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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
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have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Truck Farming IN The Everglades ALTER WALDIN TABLE OF COSTEXTS
CHAPTER PAGE I . To the Prospective Truck Gardener ............. 5
I1 . Agricultural Schools .......................... 7 I11 . The
Man Fitted for the Business ............... 9 IV . Capital Required
............................ 12 V . Location and Selection of Soil
................ I5 V1 . The Everglade Section
........................ I7 V11 . Preparation of the Land
....................... 21 V111 . No Present Danger of
Overproduction .......... 23 IX . Selling F . 0 . B
............................... 26 X . Drainage
................................... 29 XI . Irrigation
................................... 34 XII. Stable Manure and
Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 XI11 . Culture of
Tomatoes .......................... 48 XIV . Culture of Potatoes
........................... 5.5 XV . Culture of Peppers . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 XVI . Culture of Egg
Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 XVII .
Culture of Beans ............................. 70 XVIII . Culture
of Celery ............................. 75 XIX . Culture of
Cucumbers ........................ 81 XX . Culture of Cauliflower
and Cabbage ............ 84 XXI . Culture of Lettuce
........................... S XXII . Culture of Watermelons and
Muskmelons ....... 9I XXIII . Culture of Onio . . s .
......................... 93 XXIV . Culture of Okra
............................. 96 XXV . Culture of Squash and
Pumpkins .............. 98 XXVI . Culture of Sweet Potatoes
.................... 99 XXVII . Culture of Strawberries . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 XXVIII . Culture of
Bananas........................... 105 XXIX . Culture of Paw-Paws .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 XXX . Culture
of Pineapples ......................... 112 XXXI . Culture of
Jamaica Sorrel ..................... 116 XXXII . Culture of Forage
Plants ..................... 118 XXXIII . Insects and Fungi
............................ 123 XXXIV . Tree Growing in Connection
With Trucking .... 129 XXXV . Notes on Frost
............................... 132 XXXVI . Birds
....................................... 137 XXXVII . Summary
................................... 139 CHAPTER I. TO THE
PROSPECTIVE TRUCK GARDEXER. 0 the city man, living on . a salary,
often in a dark or stuffy office, always at1 underling, working in
a narrow grooGe, dependent on todays wages for tomorrows food, the
independent countrymans life must appeal, for he is a free man,
master of himself, is conversant with nature in its many moods,
enjoys the first fruits of the earth with the gleam still on them,
and all its first impulses and pleasures. Often, as we hear country
boys, on the threshold of manhood, taunted with being farmers, it
makes me feel that the city boy requires training other than
agricultural to teach him relative values. City people sojourning
in the country for fresh air and cheaper living, looking down on
the farmer as inferior, will scarcely believe that it requires more
brains to run a farm properly than to sit over a ledger, nor can
they fathom the many experiences that the countryman must
necessarily first master before he call be classed as a successful
landholder. The city, glistening with its many frivolities, has
drawn young people from the country to such an alarming extent
thatuniversal comment has been aroused, much the larger percentage
of our population being today engaged in other than pastoral
pursuits. This in itself would not be so alarming, were it not that
the vitality of our nation is being drained proportionately, for it
is a wellknown fact, if the country should today cease to replenish
the city with new blood, the city would soon die for want of
population...
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