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ter of course. The berries do not supply full 

 loads, so cases of eggs are used to fill in the 

 chinks. Chickens that may not pay as a single 

 crop, pay with him, because they fit into the 

 scheme of time and delivery loads. With the 

 need for speed and distance in delivering, the 

 horses are kept on the farm and a light truck 

 eats up the miles and enlarges the circle of ter- 

 ritory over which regular deliveries are made. 



He found local firms buying potatoes from 

 other States and paying the freight to have 

 them shipped in. And he stepped in to help 

 supply the local needs. Freight and commis- 

 sion charges acted as a tariff wall to protect his 

 infant industry. 



Mike Trucker did the same thing in Florida. 

 Reginald Cityman is doing it in New England. 

 Thousands of other men are doing it all over 

 the land. The opportunity for the individual 

 is to fit his scheme of farming to the condi- 

 tions in which he finds himself. 



