The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-19

the conditions Of soil and climate may be overcome. Be this as 1t may the table deiicacies of the garden, the relishes which appetite the meal In so many. homes, will receive a new inn petus from the displays in the group under consideration. It constitutes a collection of plant life which will excite universal interest. And the op- portunity for the introductioa of gar den vegetables into new localities. in- to new countries. and among widely separated. peoples, will be unp4ece- den$ed. The advantage of illustration by showing at the same time and in the same group the growing plant and it's ripened seed should prove inval- uable to the growers whether for in- dividuaI use or ,comnercial profit
 The extent to which the vegetable enters into the markets is best shown by the statistics of the last census Omitting the cereals and remember town home garden are not included, the following are available:
 In 1909, 4.96s, $40, farms, or s.1 per cent of all farms, reported farm gar dens. .sOf the total number of farms. reporting vegetables in< eOs, z 4. .22Q,-5 045 reported values of products less than $500; Al, 731 reported a value of $500. In this year. excluding pota- toes, sweet potatoes and yamss thegveg- etable acreage was 2.763s26S acres, D. 196,752 with a product less than $500 Cor s0.5 per farrns.' and 5 66, SIT with product of $500 or over ian average of 13.58 per farm" The total value of vegetables in 1909 was 216. .1S6,752 On the farms which reported a less value than $500 the total raised was $I56,1 1000, lon $37 per farm and 71.0S per acre. Those reporting a to- tai of over $500 raised Y$1,44O per farm and $106.09 per acre. 'ss Of the latter the large proportion made veg etable gardening a means of profit while a very large proportion of the farms with a product of less than $500 planted gardens. for homeluse.
 An interesting table has been tabu- | lated by the department concerning the vegetable yield of the United States Returns were tabulated for every vegetable for which at least 100 farms reported one acre or more,'' Z with the following results, (1909) l There were grown in the United 1 States 25,639 acres of asparagus val ued at $2.246,6S1; of green beans 5 B. 61o acres, value $2.844,951; beets | 2, POP acres. value s352,6e6 cabbage 125,9s8 acres value $s,71s.641 can l taloupes and musk melons 52.419
 acres value $3.6o4.63e; carrots 3.764 acres value $478,499: caulidower 3,446 acres value $602S85; celery 15,s6S acres value $3,922.s48; corn, I pop, z,77S value $S26. Al; corn. | 9,S0 l lcucumbers 32, acres value $2, 719,- .li340; egg plant 8e4 acres value $154.- aI643; horse-radish 1,745 acres value
 $223 ,S85; ka1e 1,495 acres value $146,- 01O; lettuce 5.489 acres value $1,595.- lo85; okra BAT acres value $24.969i
 onions 47,625 acres value $.709s047;
 onions. green, .1s4 acres $44.78s; pars- l ley 192 acres, $27,1s1: parsnips 72s acres, $1o2, 2,674; peas, green TO. .4Sf
 acres. s2.785. .5o2; peppers. green T SASS acres. $408,74A; pumpkins 1.16:
 acres $29, ,993; radishes 2,26g acres
 $293,O62; rhubarb 2.364 acres, $338. I S31: rutabagas 631 acres, $3o,97
 spinach 6,668 acres, .$S 17.O69: sprout: s9o acres, $45,576; squash 2,38Os acres
 $2e7, ,931; tomatoes 207. .379- acres, SIS,
 TO-, ,929; turnips PARA acres, $1,169,
 49s; waterme1ons 137,005 acres, $4, h 453,1o1.
 From less than fourteen millions tt
 more than two millions, as an annua i product, it will be seen that-the veg
 etables rank as follows: Tomatoes
 cabbage. onions, sweet corn, water
 melons, celery, cantaloupes and must
 melons, green beans, green peas, GU curnbers. Of these, tomatoes, swee corn, beans, peas and cucumbers
 through canning processes, have com' to be constant table dishes through out the year. Watermelons and can taioupes and musk melons are ship
 ped extensively throughout the United States And all garden stuff, being grown in tropic attitudes, is availabl, } in the large cities of the country
 practically all the time. = Considering the acreage involved and the value of the annual product the we getabIe group becomes properf. an important consideration of the De
 partment of Agriculture at the expo i sition for purely comnercnaI reasons Surrounding all the large cities truck farming is a profitable industry, ant affords a means for the utilization O E what we term common labor" waicl becomes an economic consideration ? Guided by scientific culture, it VII