Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-15

The future Of truck farming in Florida
depends on about the same conditions as
in Southern Georgia. Thus far, says the
observant editor Of the Tavares Herald,
I 1.-The growing Of vegetable has been mod
/ erately successful in this section Some
men have made large sums Of money, but
the great majority have made only fair
profits on their investments. Taken as a
whole. the business warrants not only
continuance. but extension, and herein
/ lies the danger TO our truck farmers"
The Fer11d also says that men who
made money on few acres last winter
are speaking Of planting many, even as
high a twenty acres next winter, imag-
lining that because they cleared a large
profit on few acres they must necessari-
/ " clear a corresp0ndingly large profit on
many acres. But this Is very far from
following as a necessary result. A few
men with sufficient capital and executive
ability may succeed in increased ratio
with the enlargement Of their operations,
but with the majority the reverse Is too
often the case. Many farmers are capa-
bic Of a high degree Of success on a small
scale. who prove total failures when
they attempt operations on
large scale. This is perfectly
natural. because their capacity for man.
agement Is limited. They should, there
fore. subject their capacity to fair test
before any large risks are taken. Advance
slowly. cautiously. and when success
crowns these advances, continue on to
the limit Of capacity for management.
the acreage. il viii be found in most cases,
as advised by our Florida contemporary.
more profitable to give better attention
70 the small acreage already shown to be
remuneratiye. better cultivation, more
intense fertilizing. draining, irrigating
and mulching as may be needed. Energy
expended in this direction will largely in
crease the prOdUctiyeness Of the small
acreage, cOTespOndingly enlarging the
profits Of cultivation without the ratio Of
/ expense and risk.
Long tried experiments Of truck farm
( ing around the large cities Of the North
have settled this question beyond cayil.
Truck farming means intense farming
/ -tb0r0Hqh fertilizing and cultivation. and
+ large yields from small areas. Where
land can be held by but few, and that AT
T very high prices, this plan was a neces-
sity arising from that source, but in the
/ South where land IS plentiful and cheap
/ the necessity changes from land TO profit.
+ The necessity Of producing large crops
/ on small areas fortunately proved to be
7 the most economical and profitable, and
this is the bottom fact now underlying
4 the great increase Of the industry.
GOV. Hamilton, Of Maryland, has writ
ten an open letter in which he does some
T very plain talking. Among other things
+ he SAYS: There should be more efficient
law for the protection Of primary meet
7 ings against violence, fraud and cOrrup-
ton: also most stringent and searching
+ legislation against the corrupt use Of
money in elections. There should be
more thorough provision made for the fair
conduct Of elections by election officers.
/ There should be a law prohibiting assess
ments upon Ofhce-hOlders and employees in
every branch Of the public service for
j election purposes 10y any pretended pO-
litical authority or organization. There
/ should De vigorous legislation against the
lobby. both against him that takes and
+ him that gives the corrupt price"
An effort is being made to defeat his
nomination, and thus far his opponents
I seem TO have the best Of it, as he is an ad
+ vOcate Of radical and much needed re-
forms: however, it is not improbable that
the people Will come to his rescue. even
if the politicians desert his standard.
The New York Herald says that it is
announced that the Bankers and Mer-
chants Telegraph Company have secured
/ control Of the property Of the Southern
/ Telegraph Company. The Bankers and
/ Merchants Company own lines between
/ Boston and Washington. The Southern
/ Company have wires extending from
/ Washington within short distance Of
/ Charleston, :. G. 1t is stated that Charles
/ ton. and also Savannah, will be reached
within a month. A contract Tor extend
/ ins wires to New Orleans was signed
/ Friday last. Six new wires between New
/ York and Washington have been ordered.
/ The Secretary of the Bankers and Mer-
chants Company states that the company
Will have 10000 miles Of wire in operation
in six months. This latter statement is,
! perhaps, a little exaggerated. At the
present rate Of putting up wires there
/ ought soon to he sufficient Geographic
/ facilities TO transact the business of the
country.