The Dawson journal., 1883-02-15
Truck Farming ia Brooks.

:, Camilla Clarion
Knowing that one of our promi
nent citizens, a practical farmer AM
thorough business man, had jus
visited Quilman, Brooks county, 70
the purpose of looking into tn
truck business, we sent our reporter
to interview him and our reader,
will find the report of great interest
'Has truck farming been foun(
profitable there ?" "Very indeed
The pro perity of those en- age1 il
it is very manifest. It has put new
lie into farmers and helped the con-
| tilion of those people wonderfully
| "What is til chara, ter Of the soil?'
MOSTLY very sandy, quite inferior to
our land as general thing. The
pool sandy land there and around
Baihbrldse, and the Mitchell lands
west OF the Slough are best adapted
to raising w'term Ions. | fear much
OF ouY land npa Camilla has too
mic clay for wetermelons, Though
for h truck we have the adyan-
iage."
'What have those farmers found
most profitable q "Watermelons
have so far been the staple. Train
loads were constantly shipped from
that point las; summer learned
that Mr.. McCrae expects to plant
$50 acres and had no fear of glu =
ing the market. He couldn't fill all
his orders last summer The man
who cleared the most money on
melons last season hauled them four
m les.
"What about other vegetables 2"
"Thcy think there, that olra promi-
ses the largest profits One man
planted an acre AMI realized one
hundred and seventy-6ve dollars
1t is easily raise a Il sure crop, and
there is a great demand for it all
through the season. As fast as
shipments were made orders came
''send on more okIa.'
"What about the price Of lands p
Ian Is bringa fine price A reliable
gentleman showed me ten acres Of
poor sand bed for which one thou
sand dollars had just been paid.
Lands suitable for melons can rarely
be bought at any price"
"What about labor?' Il was told
that Mr.. McCrae male nine thou
sand dollars worth of truck with six
hands, he says he can afford in bis
business to pay as much Tor labor as
the turpentine men. There is no
doubt that labor pays on well
managed truck farm"
''Are those people afraid of glu
ting the market 2" ''Not at all, as
the supply increases 50 does tie
demand. 1t is just as it is with
peaches in New Jersey aud oranges
in Florida. People eat everywhere
and they will buy vegetables anc
fruit"
"What about LeConte pears p
My friend who is a man of mean,
and a practical business man, show
ed me one half an acre set in LIE
Conte pear trees of various ages anC
told me he would gladly give OH
thousand dollars for it if the owne
would sell it.
"Do the farmers have much trouhl
in shipping their melons?" None q
all. There are buyers and shipper
just as we have in the cotton bus
ness. The farmers sell ON the spot.
"When do they plant melons
''They max the hills in February. pu
in a few seed on the south side of til
hill, and every ten days stick i'll MOI
seed until a stand is secured an
then thin them out. The cultivatio
is very simple and easy
"Do You expect to plant truck thi
l Year, Il am determined to plar
okra, and if [ can find sandy Ian
enough ON my farm I will plan
melons. l am saiisiie thai true
farming will De the financ al salvatio
Oh our people around Gambia.
"Tougle on ChIlls,"
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