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tion must be considered. But all of these may 

 be overcome if the price received for the crop 

 pays for the added expense. Tomatoes and 

 cucumbers are grown through the winter under 

 glass in New York and under the sun in Flor- 

 ida. The cost of the greenhouse is offset by the 

 transportation charge, and both are paid for by 

 the out-of-season price. 



The value of the Connecticut tobacco crop is 

 surpassed by only four States in the Union, and 

 each of the four has eight times the area of its 

 New England competitor. The high quality of 

 the Northern grown tobacco, combined with the 

 limited area available for the growing of this 

 particular grade, permits the expensive culture 

 under cloth. 



The Oregon orchardist met his heavy trans- 

 portation charge by additional labor in the or- 

 chard, which produced the maximum percent- 

 age of high-grade fruit. 



If a farm has soil especially adapted to corn 

 but is so remote that the freight rate to a corn 

 market eats up the profit, this condition can 

 sometimes be entirely met by feeding all the 



