The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-31


9. Central District-Ohio, Indiana. Hi
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ne
10. Northwestern District-Mlnnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota.
IL Mountain District-ldaho. Wyoming,
Utah. Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona.
10 Pacific Coast District - California,
Oregon and Washington.
On the truck farms of the United States
in 1889, by the labor Of 2l6, 765 men, 9.254
women and 1874 children, aided by 1866
horses and mules, working SS,97l, 2O6 20
worth Of implements, upon 534 AID acres of
land. valued at $40, 156. 1893 SO, there was
produced truck valued at $76,5I7, l55 on the
farms, after paying freights and commits
sions
ACRES IN TRUCK FARMING.
The acreage Of the various crops are as
follows: Asparagus 81, $40, beans String or
snap IL ,607, cabbage 1904, kale 1862,
spinach ~, 1875, Irish potatoes 28,046, beets
2,42O, celery 1881, cucumbers 4. III. water
melons ia, 3S1, other melons 2S,477, peas
56,162, sweet potatoes 28.62l, tomatoes
22.602, miscellaneous vegetables S2,601.
OF the vegetables grown by truck farm
ers the leading classes are as follows:
Watermelons. cabbage, peas, asparagus,
melons other than watermelons, sweet po-
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celery and string beans. ranking in acreage
in the order named. Beets, cucumbers,
caulihower, carrots, eggplant, kale lettuce,
lima beans, parsnlpS, radishes, rhubarb,
squasheS, sweet corn and turnips are also
grown as truck-farm crops, but only to
limited extent as compared with the first
named, these and other vegetables not here
mentioned being grown mostly by market
gardeners rather than by truck farmers,
In the South Atlantic district, which en-
braces Savannah and includes North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Florida as well,
the acreage Of the various crops In 1889 was
Ill, AL acres, as follows: Asparagus IA, 09o.
beets 1865, snap or string beans 3,465, cab
bage $500. cucumbers 1855, kale 800,
1,1O2, peas 1889, Irish potatoes
5 $50, sweet potatoes 3,133, spinach
1888, tomatoes 1886, miscellaneous 1922.
The South Atlantic section is the largest in
producing area of any. The average value
OF land per acre in this district is $45 20,
the total value of laud in the district being
s., 042 705 %. The industry employs 1910
men, 2,7l6 women, $3.50 children and 6,6S6
horses and other animals
THE LABOR QUESTION.
The question of labor is an important one
to the truck farmer. labor not being EN-
ployed throughout the year. Except in "A
very few instances, transient help must be
used very largely, especially in gathering
the crop, and on this account, in connection
with the advantages of better shipping
facilities, the southern truck farmer locates
in close proximity to large cities and towns,
to which the negroes of the south, especially
the younger ones, generally drift.
In the South Atlantic section, including
Savannah, which employs upwards OF 40, 600
men. women and children, the average
wages are 80 cents day for men, 60 cents
for women aud 35 cents for children. The
other sections pay something like this. New
England 81 25 a day for men and 65 cents
for boys and girls; New York and Phila-
delphia 81 10 for men and so cents for boys
| and girls; the peninsular section rs cents
for men, so cents for women
and 35 cents for boys and girls.
Norfolk pays IS cents for men aud
65 cents for women, Baltimore pays II cents
for men and so cents for women. In the
southwest, central, northwest, mountain
and Pacific coast sections the prices for men
range from 81 to 81 40. The wages paid
women and boys and girls are about the
same as in the other sections.
The commissioners report deals quite ex-
tensively with the fertilizer question, and
| also with seeds and plants.
THE INCOME PER ACRE.
The net income Per acre on the various
| products varies in the different sections In
the South Atlantic states the net income
from the various products is as fol-
| lows: Asparagus 1913 90, beets $95,
snap beans S42 "a, cabbage $113 81,
| cucumbers $l75, watermeions $32 06,
other melons $50, peas S57 81,
Irish potatoes SOL 60, sweet potatoes
$1O6 so, spinach $40, tomatoes 1874 II While
these figures are a good deal higher than
for the PenInsular, Norfolk and Baltimore
districts, they are lower than for the other
| truck growing sections.
| The gross income on truck farm products
for 1889, after deducting commissions and
charges for transportation, was 1851, 155;
the cost of labor $9,474 ,825 So: the cost of
fertilizers S9,919, 307 80, and the cost of
seeds S1,419,633 so being deducttd. the net
income is shown to be S51, 909, 265 o. leav-
ing difference between the gross and net
income of S3,794, 1872 81 more than is ac-
| counted for. This difference is caused by
various local expenses, but is nearly all for
shipping packages.
While the Savannah district is a part of
the South Atlantic district its position.
compared with other sections of the district
in North and South Carolina and Florida.
is an important one. The figures upon
which the census bureau based its report
| were for 1889, since when there has been a
great development in the industry