A B C OF FLORIDA TRUCKING IS 



tine a grade of seed you buy there are always conditions that 

 have to be met in growing the plants that may ruin half of 

 them, and you can usually buy three pounds of seed for 

 what several thousand plants would cost you, and then againi 

 when you raise the plants yourself you know what stock you' 

 have, and this is not always the case when you have to t)uy 

 them. If you do plant more seed than you will need for 

 your requirements, and have eight or ten thousand left over- 

 you can always sell them, and I have often paid for my 

 entire lot of seed from the surplus plants. If you are living- 

 in a farming community, try raising a few plants for sale.. 

 There is money in this business for you, as someone is 

 always needing plants. It is not only a clean, pretty busi- 

 ness, but you get your money out of it in one or two months. 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING. 



I have tried in each culture to give you the time for 

 planting the different crops, but it is impossible to give you 

 directions that will apply to your special case, as there are 

 some localities that have more natural protection than others, 

 and in these the farmers can plant at least two weeks 

 to a month earlier than their neighbors who are not so 

 fortunate. I doubt if there is a State in the Union where 

 the climate in the different parts of it vary as much as it 

 does here. There is as much difference between the climate 

 of Northern and Southern Florida in the winter as there 

 is between North Florida and Virginia. Make inquiries 

 among the old truckers in your locality, and they will be 

 able to give you exact time for planting the different- 

 crops. 



