. Alabama. Agriculture. ALABAMA Page Twenty-seven. There is an Inexhaustible Market for all Poultry Products in Alabama. Trucking. Trucking is carried on in all parts of the State by farmers who supply local markets and have a small surplus for shipping, but in the Southern counties of the State it has been developed to a point where it ranks as a separate industry. Cu- cumbers and cabbage are the favorite crops, and many hundreds of cars are shipp- ed each year. English peas, string beans, cauliflower and radishes are also raised to a considerable extent. Watermelons are shipped in solid trai
. Alabama. Agriculture. ALABAMA Page Twenty-seven. There is an Inexhaustible Market for all Poultry Products in Alabama. Trucking. Trucking is carried on in all parts of the State by farmers who supply local markets and have a small surplus for shipping, but in the Southern counties of the State it has been developed to a point where it ranks as a separate industry. Cu- cumbers and cabbage are the favorite crops, and many hundreds of cars are shipp- ed each year. English peas, string beans, cauliflower and radishes are also raised to a considerable extent. Watermelons are shipped in solid trainloads, with very gratifying results to the grower. They ripen early and command fancy prices in the North. Poultry. There is no section on earth that can be said to have a monopoly upon the raising of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, but Alabama can unquestionably lay claim to be among those most desirably situated for the economical and profitable production of poultry. The mild climate entails comparatively little expense for the construction of poultry houses, which it is never necessary to heat artificially. The brooders can also be operated in the Winter time with no other heat than that secured from the genial rays of the Southern sun, and there is no week in the year when they can- not be provided some form of green grazing in the open upon which the chickens can run. There is an abundance of grit and gravel, and no purer water can be found. No other section can produce more chicken feed to the acre than Alabama, and a chicken raiser with a very small acreage can easily and economically raise all the feed his flock will Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States Railroad Administration. [Savannah?]
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