EENTING TRUCK FARMS IN NEW JERSEY. 



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Among any group of farms, taken without reference to merit, will 

 be found a few that are much more successful than the average. 

 The summary of a year's business on such a farm rented for half 

 the crops on which early- truck crops are grown is given in Table VI. 



Table VI. — Summary of a year's business on a successful early-tntch farm let for half 



of the crops. 



Acres in faxm, 120; value of farm, S10,000; buildings alone, $3,000. 



"Working capital fm-nished hy tenant, S3,225, consisting of stock (4 horses, 3 cows, 7 hogs, 40 hens), $1,125; 



machinery and tools, SI, 200: feed and supplies, S300; cash, S600. 

 Working capital furnished l)y landlord, $1,260, consisting of 280 sash, fertilizer, manure, packages, etc. 

 Acres in pasture, 8. 

 Acres in nontruck crops, 25 (com 15, hay 10); value of nontruck crops produced, $1,170; value of nontruck 



crops per acre, $47. 

 Acres in truck crops, 48; sales, $8,900; sales per acre in truck crops, $185. 



Landlord. Tenant 



Sources of receipts: 



Nontruck crops sold (landlord's haKcorn). 



Early tomatoes (10 acres) 



Second early tomatoes (11 acres) 



Sweet potatoes (7 acres) . . . ; , 



Peppers (2 acres) 



Eggplants (2 acres) 



Cantaloupes (4 acres) 



Citrons (4 acres) 



Cucumbers (2 acres) 



Asparagus (6 acres) 



Income from stock (eggs and butter) 



1,500 

 750 

 500 

 400 

 350 

 150 

 225 

 75 

 500 



$1, 500 

 750 

 500 

 400 

 350 

 150 

 225 



75 

 .500 



28 



Income from crops and stock. 



4,810 



4, 478 



Items of expense: 



Feed 



Fuel for hotbeds, coal 



Seed 



Commercialfertilizers, 30 tons , 



Stable manure, 300 tons 



Crates and hampers 



Baskets 



Spray material 



Toormaintenance, estimated at 18 per cent on value 



Sash maintenance, estimated at 10 per cent on value 



Shoeing 



Taxes and insurance on working capital 



Special picking labor 



Hired labor, board included 



Family labor 



Real-estate tax 



Maintenance of buildings, estimated at 4 per cent on value . 



16 

 900 

 900 

 120 



120 

 20 

 16 



120 

 50 

 30 



216 



70 



20 



23 



70 



1,630 



150 

 120 



Total expense . 



2,362 



2,315 



Interest on landlord 's capital 



Lahor income of tenant and interest on his capital . 



Six per cent interest on working capital 



Interest on real estate, 23.7 per cent 



Labor income of tenant 



2,448 



76 

 2,372 



2, 163. 

 194 



1,969. 



Compared with the average of 90 early-truck farms let for half of 

 the crops, this farm had 1 7 more acres in truck crops, and its total 

 sales of truck were almost three times as much as the average, exceed- 

 ing the sales of the average farm by $5,893. The sales of truck crops. 

 per acre in truck amounted to $185, as compared with $96 on the 

 average farm. The value of nontruck crops per acre in such crops 

 was more than twice as much as on the average farm. A larger 

 variety of truck crops was gi-own on this farm than on the average 

 farm. The income from stoc;k was very small. 

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