The Delaware farmer., 1883-08-17
TRUCKING.


larger territory uT,il an item OF no small consii
Grafton in the purchase OF every farm, is its sd
= vantageous position for the growing Of vegeta
bles for marketing direct from the field
It is not many years since only such land a,
Law in close proximity to the cities was at all eli
gible for this purpose. Anything beyond day:
drive was then out of the question. The rapid
growth OF New York and its hundred surround.
ing cities that seek much of their supplies
through its channels. has made an ever iucreas-
ing demand for fresh, green vegetables that has
made of the greater portion Of Long Island
a vast market garden. The increase in this bus.
mess, that extends in every direction about New
York, extends likewise from every city. Year
by year it has been crowded further and fur
ther away from the markets by the encroaching
cities and towns, which with streets have cut up
the farms, and by high taxes or enormous rents
have pushed Market Gardening further into the
interior.
The implements and fittings for the successful
prosecution of this business are many and vari-
Gus, making in few years an anchorage to the
toiler from which he cannot get away without
great loss therefore in the beginning OF the bus.
mess 1t is a matter of much Importance to fud a
location, from which neither unhealthfulness nor
other unfavOrable circumstance is likely to re.
move one against his wish. Such a location
must be looked for on the line OF some transpor
tatOn &C mpany that is anxious to tester this bus
mess and that is able aud willing to afford quick
and safe transit at low rates.
II does seem that every circumstances of loca-
tion, soil, climate. low freights, quick transit.
and cheap and healthy homes, were combined
in lower Delaware f0r the concentration here of
one vast Market Garden.
Not New York only but Philadelphia and Bal.
tinOre invite our products, at ireights that are
scarcely as heavy tax upon the business as
the expense OF hauling with ones own team
distance OF twenty or thirty miles. and certainly
not so wearing upon the tOiler as the slnlght |
and day work OF "runniHg a market wagon"
1t is true that the selling of ones own produce
is often so much more profitable than having it .
sold on commission, that many growers hesitate
to leave the market wagon for lines Of pupIic
but to-day only a small portion
Of the vegetables that so by wagon into the
market are sold by the grower in person. A
hired man with each team IS held responsible
TO- the load ami its returns No great change
sill be effected in the responsibility by making
that driver and salesman iorestaller IN the mar
ket If he is capable and honest in the former
positOu it would seem that he would be carable
and honest in the latter position. That capable
'nd honest men may be found selling goods on
must be granted, and this sufiices
or an answer to any argument against this
method of selling.
With the night work Ofmarketing avoided and
he freights less than the expense of teams on
he road with the produce placed as quickly
md in as good condition in the market, and the
ales as efficieDciently and as honestly made,
rhy does not Delaware offer an inviting field to
his business!
Here the winters make less barrier to work
han at any point north Of us, where market
ardening is proftaby prosecuted; therefore
,ss expense is needed to protect the winter
rowing plants. Our soil is capable of as great
,rtility as any on the Atlantic seaboard. When
nee improved it will produce aslarge crops with
le same manure as other soils. ''Leachy land"
not found here; but in growing for the crop" s
le land is brought to the highest state of fer
ty, while the best results in the present yield
tend this practice
We believe it may not be successfully contro. !
,rted, that here equally large and good crops
ay he grown at much less expense than at any
pint north of us.
Large quantities Of manure are the banks from
hich truckirs draw freely in the growing of
cir crops. Just how this manure may
obtained. most advantageously is :
estion of some difference Of opinion. By
,ops it may be brought as readily from the
les here, as by the same conveyance it is taken
Long Island or New Jersey. Our muck beds
e as convenient and as rich as those OF other
,tions, and where used they have made excel
1t returns. Large quantities Of fish and sea.
if may be obtained on the bay shore. These
ngs, with simple knowledge Of what they
" lack to made a complets manure, may be
pplemented with commercial ingredients.
e field from which VIC may draw our supply
IS broad here as near the cities, though per- N,
ps its product may not always be before us in
shape Of stable manure. -
n theory then, Market Gardening ought to be +
of the most profitable calngs in this local..
Indeed it is so, even though prosecuted for
supply Of the home market where SO many an
supposed to grow their own vegetables.
he leading man in this business about Milford Sc
ustice Lowery. For fifteen years he has been
wing vegetables for the supply of his hotel,
selling surplus in Milford. For several years
store has been the best supplied market IN
n, having every garden productin its season. an,
has now about seven acres under cultivation o.
is supplying his own hotel, and his store in
ord, besides sevearl hotels along the bay
re and the hotels at Rehoboth and Ocean !