The Delaware farmer., 1883-08-31

il. Added TO these are the ease with which Ilg
land can be worked the warm soil, and the mild
ness Of the climate; altogether making com
binalion OF circumstances with which n, other
| locality near New York is favored with. Besides,
New York with Brooklyn on one side and Jersey
/ City on the other, aggregatng population OF
two millions, with larger proportion Of wealthy
people than any other city in the United States,
fiers II steady and remunerative market for
vegetables of the best quality, especially if they
are brought in early in the season. Again, New
York is not only large market for what it needs
for its own consumption but it is also an almost
equally large centra destribntive market, sup
pymg the whole of New England as far as Bos.
tol. the Hudson river and other towns to the
north, and even Toronto, Montreal and Quebec
in Canada, and the leading cities Of the State
westward OF the Hudson river as far es Buitlo,
with early vegetables; the climate torbidding
their being grown as cheapy and plentifully as
they cah be grown in the warmer sections hav-
ing communication with New York Cry.
Taking these manifold combinations OF adyant.
ages into consideration, we lave been perfectly
a>t1nished at the apathy of our Delaware farm
ers, and the strange fatuity and blindness which
for so many years has prevented them from avail
ing themselves of such opportunities Of adding
to their wealth and prosperity. It would seem
as though il were an mp0Ssi5ty 10 make them
get out OF the ruts OF grain raislog or the meth
DDS Of ordinary farming, and adopt new system /
of crops and cultivation.
A majority of the market gardeners proper
about, New York, are Germans and rent such .
lands in the shape Of vacant blocks of land as
are Not yet built upon, paying annual rentals Of
from thirty to two hundred dollars per acre for
the same. They generally employ the freshly
arrived emigrants,- "green-horns" s"-as laborers;
paying them from eight to fifteen dollarsa month
aud their board and lodging. The wages are al
ways paid in cash, and not in store pay, the laws
Of the State stricky prohibiting the latter mode
Of paying any labOrer, They generally keep
these men two or three years or until they are
able to speak English inteligbly, and under
stand our climate and modes of cultivation
Their rate of wages is advanced from minimum
o the maximum rate according to their advance
"A intelligence and usefulness Atthe expiration
# three or four years, these men generally start
n business for themselves, having saved money
uough by their industry and frugal habits to do {
o. Nearly all the work done in these gardens, {
5 done by horse labor, as a horse must be kept {
Or hauling manure, and taking the produce to
market. When the number of acres is only one,
wO, three, four or five, one hand to each acre is
enerally required; seven hands can work ten
cres. Mr.. Peter Henderson, prominent seeds
ian and nurseryman in New York, who was for +
iany years one of the most successful market n
ardeners in the neighborhOOd of that city, gives $
ON his own experience the following as the re- b
uired expenses per acre in this class of market fl
ardening. S