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details, and would not have such opportunities of getting information 
as to immediate and prospective market wants. nt whe ere techni 
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information concerning the state of markets, and it wil pay to grow vege- 
tables, farmers will no doubt adapt themselves to circumstances rendered 
necessary by the exigencies of the times. 
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houses, for the English markets. The cultivation of this vegetable is 
simple and profitable, and in view of the increasing demand, it may be 
worthy of e attention of Britisb farmers 
ardeners have done best who grow fruit and vegetables 
together, in localities distant from London, and near railways communi- 
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as herbs and salads, so that there is almost always something to send to 
market. In some of these favoured districts, as Pershore and Evésham, 
for example, there has been a large increase in the acreage of market- 
garden land, and the demand for, and the price of suitable land have 
increased. But even at there has been a marked falling-off in the 
profits in the past t 0 years, and the cultivators are somewhat dis- 
couraged, and are re-arranging their rotations to suit the altered 
conditions, 
It was pointed out in the Kew Bulletin qua p- Tm that dure are 
iwo problems involved in the question. and those 
which require abundance of summer sunshine ed hn etes sre may be 
n in warm elimates in the open - but can in this eountry only be 
pete under glass. “ Early vegetables’ are a luxury for the rich. 
higher. The enhanced cost principally represents the difficulty and 
distance of transport for perishable commodities. e com 
between the cost of t mA on the one hand and the interest on the 
capital invested on the abiat du cm that in other da aic the e of 
production to be about equ ual. But the cost: of foreign transport is con- 
tinually being paises and in the long run the foreign neS is likely to 
oust the home-grow 
Where, NH wen dis aes eise is with eont euis es countries in the 
North of Euro wA ds rcm of the large and increasing amount of 
Hiis e imports is SO | us. It is ET that according 
the Board of "dngheutkone, " ‘the import of raw vegetables is 
pP fairly evenly over each month of ie year, though it is somewhat 
pes: aien in June, July, and August.” Here it is not wholly a — “ 
earline It is interesting to analyse the causes assigned by th 
Board of pa ieulture :— 
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ii. Disnelination Wd women to work on the land. 
i. Ee: railway rates for small consignments, 
Want echale knowledge 
ltis clear dd with regard. to i., iii., and Mie uy are susceptible 
of self-adjustment. Rents may come down; technical knowl 
will increase; and already railway companies are showing a disposition 
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