PREFACE. 



In writing this book on "Soutliem Trucking," I desire 

 to say that I am doing so mainly at the request of a num- 

 ber of my friends who are engaged in the business, and 

 also who are prospective growers. I am persuaded to do 

 so further, owing to the fact that there are no recent works 

 on Southern gardening, and the trucking business has to 

 keep up with the times as well as other enterprises. The 

 writer does not wish to blow his own horn, but as there 

 is no one else to do it for him in the present instance he 

 begs pardon while he says a word or two regarding his 

 iitness to do the work in hand. I have been engaged in 

 the trucking business in the South for a period extending 

 over twenty-five years, and have operated in three South- 

 ern States, but mainly in Florida. However having vis- 

 ited nearly all the trucking sections of the South, and 

 many North and West, besides having visited frequently 

 the principal markets of the United States and observed 

 the methods of disposing of garden produce, I certainly 

 feel that I can say something helpful to my brethren who 

 are engaged in the business whether professional or ama- 

 teur. But I am handling the subject purely from 

 the standpoint of a practical and experienced trucker ; sci- 

 entific questions and theories, I leave to those who are 

 better qualified to deal with them. However, I have tried 

 to keep pace with these, and as far as they have proven 

 to my satisfaction to be productive of good results, I have 

 given my experience. There are some subjects of inter- 



