4 BULLETIN 411, TJ. S. DEPAKTMENT OP AGEICXTLrURE. 



farms include 112 farms from which the sales of late tomatoes and 

 white potatoes were exceeded by the sales of other truck crops. The 

 late-truck farms include the 134 farms from which the sales of late 

 tomatoes and white potatoes exceeded the sales of other truck crops. 

 This method of separation places almost all the farms on the light 

 soils among those classed as early-truck farms and almost all those 

 on the heavier soils among the late- truck farms. 



The most common method of letting land to tenants was found to 

 be for half of the crops. Of 246 farms, 186 were let for half of the 

 crops, 12 for half of the crops and half of the milk, 13 for a share 

 other than half, and 35 for a cash rental. In Table II the farms are 

 classified according to the type of farming and the method of renting. 



Table II. — Classification of farms according to type of farming and method of renting. 



Method of renting. 



Numt^r of farms. 



Early- 

 truck. 



Late- 

 truck. 



Half share of crops 



Half share of crops and of milk . 



Share other than half 



Cash rental 



12 

 4 

 22 



All farms. 



134 



ACREAGES AND VALUES OF CROPS. 



Among both cash and share rented farms the average farm is 

 larger and the average acreage in such general crops as com, wheat, 

 and hay is larger on the late-truck farms than on the early-truck 

 farms. These crops are grown more generally on late-truck farms 

 than on farms of the other type. Tomatoes are grown almost uni- 

 versally on farms of both types, although marketed differently on 

 each. White potatoes are grown on haK of the early-truck farms 

 and in larger acreages on almost all the late-truck farms. Sweet 

 potatoes are raised on but few farms of the latter type, but almost 

 universally on the early-truck farms. On farms growing early truck, 

 the more important truck crops, in addition to tomatoes, sweet 

 potatoes, and white potatoes, are peppers, watermelons, cantaloupes, 

 asparagus, eggplants, and strawberries. In Table III is shown the 

 distribution and value of the more important crops, classified by 

 type of tenure and type of farming. 



