RENTING TRUCK FARMS IN NEW JERSEY. 3 
the truck and milk produced finds its outlet over these lines, al- 
though a few farmers near Philadelphia haul a part or all of their 
truck to that market by wagon, and some truck is transported by 
water. The Delaware River and its small tidal tributaries are used 
by scows and barges to transport stable manure from Philadelphia 
and other cities along the Delaware River to wharves in the early- 
trucking section and also to carry to the canneries in Baltimore that 
part of the tomato crop which the farmers do not find it profitable 
to crate. In this way the cost of manure is lessened and the early- 
truck farms are afforded an outlet for their surplus tomatoes, which 
might otherwise be lost, as but few farms on the light-soil type are 
located within short hauling distance of a cannery, while most of them 
are within easy reach of a landing. New York manure shipped in by 
rail is more expensive than Philadelphia manure, but it is used in 
large quantities by farmers located on the light soil and at a consid- 
erable distance from a wharf. The range in price paid for stable 
manure was from $1.45 to $2.45 a ton, the cost depending upon the 
kind, quantity, and time and conditions of purchase. 
The dairy products are marketed in Philadelphia and also in At- 
lantic City and other seaside resorts, the milk from many farms which 
ship to Philadelphia in the winter being diverted to the seaside mar- 
kets in the summer months. 
RELATION OF PROFITS IN 1913 TO A NORMAL YEAR. 
The profits of the crop year 1913 were less than normal, as indi- 
cated by estimates made by 167 tenants which are given in Table I. 
Table I. — Relction of profits in 1913 to a normal year. 
All farms reporting 
Early-truck farms. . 
Late-truck farms. . 
Total 
number. 
167 
86 
81 
Per cent who considered prof- 
its in 1913 as being — 
Above 
normal. 
Normal. 
Below 
normal. 
Among the reasons given for the incomes running below normal 
were late frosts, which destroyed many of the first settings of tomato 
plants, drought, small yields, and low prices. 
CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS. 
The 246 farm records have been divided into two groups, designated 
the " early" and the a late" truck farms. This division is made 
because of the differences in the type of farming on the Sassafras 
sand as compared with the Sassafras silt loam. The early-truck 
