The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-11

| New Rerne journal.
! The following are the statlstics
OF truck raised IN this vicinity OF
New Berne, and sent abroad via
railroad and steamers:
Upon enquiry at the office of the
A. & n. C.. Road l hnd that the
amount of truck sent by road Was
$4,000 packages OF peas, beans, cab.
bages, tomatoes, Strawberries, ETC.,
etc.
The O.d Dominion line shipped
per steamers $4,000 packages OF
truck of the kind specified az above.
The Eastern DIspstch line shipn
ped per steamers 10 142 boxes OF
peas, 1905 boxes ana barrels Of
cabbsges, $3.50 boxes Of beans and
cucum bers, 1884 barrels of pota.
toes and canteloupee, total 86,7S3.
|
1888 packages. OF this amount 1t
can be safely assef ted that the
quantity OF potatoes IL the above
estimate would approximate $4,000
barrels.
When wo stop to consider that
the cultivation of truck as special
ty In this vicinity is comparatively
| paaking q new BUSINESS, that from
very small beginnings few year>
| back 1t has now assumed It's proAe
ent huge proportions, one is almost
! lost IN wonder aud astonlshment at
its rapid growth. This wonderful
change can he easily accounted for
1t Ia owing to the situation OF this
section. The cold winds and tho
great heats are eeldom CT long con.
tlnuance, beng both modified by
| it's proximity to the ocean, the soil
is generally light sandy loan,
easily euitiyated; The climate Is
mild, changeable it is true, but the
crops are less liable to be cnt off, by
either ftosts or heats, than in South
Carolina, Georgia or Florida, the
positive certainty Of raising three
crops per year, tha facilities for
shipment and rapid transit arS
great and constantly improving;
the A. & n. @. railroad are now
making special efforts to increase
their facilities to the extent OF four
trains per day during the busy
season If necessary; ootb OF the
steamer lines will be we'll prepared
for a larger Development OF busi-
ness. With all these advantages
no one Can doubt that the Neuse
sectlon OF North Carolina is the
truckers paradise, and it can
scarcely be wondered at that our
lands should go rsnldly appreciate
IN value, and that an impulse should
Ue gwen to the establishment OF
barrel and box factories and the
manufacture OF fertilizers. and
thes* are all worked to their full
capacity.
Lands in the vicinity Of New
Berne that twenty years since were
deemed q! but little value, now have
been cleared. drained, ditchod and
fertilized until they are OF wonder.
ful richness and bear huge crops,
and brIug. when sold. high prices;
and there are thousands upon
thousands of acres Of good trucking
lands yet in prlmevaI forest, un-
touched by tue woodmen's axe.
waiting for extended facilities for
transportation to be brought into
cultivation.
0lNS Luls SOULFUL AL OuLlcL Wc6t
aud northwest tor her productions,
of which outlet abe has been de-
prlvsd by bad and vicious railroad
Legislation, and no one can estimate
her future greatness 40 an agricul.
tural region. While the great " est
is wrapped In snow and ice, this
highly favored land is groaning In
tho abundance of fast ripening
crops.
Trucking on = large scale Is un-
dOubtedly hazardous business,
though at times, an exceedingly
profitable one.
There IS, in the vicinity of New
Berne, abundant testimony of the
correctness Of both assertions, those
who have followed tho business
with perslstoncy and nntirlng in,