 fresh state, except that earliness is not sought, and the methods 



