Growing VEGETABLES on Mucx Lanps 1251 
few weeks. <A double row of lettuce is sometimes sown on celery 
ground after the boards have been placed for blanching, but the 
removal of the celery renders this more or less unsatisfactory. 
MARKETING 
Muck lands seldom lie within hauling distance of the market, 
and the different problems of transportation and of sale through 
dealers and commission men must be met. The muck land grower 
seldom sees his merchant face to face, and the long time in transit 
usually prevents his taking full advantage of the ups and downs of 
a particular market. In fact, it often happens that on advice of a 
high market, growers ship just in time for their product to con- 
tribute to an over-supply incident to the wide distribution of the 
information which they have received. It is needless at this point 
to dwell upon the problems of selling on distant markets. Suffice 
to say that men who are producing in fairly large quantities and 
who are using good business judgment in working out their mar- 
ket problems are able to secure fairly satisfactory results. Never- 
theless there is something radically wrong when celery that can 
be profitably grown at one and one-half cents per head costs the 
consumer eight or ten cents, and when lettuce from western New 
York makes it way to Boston and back to Syracuse before it even 
falls into the hands of a retailer. 
Some growers have found it profitable to build up a clientele of 
small jobbers and larger groceries to whom they ship directly. 
They have given special attention to the growing of a high-class 
product and to its preparation for market. This plan involves 
much attention to detail and is for this reason not favored by 
some. 
Muck land production offers exceedingly favorable opportunity 
for cooperative marketing. No notable success in this direction 
has been recorded on any of the muck land areas of New York, 
although the upland growers of Chautauqua and Erie counties are 
finding the South Shore Growers’ & Shippers’ Association exceed- 
ingly helpful. 
