. The Southern States. le works, several stores, arailroad, a warehouse and compress, alarge land company and numerous otherlocal enterprises are managed andlargely owned by the truck steam ferry between Norfolk andWest Norfolk was created and is nowmanaged by them. The truckers werethe largest Southern purchasers of Peru-vian guano while the agency was main-tained in this country, buying a thousandtons at a single purchase, and when theagency in this country was discontinuedthey were the only direct Southernimporters. The economy of soil andfertilizer has been carefully studied by
. The Southern States. le works, several stores, arailroad, a warehouse and compress, alarge land company and numerous otherlocal enterprises are managed andlargely owned by the truck steam ferry between Norfolk andWest Norfolk was created and is nowmanaged by them. The truckers werethe largest Southern purchasers of Peru-vian guano while the agency was main-tained in this country, buying a thousandtons at a single purchase, and when theagency in this country was discontinuedthey were the only direct Southernimporters. The economy of soil andfertilizer has been carefully studied bythe truck farmers, and they have proba-bly reached a higher point in the appli-cation of science to practical agriculturethan has been attained elsewhere in thiscountry, if not in the entire through their instrumentalitythe fertilizing value of the waste pro-ducts of the great slaughter-houses ofthe West has been demonstrated. Thefinest mercantile buildings in Norfolkand Portsmouth belone to the Norfolkpromi- A truckers homk. who are in fact a great power in money,brains and enterprise in this seaport. Inevery case, however, the farm itself isthe principal business and all otherinterests are subservient thereto. From the beginning of the truckingseason in the spring there is a continuous 248 TRUCK FARMING IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA. he a railroad official, banker or profes-sional man. The son, while being-cclucatcd,* is required to keep in touchwith the business, and a place is waitingthe mon-ient his school days is no such thing as sons of truckfarmers seeking something to of farmers sons seeking thecity, the merchants and professional
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