1232 Tur Vecerasie Inpustry 1s New York STATE 
Nearly every farmer has learned the value of lime, and by 
cooperating they buy in carload lots. They use quicklime entirely 
and either air or water slake it themselves. Again they cooperated 
and bought a community lime drill which spreads the fine powder 
without any danger to man or beast, and, besides distributing it 
evenly, the desired quantity can be applied by regulating the flow. 
The truck farmers of Western New York are giving no little 
attention to the care of the manure. Drawing, as they do, such 
large quantities in the winter months when they cannot operate 
their spreaders, it is necessary to make great piles about three feet 
deep and often a hundred feet long. To this they add rock phos- 
phate or acid phosphate at the rate of fifty pounds to the ton. 
This pile is turned twice and sometimes three times before it is 
spread on the fields. Some of this manure is used for top dressing 
to conserve moisture, much is used in hot bed construction and the 
remainder is plowed under. 
In addition to this, nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia and 
sheep manure are purchased. These are used for forcing such 
crops as lettuce, spinach, etce., or to promote rapid growth to 
overcome blights or rusts. 
GROWING SEEDLINGS 
/ Each farmer reserves more or less space for cold frames and 
hotbeds. These are used chiefly for growing seedlings for trans- 
planting, but a few farmers raise hotbed lettuce for the market. 
Many farmers find profit in raising seedlings of both vegetables 
\ and flowers. These are sold to the Buffalo people who used them 
~ in their back yards. Cabbage and tomato seedlings are especially 
popular. 
MARKETING 
The farmers take a load of crated vegetables to market and 
bring back a load of ‘‘ empties.” They sell by wholesale only to 
| commission merchants, wholesalers or hucksters, and by telephone 
can keep in touch with the buyers at all times. Usually the 
whole load is ordered goods so that all that is necessary is to 
deliver it and take orders for the next day. The growers take 
great pride in grading their goods and selling A1 vegetables in 
boxes marked as such. 
