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Modern Business Geography

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UNITED STATE.
TOTAL VEGETABLE:
EACH DOT REPRESENTS 500 ACR

Fic. 50. This map shows the areas of the country where vegetables are raised on a commercial
 scale; it does not include potato growing or home gardens (kitchen gardens). The three
spots of greatest concentration are on the eastern coast. There the climatic conditions are
favorable, the great cities provide markets near by, and the labor required for this intensive form of
agriculture can be obtained. Compare this map with the maps for large-scale crops. such as wheat
and corn (Figs. 28. 31).

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to pay high prices. Find out what vegetables are raised in your vicinity
in sufficient quantities to supply other markets, and why this is possible.
From the list made at the market select the vegetables that were raised at
a distance. Try to find out what special advantages make it profitable
 to raise them there.
Note the places named on the labels of canned vegetables in your mother’s
pantry or in the grocery store. These places are probably near the
farms that raised the vegetables, for canning factories are usually
located near farms. Can you see why? Explain why each vegetable can
be grown successfully near the place indicated on the label.
Vegetable growing in the United States.
Figure 50 indicates the distribution of vegetable farms and truck gardens
in the United States. Pick out ten localities where they are especially
numerous. State the conditions that have attracted the vegetable farmers
to these regions. Explain the relative importance of oil. transportation,
 relief, and climate in this matter.
Compare Figure 50 as a whole with Figure 176, which shows the distribution
 of population. What relation do you notice
Write an account of Figure 48, showing the distribution of potatoes.
What features impress you most and how do you explain them?
Make a list of the vegetables produced in your locality. What conditions
 make it profitable to raise them?