I I 1 I, /.I V 

 EENTING TRUCK FAEMS IN NEW JERSEY. 3 



the truck and milk produced finds its outlet over these lines, al- 

 though a few farmers near Philadelphia haul a part or all of their 

 truck to that market by wagon, and some truck is transported by 

 water. The Delaware River and its small tidal tributaries are used 

 by scows and barges to transport stable manure from Philadelphia 

 and other cities along the Delaware River to wharves in the early- 

 trucking section and also to carry to the canneries in Baltimore that 

 part of the tomato crop which the farmers do not find it profitable 

 to crate. In this way the cost of manure is lessened and the early- 

 truck farms are afforded an outlet for their surplus tomatoes, which 

 might otherwise be lost, as but few farms on the hght-soil type are 

 located within short hauling distance of a cannery, while most of them 

 are within easy reach of a landmg. New York manure shipped in by 

 rail is more expensive than Philadelphia manure, but it is used in 

 large quantities by farmers located on the light soil and at a consid- 

 erable distance from a wharf. The range in price paid for stable 

 manure was from $1.45 to $2.45 a ton, the cost depending upon the 

 kind, quantity, and time and conditions of purchase. 



The dairy products are marketed in Philadelphia and also in At- 

 lantic City and other seaside resorts, the milk from many farms which 

 ship to Philadelphia in the winter being diverted to the seaside mar- 

 kets in the summer months. 



RELATION OF PROFITS IN 1913 TO A NORMAL YEAR. 



The profits of the crop year 1913 were less than normal, as indi- 

 cated by estimates made by 167 tenants which are given in Table I. 



Table I. — Relction of profits in 1913 to a normal year. 



Total 

 number. 



Per cent who considered prof- 

 its in 1913 as being — 



Above 

 normal. 



Normal. 



Below 

 normal. 



All farms reporting 

 Early-truck farms. . 

 Latfc-truck farms. . 



167 

 86 

 81 



Among the reasons given for the incomes running below normal 

 were late frosts, which destroyed many of the first settings of tomato 

 plants, drought, small yields, and low prices. 



classifk;ation of farms. 



The 246 farm records have b(!en divided into two groups, designated 

 the "early" and the "late" tnick farms. This division is made 

 because of the differences in the type of farming on the Sassafras 

 sand as compared with the Sassafras silt loam. The early-truck 



