New Jersey for progressive farmers . The worlds larftestmarkets are withinfour hours of anyfarm in the State. one truck gathers the milk from a number of farms. Communities lo-cated along the Delaware have, in general, better facilities for shipping toTrenton and Philadelphia. The dairy sections of Burlington, Bridgctonand Salem Counties supply large quantities of milk to these markets throughthe Inter-State Milk Producers Association, shipping by special milk trainsto distributors in the cities. The dairymen in Monmouth County ship byspecial milk trains to the large markets, and haul to the s
New Jersey for progressive farmers . The worlds larftestmarkets are withinfour hours of anyfarm in the State. one truck gathers the milk from a number of farms. Communities lo-cated along the Delaware have, in general, better facilities for shipping toTrenton and Philadelphia. The dairy sections of Burlington, Bridgctonand Salem Counties supply large quantities of milk to these markets throughthe Inter-State Milk Producers Association, shipping by special milk trainsto distributors in the cities. The dairymen in Monmouth County ship byspecial milk trains to the large markets, and haul to the shore resorts bymotor truck. Fruits and Vegetables.—Hundreds of huge motor trucks are used by thefruit and vegetable growers in the northern counties to deliver their pro- Fifteen. Peaches for the city market by motor truck. ducts in Paterson, Newark and New York. Excellent train service is alsoprovided. In Sussex, Warren, Morris and Hunterdon Counties, wherethe apple industry is of importance, growers are building up an extensivetrade on Jersey Brand apples, marketing their high-class fruit in NewYork, Newark, Paterson and other large cities. Some growers are nowshipping to points in Pennsylvania and the New England States. In Monmouth, Middlesex, Mercer, and parts of Burlington Counties themotor truck is used to carry produce to the New York, Newark, Trentonand seashore markets. Special cars are provided by the railroads uponrequest. The growers of the Delaware River district in Burlington Countyship directly to New York on a specially chartered fast freight train, and atthe same time supply Philadelphia and river front towns by means of and Beverly are the two largest river front shipping points. Fromthem many carloads of produce are despatche
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