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pend upon day laborers who live near the farm or who 

 travel to and from their homes by trolley. It has been 

 observed that gardeners living some distance from the 

 cities do not have much trouble in retaining their men. 



23. Manure supply. — Intensive gardening requires 

 manure in large amounts and the cities are the only 

 sources of liberal supplies. A great many growers have 

 it shipped, and in some instances it is transported hun- 

 dreds of miles. For example, a grower on the eastern 

 shore of Maryland gets manure from New York and 

 Philadelphia, costing $2.90 to $3 a ton delivered on the 

 railway siding. Some growers in close proximity to the 

 cities secure manure at nominal charges. When manure 

 is cheap and the haul short it is a simple matter to make 

 the soil very fertile and to grow large crops of the best 

 quality. 



24. General remarks. — It often occurs that farmers, 

 fruit growers, or poultrymen desire to increase their 

 profits by growing vegetables. Perhaps not one condi- 

 tion is entirely favorable for the enterprise and yet it 

 may be possible for them to enlarge their incomes by de- 

 voting part of the farm to gardening. This is doubtless 

 the situation on thousands of farms. Under such condi- 

 tions a modest start should be made, followed by larger 

 plantings from year to year if returns justify extension. 



