PUBLISHERS' PEEFACE. 



We call attention to the fact that Mr. Davis is a quiet, 

 plain, straightforward writer. He makes no wonderful 

 claims as to profits of the truck business as much depends 

 on conditions. But if you are the man, and have the land, 

 here is the plan. 



Mr. Davis says that the knowledge portrayed in this 

 book would have saved him thousands of dollars, if he had 

 not had to acquire it by experience — ^that best but most 

 costly of teachers. Though there is nothing sensational 

 in these pages, a close study and careful practice of the 

 directions here given will save you the waste of much 

 time, energy and capital. Every fact portrayed to the 

 most minor detail, by Mr. Davis is based on and has been 

 substantiated by actual experience; he has made no state- 

 ments from heresay, and has touched on no crops unless 

 he has grown them with entire success. To make the work 

 more complete, he has kindly allowed us to get a few arti- 

 cles from other sources, each of which is properly accred- 

 ited. * 



Intensive farming is bound to come into its own, and 

 we feel confident that this work will be welcomed by the 

 many gardeners and small farmers in the Gulf and South 

 Atlantic coast regions. 



