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MARKET-GARDEN crops play a considerable part in the agriculture of districts near to towns, especially on light soils in not too high or exposed a situation. Formerly the scheme of management was fairly straightforward: the grower sent in his vegetables in carts to the early markets, sold them, and reloaded his carts with dung from the town stables with which to fertilise the next crop. But with the introduction of the motor omnibus, the motor lorry and car, and the electric tram, the supply of town dung, has fallen off, so that the grower has less available and has also to pay more for it. Increasing competition from abroad has forced down the price of his produce, and has placed him in the unpleasant position of seeing his income fall while-his expenses have increased. In order to meet the position he has turned his attention to artificial manures, and there is every indication that they will cheapen the cost of production.
The Manuring of Market-Garden Crops.
By Dr. B. Dyer F. W. E. Shrivell. New edition. Pp. 144. (London: Vinton and Co., Ltd., 1910.) Price 1s.
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The Manuring of Market-Garden Crops . Nature 85, 505 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/085505a0
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