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Definition of Truck farming
1. Noun. Growing vegetables for the market.
Definition of Truck farming
1. Noun. (American English) The relatively small-scale growing of vegetables for market. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Truck Farming
Literary usage of Truck farming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... AND NURSERY PRODUCTS AND truck farming IN THE SOUTH. THE growing of fruit and
vegetables is dependent upon certain favorable natural conditions. ..."
2. Introduction to Economics by Henry Rogers Seager (1904)
"Beyond the residence sites are plots devoted to truck-farming (C). In every city
the line is somewhat roughly drawn between these two grades, and some land ..."
3. Introduction to Economics by Henry Rogers Seager (1905)
"Beyond the residence sites are plots devoted to truck-farming (C). In every city
the line is somewhat roughly drawn between these two grades, and some land ..."
4. List of Subject Headings for Use in Dictionary Catalogs by American Library Association, Mary Josephine Briggs (1914)
"... Marks (land) (s); Village communities Refer from Agriculture; Farm management;
Gardening; Greenhouses; truck farming (s); Vegetable gardening (s); ..."
5. Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American by Gilson Willets (1903)
"... and Organizations—The Vegetable Industry—Market Gardening and truck farming—The
Truck Farmers' Associations—Market Men THE FRUIT INDUSTRY PROBABLY in no ..."
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