6 TYPES OF VEGETABLE GROWING 



of culture are usually less intensive. The main difference is in 

 the method of marketing. The crops are usually grown under 

 contract at a specified price per ton or bushel, agreed upon before 

 the crop is planted. There are no fluctuations in price through 

 the season, no packages to buy, no worry about delayed cars and 

 no freight bills to pay; so that, although the factory price per 

 bushel or ton may seem low as compared with city market prices 

 early in the season, the net proceeds from the crop may be fully 

 as great. 



HOME VEGETABLE GROWING 



As already suggested, a home vegetable garden is maintained 

 not for the direct purpose of making money, but for supplying 

 the owner's table with fresh vegetables. However, if properly 

 planned and cared for, the home garden may be made exceedingly 

 profitable by reason of the large amount of table supplies it fur- 

 nishes. A home vegetable garden differs from a local market 

 garden principally in size. It seldom consists of more than one 

 acre, and may be of any size from this down to a single square 

 rod or even less. Its size will depend to some extent upon the 

 size of the family whose table it is to supply, but primarily upon 

 the amount of land available for gardening purposes. Three types 

 of home vegetable gardens may be distinguished : (1) The farmer's 

 garden, (2) the village or suburban garden, and (3) the city garden. 



The differences in the type of gardening practiced in these 

 three sorts of gardens are due mainly to differences in the size 

 of the gardens. On the farm, where any amount of land the owner 

 desires can be reserved for a garden, there is no restriction on the 

 assortment of vegetables or the space allotted to each sort. Plant- 

 ings are made in long rows (Fig. 3), wide apart, and horse tillage 

 employed as much as possible. The most distinctive feature of a 

 farmer's garden should be the reduction of hand labor to a mini- 

 mum, for time is more expensive to the farmer than space, and 

 the main effort should be to produce maximum crops at a minimum 

 expenditure of labor, regardless of the amount of space required. 



The conditions to be met in the village or suburban home 

 garden are often radically different from those on the farm. Space 

 is likely to be limited so that the rows of vegetables are usually 

 planted rather close together, and hand methods of tillage em- 

 ployed. It may be necessary to omit from the suburban garden 

 certain vegetables that require a large amount of space. 



