Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-10
Let Us Have Small Fruit and Vegeta-
table Assooiation-An Important
Industry.


most successful.
Now we have a letter from Mr..
Julien Gracey, freight agent of the
Memphis division, Offering transport
tation and all the assistance that his
efficient corps of agents can give in
promoting this interest.
A meeting was held at Paris re-
Gently and the farmers are taking
hold of it. Now we want to hear at
once from fifteen or twenty fruit and
vegetable growers in regard to set
ting day for meeting to organize
small fruit and vegetable growers
association, and have men posted in
the business to give all the necessary
information and instruction in the
business. Call or write at once.
GAINESVILLE is a growing town, and
this industry will make the surround
ing country prosperous and grow
ing one. This fruit and vegetable
business will bring thousands of dol
lars yearly to be added to our pros
perity and wealth without lessening
the income from tobacco ard other
products.
AT the Paris meeting, as we see
published in the Intelligen-
Ger, the discussion, turned on
"the preparation of the ground,
culture, handling and marketing of
strawberries, after which the produc-
ton of tomatoes, from the hot-bed to
the market, was discussed, as also
beans, cantaloupes, etc. Mr. Nelson's
remarks were exceedingly instructive
and entertaining, especially as TO
Strawberries and tomatoes, they be-
ing the principal articles grown in
his locality. He showed conclusive
ly that the prices paid for boxes,
crates, baskets, etc, were entirely
satisfactory and within the reach of
all and that after deducting all ex
penses of cultivating, handling, pick
ing and shipping, that the average
profits upon strawberries, tomatoes,
beans, etc, was from $50 to 800 per
acre.
"Mr. Julien f. Gracey, Division
Freight Agent of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, spoke freely of
the fruit interests and the profits
arising therefrom along the line of
road controlled by him, and stated
that the Louisville q Nashville rail
road company had been doing and
would continue to do all in its power
to further the mutual interests of the
growers and the railroad company
that they were DESTROYS of building
up the fruit and vegetable int rest
along their line, believing that it
would rebound to the benefit of all
concerned.
"All present were well pleased
with Mr.. Gracey's remarks, as he was
earnest in all he said, showing very
great interest in the welfare of the
masses. Mr.. Gracey
showed that he was thoroughly alive
to all the interests of the surrounding
country, and believed that the
growth of agriculture means pros
perity to all other interests.
"Mr. Jno. Fitzgerald, travelling
freight agent of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad company, was pres
ent and gave brief history of fruit
and vegetable culture, going back
over five years of his experience, and
fully demonstrating the fact that
there had been very great increase
in the production OF small fruits and
along the line of his road,
and that the Louisville d Nashville |
had gone to enormous ex-
pense in order that they might prop
erly handle this class of freight be-
cause of their painstaking care. He
showed that for the last few years,
while it had not been profitable in a
way to the railroad compa-
ny, they having incurred considera-
Bile expense in order to meet the re-
luirements for the prompt and eff
cient handling of the business, they
had given entire satisfaction and now
hoped, by the increased interest in
the growth of small fruits and vege-
tables, to be repaid for their extra
expense and labor. Mr.. Fitzgerald
also gave rates and time to the lead.
ng markets north, which were COM
nented upon by all present as being
satisfactory, and assured the
that the stations in Henry
county should be put on an equal
ooting with other fruit and vegeta-
Die growing sections"
The meeting was enthusiastic and
II every way success, and adjourn.
d to meet again for complete organi-
alton. We have many small fruit
md vegetable growers here, enough
o organize, plant largely and secure
and sale agents. Let
is have the meeting one day next |
week. Who will come?
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