The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-05

either OF these cities and not lessen her
cotton receipts one bale, When I state
Jnat we have section well adapted
10 The growth Of vegeta bles as the ones I
nave named, 1t is because have visited
Ihree OF them, and two of them know rs
well as Macon. Our lands are as fertile.
can De easily watered and are all accessi-
Bile to railroads. That it will nav here |
can prove by those who have tried it.
nave the testimony of one of our best citi-
zens, who. while merchandising. has also
been engaged in growing truck for n num-
Der OF years. He informs me that his
place nets him so per acre annually. The
people OF Chattanooga, Nashville. Cincin-
natl, Indianapolis, and other cities. are
just as fond of early peas, beans. cucum-
OerS' squashes, tomatoes. potatoes and all
other vegetables as we are, and as we get
them on the market from three to FIVE
weeks earlier, we can market a large crop
OF Vegeta oleS in time to make a good crop
from the same and corn, sweet pota-
toes and many other crops This bust
ness, properly started, intelligently pur-
sued, will give employment to a large
number of unproductive citizens. viii
improve our soil by the gardeners open
ing bank account with his land and de-
posting something to draw on BY the
railroads having largely increased
freight traffic. Our section will come
INTO notice as soon as few cars of choice
early vegetables reach a northern or west
ern market. Buyers and commission
house solicitors will flock here. Canning
| factories and pickle works will spring up.
| Would you like to know the volume of
| business done IN this line around Savan-
nah Then write line of inquiry to the
! agent of the Ocean Steamship Company,
savannah, Ca, and ask how many
packages of vegetables they carry
each season from that port. Mai.
! q. M. Ryals; d large truck grower of
! Chatham county, makes an annual profit
/ OF $4,000 on vegetables. The main points
III making the truck business profitable
are to raise early crops and of sufficient
| quantity to attract buyers, or to ship in
car load lots and get benefit of low freight
| and rapid transit To ship in new and
| attractive packages. Never ship vegeta-
| bleS in old grease barrels or dingV soap or
! cracker boxes. Consign as little as posi-
! Bile. Ship on orders. Sell straight out or
! send salesman TO some good market to
! handle your products. Macon ought to
| make her initial car load shipments this
| year, and next season we should have
| 1000 care of vegetables shipped from
Macon, which would bring back to our
| people about half a million dollars. I
would suggest the formation of a truck
| growers association. We ought not to
|
show US what to to do with our land. Let
us show them what it will do, and then
they will be sure to want some just like
it. One thing we can claim for our sec
ton which is of inestimable importance,
a sure crop. Caterpillar, drought, frost,
grasshoppers, floods nor any other dis
aster ever knocks Georgia out of a crop.
Some time it may be little short, but
never total failure. So IN the truck
| business if cabbage fail turnips will sue
| coed, if the peas are short the beans may
be plenty, or if the price of one be low
the other will bring up the average. We
can easily open a market for our sweet
| potatoes and sell them the year round to
net us better price than we are getting
in home markets. Three thousand acres
in truck gardens will give employment o
! LOCO idle people. Here is an enterprise
requiring only small Investment and
will do much good in many ways. Think,
investigate, act.