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places it seldom fall lower than $250, and in many places aver- 
ages $1,000 per acre. 
Another reason is found in the marketing conditions. Com- 
panion and succession cropping are commonly practiced, a crop 
such as beets or carrots occupying the land early in the spring, 
followed by a crop of celery later. Between the celery two rows 
of lettuce may be sown, making three crops from the same land 
the same year. Again, peas may be grown early, followed by 
beets or carrots. Sometimes lettuce or onions are grown between 
a crop of tomatoes when the tomatoes are young. The men take 
every advantage of the space and the season, working, if possible, 
to obtain the maximum yield and the maximum number of crops 
from every piece of land. It is then quite evident to some people 
Fig. 341. CoNsERVING MoIsTuRE By THOROUGH TILLAGE 
that a man with a five-acre farm is really cultivating a farm of 
fifteen or twenty acres where he uses succession crops. A wide 
diversity of crops is raised and not one specialty, because the men 
have markets to supply that demand a great variety of vegetables. 
Also, if the grower wishes to hold his trade, he should be on the 
market nearly every day, often selling some particular crop at a 
very small profit rather than losing trade. In order to carry out - 
this plan, it is absolutely necessary to grow many different crops 
and at different seasons. 
