The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-25
n ". q. IN the atlanta Consolation.

g ATLANTA, August 10.
The other day | met Mr.. Bailey, who
bad visited Atlanta upon one of the most
s;mnortant missions that has brought a
lrorthcrn man south in years.
Mr.. Bailey. an Englishman of char
acter and capacity, represents an En-
rlish company that, with headquarters at
controls mcst Of the refrig.
erating patents of the world This com
many has lines Of refrigerator cars ON
many of the leading roads, just rs the
2f,ullman company has lines of slecpers.
iSIt also furnishes refrigerators for steam.
ships.
Mr. Bal cy visited Atlanta for the pur.
nose of arranging for line of the best
Refrigerator cars to run next spring from
t;eorgia to the eastern and western mar
Hkcts. lie said:
g I'VE ask no subsidy of bonus from
9your people or from your railroads. We
Eonly ask that you give us early fruit and
vegetables to haul, and we will have the
lcars and make the schedules. There ia
7no business so profitab BILE rs that of truck
farming and raising carly fruits for the
IN Northern markets. The first peaches
sE.hat get to New York sell for $50 to 1876
h bushel, and the first Strawberries 81. .25
4 to 50 quart, and vegetables in proper
yStion. Now Georgia can get her peaches,
Sberries and vegetables into New York
Blk weeks ahead of the Jersey crops, and
Two weeks ahead Of even the Norfolk
Sscrops. This two weeks means a great
deal. To illustrate: believe that a
ssmillion quarts of strawberries raised III
Georgia next year, and carried by our
cars, would sell in Fulton market at an
average wholesale price of thirty five
cents n quart at the lowest. We guar
.antee to land them in New York forty
hours after we get them, rs fresh as they
Game from the vines, and Mt about ten
ecnts a quart. The berries would thus
het the grower twenty-five cents quart
perhaps more. If you get 1000 quarts
10 the acre, not unusual when properly
,cultivatcd, you would have 81 900 to the
acrc--l splendid result. Even with n
local market, understand your people
= 5averegc $50 net to the acre in strawber-
Iies."
There is no danger of glutting the
salmarkct?"
None in the world. have seen ten
Iong strawberry trains move into New
ork one evening, and the next morning
!Sall were gone. There is not the ght est
adanger OF glutting the markets-espec-
ially with early berries. We might send
Fifty cars q day from Atlanta to New
sl ork, and fifty to Chicago, fo- the whole
scason, and not drop the average price
below 25 cents quart. The trouble has
f9been in getting your fruit TO the great
markets, swiftly, in fresh condition, and
at low prices. Our system furnishes all
#sthese What is true of berries, is true
2Spf vegetables. peaches and everything
Ancudcd under the name of truck"
n There is no business so uniformly
protitable as truck farming. In Jersey
ap9r New FORK farm of 6 to 10 acres is
lll man needs. On this he raises the
most astonishing quantities of celery,
asparagus, cucumbers, tomatoes and
berries, and gradually though certai nly
grows into competence. These men
Dave all the disadvantage Of being late
sn the market, and getting the lowest
lrlces. while the esouthern truck farmers get
ne cream. 1t can be shown by demon
tration that Georgia truck grower
" reason ofgetting into market so much
arller, and having the fancy prices, has
a}n advantage, transportation considered,
sruck growers. He has the additional
advantage of using lands that cost him
aSrom - toS25 an acre.. while the northern
skarmer pays from $3.50 to $1,000 an
sCre.
The southerner can frequently raise
aswo and three crops on the Same land,
.HPhere the northern farmer is restricted 10
2ne crop. Ifyou once get truck farming
AIRY started in this section, it will rap.
%auiy induce immigrants and become q
sgery important item. If you will only
give us chance we will have cars sent
TO take your berries and vegetables
~ rates that must pay you handsomely,
~ eithcr eastern or western markets"
ia lou will have these cars here next
apring?"
So Yes We will send Oh any day YOU
ame car as an experiment, with a
Sareiu' man to make the trip with it from
aeon, say, and publish our schedule and
'ssekc berries from the points along the
I'LL we are full, say with $4,000
saiuarts These berries will be carried on
s"lit trains to New York and disposed of
such prices as will astonish your peo.
pc noticed last year that during the
siinc when Georgia berries were ripe the
zeSew o ork price ranged from 81 80 quart
~ oo cents. say that we will send one
ar-we would prefer to send fifty-but
" course can only send so many as are
aeeded. lfyou will only induce your
geoPie 70 try this experiment you will do
~ great work for the state. Fulton coun.
<y aione ought to furnish $I,OOO,OOO
ssorsh OF berries and truck in two years
ION date;; Florida is getting rich on
n1ese small industries-and even on the
n aiginla coast, two weeks later than middle
georgia, millions are taken in annually
ssor truck"
matter?
Our railroads are all in good shape
|sand are being built; the cotton exposi.
sl3h is moving along finely; the carp
stSneries are established, and why
'n0ouldn'twe lave truck" boom?
our politics are all settled, and it is an
husl,icious time to open the campaign Of
she Gi berry and cucumber!
nHeIe are rev people who will not
u,nlt that cotton, raised exclusively, is
sSooa Use 10 the country. What Georgia
S;eSus SeS more than anything else is diversi-
sssaeu crops. After a certain percentage
NJ tIe farm IS put in cotton the rest of
ana r1 iand .l should be raised in food crops,
"u 'nG hooks and corners of the
No nlied with fruits and vegetables.
md arm should be without its orchard
nu garden; no fence without it's line of
b;pn poetly pushes. 1t is these small
nIs arm;s 'hat make the great profit in
ha Ing, ana yet 1t is these things that
bilS;seIf SH;.eIfage Georgia farmer passes by as
ban, 81, ana unworthy. He could carry
.ni along with mis- larger crops without