CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 A GENERAL VIEW _. 



Vegetable gardening Market gardening Trucking or 

 farm gardening Vegetable forcing Home vegetable 

 gardening Ideals Profits The outlook Capital re- 

 quired Labor problems. 



CHAPTER II 



SELECTION OF LOCATION _. 



Markets Soil Climate Water supply Contour of 

 land Aspect Windbreaks Roads Shipping facilities 

 Methods of selling Price of land Labor supply Manure 

 supply General remarks. 



CHAPTER III 

 SOILS 17 



Classification of soils Soil type Soil class Soil series 

 Atlantic and gulf coastal plains Bastrop series Crock- 

 ett series Laredo series Lufkin series Norfolk series 

 Orangeburg series Sassafras series Susquehanna series 

 Webb series Collington sandy loam Hempstead loam 

 Muck and peat River flood plains Huntingdon series 

 Wabash series Wheeling series Muck and peat Pied- 

 mont plateau Appalachian mountains and plateau Lime- 

 stone valleys and uplands Glacial and loessial regions 

 Marshall series Miami series Miscellaneous types 

 Glacial lake and river terraces Clyde series Dunkirk 

 series Muck and peat Pacific coast Soil texture Ad- 

 vantages of sand Water content Drainage Chemical 

 properties Soil adaptation. 



CHAPTER IV 

 TILLAGE AND TILLAGE TOOLS 28 



The object of tillage The value of tillage implements 

 Plowing Harrowing Dragging Soil preparation- 

 Cultivation Hoeing Weeding Care of tools and imple- 

 ments. 



