Show truck soils of atlantic coast region the great winter garden which supplies the cities of the northeastern states with the freeh vegetables do I 1 landed ir r consumption pon during the latter months ot of winter and those of early spring stretches in a narrow belt along the atlantic coast from i tho the vicinity 0 of savannah ga to the southern portion ot of now new jersey ac cording to the department ot of agri culture this particular belt of territory favorably is situated with respect to intensive vegetable production Is the result of the concurrent existence of a number ot of favoring factors in the first the climatic oc editions within this belt render reader its ita successive Sivo portions por tlona fram south couth to north earlier in tho the date ot of maturity tor for the different crops than any other regions in tho the castern states which aro are located in tho the samo same latitudes tilts blits arises from the fact that the land arda of tho the region lies at low altitudes from savannah ga gaa to camden N J along alone tho the atlantic coast there aro no high lands the coastal land arpas rise from sea level with gentle slopes aud and the vast coastal plain presents a low nearly lovel level and unrelieved surface throughout what Is known as the flat wooda section the streams of the region conslaw chiefly of 0 narrow tortuous ide aide water la in whose channels chainels aba tb tlde tide rises to points removed 40 to TS 76 collea from the actual coast these tower lower land constitute na ow bands along one or both banks banks ot of the stream ways while it la Is impossible to give an ac 1 curate stat statement emont of the acreage suitable tor for the production ot of winter and vegetables vegetable in the atlantic coast region reelon it may bo be stated that the areas utilized tor for such purposes can coni statute only a traction ot of one na per cent of the total land areas which may ultimately ti be made available the requirement for the th dei de i ot of these lands will bo be a market demand which shall justify the increased production through paying a price for the production commensurate with the expenditures and risks undertaken by the producer this may be ba attained through the natural increase in the consuming population and to a more marked degree ce through gli the extension of the markets to bun deeds ot of thousands of elty dwellers who never taste the fresh vegetable eget ablo products at the period ot of the year when these crops are upon the market extensive community and private drainage works must be undertaken before some ot of the boat beat soils tor for trucking ore are rendered available in the coastal regions relative lva importance of tho the potato in german and american AO rl culture potatoes in germany tako take a more important place than they do in this country though the country to la much smaller than the united states the area planted la Is acres as comi com i pared with acres acrea in here t tho the average total yield la is bushels bue hela or 2028 2025 bushels per acre aclei as compared with na ari average annual american yield of bushels bus heln 1 it if the states of 0 maine now new yorla yorka michigan wisconsin and minnesota alone were to plant per cent ot of their arable land in puta potatoes toes as ger 1 many does and secure an equivalent yield tho the produce would amount toi to bushels four and ono one calfi half times our present production roia the entire country at the present rate of consumption of potatoes pota toca in tho united states which in IB considerably less lesa than three bushels per capita the aces of the entire country could bo be supplied from any one of the states ot of now new york michigan wisconsin or and lease a surplus unused whereas all tho the states elates combined have sey Bo erali times tailed failed to produce enough pota i toes to supply the domestic consumption and in such euch years jears large of pota potatoes potato ea haya have been boen from foreign countries countr iea such an immense production ra po poi i as ab Is found in germany la Is mani man i not required to toed feed the people to ta a matter of tact fact only 28 per cent ot of the crop la Is used lor for human food while 40 per cent its in fed direct to farm arm animals and 12 per cent la Is set aside tor for seed purposes the germans plant bant over woo tco as many bee ecea potatoes potato ea per sere acre as here or more than 24 busa alg an fid ad j port portion iori of the surplus eur la in round numbers bu buchels bult helg a little less leaa than SIX elx per cont cent of tho the total crop la Is made into alcohol and used for industrial purposes and to replace petroleum products over bushels or about four our per cent are made each year into starch dextrose dex trosa and related products this accounts for about all except ten per cent of tho the german crop which it la Is estimated la lost through decay |