CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
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A General Viev i 
Vegetable gardening — Market gardening — Trucking or 
farm gardening — Vegetable forcing — Home vegetable 
gardening — Ideals — Profits — The outlook — Capital re- 
quired — Labor problems. 
CHAPTER II 
Selection of Location n 
Markets — Soil — Climate — Water supply — Contour of 
land — Aspect — Windbreaks — Roads — Shipping facilities 
— Methods of selling — Price of land — Labor supply— 
Manure supply — Community production — General re- 
marks. 
CHAPTER III 
Soils 17 
Classification of soils — Soil type — Soil class — Soil series 
— Atlantic and gulf coastal plains — Bastrop series — 
Crockett series — Laredo series — Lufkin series — Norfolk 
series — Orangeburg series — Sassafras series — Susque- 
hanna series — Webb series — Collington sandy loam — 
Hempstead loam — Muck and peat — River flood plains — 
Huntingdon series — Wabash series — Wheeling series — 
Muck and peat — Piedmont plateau — Appalachian moun- 
tains and plateau — Limestone valleys and uplands — Gla- 
cial and loessial regions — Marshall series — Miami 
series — Miscellaneous types — Glacial lake and river ter- 
races — Clyde series — Dunkirk series — Muck and peat— 
Pacific coast — Soil texture — Advantages of sand — Water 
content — Drainage — Chemical properties— Soil adapta- 
tion. 
CHAPTER IV 
Tillage and Tillage Tools 28 
The object of tillage — The value of tillage implements 
—Plowing — Harrowing — Dragging— Soil Preparation — 
Cultivation — Hoeing — Weeding — Garden tractors — Care 
of tools and implements. 
