SELECTION OF LOCATION 
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at remote distances from market, shipping facilities 
should be carefully studied. Two or more lines of trans- 
portation are better than one. There should be assur- 
ance that boats or cars will be available when wanted. 
Freight and express rates should be reasonable and it 
should be possible to reach the great centers of con- 
sumption without delay. Facilities to ice cars should 
also be considered. It should be possible for boats or cars 
to be loaded during the day and then moved as rapidly 
as possible until the market is reached. 
20. Methods of selling should also be taken into ac- 
count. Some systems are greatly superior to others. If 
supplying a local market, the gardener is saved much an- 
noyance as well as time by placing his wagon at a whole- 
sale market where grocers and hucksters gather daily to 
secure their supplies. This is much better than driving 
from store to store to make sales. If delivering at a rail- 
road siding it is a great advantage to be able to sell 
directly to the buyers representing city houses rather 
than to make consignments on commission. Selling at 
the track is becoming a popular method in many parts 
of the country. T01 get the benefits of this system, it is 
necessary, of course, to locate where there is sufficient 
production of vegetables to attract buyers. 
21. Price of land is a secondary consideration in the 
selection of a vegetable farm. The interest and taxes on 
an additional investment of $100 an acre are small mat- 
ters when the land is near a first-class market and 
adapted to the line of cropping to be followed, and the 
expense saved in hauling produce, manure and supplies 
will soon more than overbalance the additional interest 
or rental. 
22. Labor supply. — If cottages are provided for the 
workmen it is not necessary to be near the city, although 
close proximity is always an advantage in securing help. 
Practically all market gardeners near the large cities de- 
