The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-13
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HAwKINsv1LLK. Co, May liking Cotton
has finally been dcthroned In the Empire etats
Of the South. For years after the war the planter
plodded ON In the beaten track. Year after
year his broad acres toemed with an abun-
dance VI the kinRlY staple. From field 10 gin.
and from gin to press. 1t flowed In one oontin-
uous strcam. From January to December II
was nothing but work. work. work! and all for
the necessity OF doinR tho only thing he knew
how to do. not that thore Was any money In II.
Nothing came back Ia return for his factors
lengthy statement. As rule. the balance was
In favor OF the factor. Year BY year the planter
grow poorer. And all the time there was real
bonanza right in his path. and he wouldn't go
1t. It WAS truck farming.
The bonanza was FIRST discovered about seven
years ago In Lowndes county, away down In
southern Georgia. on the Florida line. McIlse
10 the pioneer who blazed this new road to for.
Bic eoaHy ut sT Io %Si out trS%
lovely oli-tirne country home. nestled In
grove Of live oaks with noes: drnped branches.
place. He had tried cotton to hts hearts con.
tent. and no was determined to md something
S Ss,s5 Tns s s H p. %s,
S:Sss on 81 these e. only sent ss. about
was about - per box. since then he has largely
Increased his Operations. and from the hum
pie. unssyory mSuke alone he now derives an
That 10 wonderful to US of the South. though
ne North N It's ons prosperity may smile 4, ~
srab:srass has for home demands: Ho j. for:
sand9 11 no SndasS S
Vial to make II nrm and u snbsoil OF clay. Nc
Ree's wntermslons IRE NOW tho chief attraction
200 acres Of them and he proposes to have
them IN Northern aud Western markets by tho
middle q June hS may rs%.onsSy expect to
about loo, 900 melons. At profit Of ten cents
oash "a and that y low T, aysraee the melons
topat9es potatoes. and other things. and. BE-
sides. his first love. the cukes.
@ his ,fScI SahsT
Of all expense. is about $4,000 That IL 1920
per acre. 1t must be borne In mind That to
same working force Of hands and mules "a for
thu same acreage In cotton but what diner.
IN Of 70 & hs Sa Two
Ing. no matter what the yield IL nor aero. be II
one and invAriable-it ~ absolutely nothing:
Tho planter congratulstes himself warmly u
~ makes * TWO ends meet out ,hs TWO ENDS sci
Lowndes Is the pioneer. but 1t has brave
following throughout southern and middle
Georgiu. Truck farming has suddenly become
a sensation. In the country and small towns
you hear nothing else. There y hardly time
dates they are myths OF the future. Truck
farming Is far ahead Of politics. Associations
have been orgapizsd convsntions are being
lated and railroads are bidding for the trans
portation Of the truck. Opposite tho window
thirty acres or mor0-plantod entirely in
watermelons. This Is on the outskirts Of our
half or quarter acre Of available ground un:
planted. 1t gives the village quite a fresh and
rural look-here. there. everywhere. these little
patches OF green.
Cotton lind has been almost valueless since
the war. 1t has commanded no price at all. A
planter has hud to almost give II nway when
ever no has been forced to part with il but IL
these lands can he made TO prod9ce-ns
Notices TOR instance-their value VIII Ger
the first time in about twenty years the light 10
breaking on the path OF the Southern planter