Vlil GARDEN FARMING 



CHAPTER PAGE 



A Southern storage pit 86 



Sweet-potato storage house 87 



Storage for onions 88 



Celery storage pits 89 



VI. TRANSPORTATION OF TRUCK CROPS 90 



Problems of transportation .,*.... 90 



Cooperative shipment . 91 



Styles of packages 92 



Transportation a large factor 93 



VII. PRECOOLING AND COLD STORAGE OF VEGETABLES . 98 



Refrigerator-car service . . 98 



Shipment of mixed cars 99 



" Pick-up " trains 99 



Precooling 101 



Cold storage 102 



VIII. THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN ........ 105 



Economy of the home garden 105 



Plan of the home garden 105 



Selecting seed 106 



Cultivation 108 



Irrigation 109 



Storage no 



IX. VEGETABLES THEIR DEVELOPMENT, CULTIVATION, 



AND USES ill 



Artichokes .....' in 



Asparagus 113 



Beans 122 



Field beans 127 



Garden beans 136 



Lima beans 146 



Beets 151 



Swiss chard 156 



Sugar beet 156 



Mangels, stock beets, or mangel-wurzels 158 



Brussels sprouts 159 



