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Fig. 2. 

 Trucking centers of 



Florida. 

 By Professor Rolfs. 



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fact, all during the 

 winter, ships far more 

 than any other section 

 in the South. She is 

 now flooding the large 

 markets, not only in 

 the West, but extend- 

 ing far into the East, 

 embracing Buffalo, 

 and, no doubt, Phila- 

 delphia, New York and Boston 

 to some extent, with all kinds 

 of early vegetables. New. Or- 

 leans, embracing many miles 

 of truck patches in its vicinity, has made 

 this a great industry, although the profits 

 are being steadily reduced. It is favored 

 to a surprising extent in the matter of 

 express rates to all the principal markets, nearly all 

 such goods going out by express. Most of the goods 

 are packed in sugar barrels and iced, and the express 



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