The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-10
TRUCK FARMING.

TRUCK FARMING.
We have made frequent allusion to the
Importance and highly remuerative returns
OF truck farming, and have urged upon our
people possessing lands available therefor an
inquiry as to tho value ofour suggestions. We
had been made personally familiar with the
large profits realized from similar directions
10 Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and W.
often impressed with the excellent resi-
that might be achieved in this secNor
quick and adequate transit could but be -,
cured. We are now gratihed to learn that
the great desideratum is now TO be within
our grasp, thanks TO the thorough organiza.
ion and ample equipments Of the
American Rsfrigerating Company. This
concern has constructed number
of cars of such design and arrange
ment that freights enclosed within them msy
be kept on route week or ton days in even
tho hot summer months, while in tasniit
from the gulf to the lakes, or vice versa, snd
literally from Maine to Texas. They have
been 10 use and under severe trial and ap-
pear 10 fully su6serve tho purposes for which
the scries of apparatus on them were obs
tanned. Added TO this facility, the railroad
companies rur ming between Chicago, 81
L9uis aud Galveston via north Texas towns,
have issued orders TO train dispstchers
agents. conductors and others, to give ihem
all possible dispatch over all Others bearing
lass perishat 10 commodities. To further tho
matter still, warehouses designed Afio. tho
same pattern as the cars arc being con
sructed at the several important shipping
points along the leading lines throughout
the state. These viii ~ Of size to store
away ala safe temp ARE until the cars
shall arrive, several tons of any freight |
intended for transportation by tie latter,
and responsible agents will see to the utmost
p'omp!ness of shipment. Here thon will
exist all the appliances for quick transit for
the most perishable of goods to destination,
Now one Of the results of oil this desirable
innovation will be that otherwise excessive
production of certain articles will
find profitable market. The
farmer or trader in Illinois may ship TO
us of the Lone Star state his fresh apples
and potatoes and celery and other fruits and
vegetables shat his soil and climate do best
yield, and receive in return, in their full
sweetness and freshest lwors, our oranges
aud bananas, early Vatormelons, strswber-
res, green corn, peas, meats and other sinh
lar truck. Thus the people of both ls,i,udes
will live cheaper and better, by being ena-
hled to afford what esewise could not bs
hsd at any figure. Certainly an arrangement
Of this sort is to be hailed by our own people |
who are so ielicitodsly situated as to place
in mako from two to four weeks |
earlier than our northern neighbors,
the several productions OF our earlier pro-
duolng climate. So on the other hand they |
could continue our fruit and vegetable |
seasons by shipping their later yields. This
wluld bring into demand, and make il pre- |
htable to u.iiL, thousanis of farm acrei now
lying idle, and put to pleasant occups,ic |
hundreds Of willing hands of
male and female, old and youpg:
The city Of Mobile, Alsbams. as m instance,
with the facilities extended i. by the Mobile
& Dhio railroad, does now business in truck
farming with the west that supports to-day
Thousands Of her people who, with their great
filling off of cotton receipts and general bus
inru, must otherwise have become truly
poor. Acres that had become almost value
less in the suburbs havo grown to be held
soma at $500 to $500 to 800 per acre.
And this Is pre'emnently true OF northern
truck towns which often, however. have to
combine ,he dairy business with
tho view TO obtaining manure
Or their poorer, less fertile soils,
|, will DO we'll to place the tariff of charges
the minimum, as this will give puck ia.
~ ;urk,ion TO principle correct in itself, but
~, yet familiar to the general mind. We
arc pleased to know that this
wealthy Refrigerator Transit Com
pwy, will shortly Greet ware.
use In tails city to receive the tons
Of suundries that must come to US and 70
from US under such aconvenont system thu.