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NORFOLK TRUCKING 



Question: How is fertility maintained? 



Professor Johnson: Fertility is maintained by liberal 

 use of stable manure, by the growing and turning under of 

 leguminous crops, such as cowpeas, soy beans and crimson 

 clover, and by the use of large quantities of commercial fer- 

 tilizers. 



Question: What is the cost of growing spinach? 



Professor Johnson : The cost of growing and marketing 

 a barrel of spinach usually varies from seventy-five cents to 

 one dollar. The cost may be summarized as follows : 



Plowing and preparing the land $5.00 per acre 



Seed 3.00 



Lime 2.00 



Fertilizers $25.00 to $35.00 



Thinning and hand weeding $15.00 to $25.00 

 Wheel hoeing and cultivation $3.00 to $5.00 



Harvesting and packing 10 per barrel 



Barrels and covers 22 each 



Freight and icing to New York 20 per barrel 



Local drayage 05 " " 



It will thus be seen that the actual cost of growing an acre 

 of spinach is about sixty dollars and that it costs from fifty- 

 five to sixty cents a barrel to cut and market it. It costs 

 about one hundred and sixty-five dollars to grow and market 

 a two hundred barrel crop of spinach on an acre of ground. 



Question: What kind of spinach is grown? 



Professor Johnson: Norfolk Savoy is grown almost ex- 

 clusively in the Virginia region. Some growers have at- 

 tempted to grow the Long Standing and Thick Leaf, but 

 these varieties are not successful on our soils. 



Question : Which is the hardiest variety for our northern 

 climate? 



Professor Johnson: I am not familiar with your varie- 

 ties in New York State, but judging from our Virginia con- 



