The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-10
TO PUT IN LARGE CROPS.
Truck Farmers Getting Ready for The
Spring Planting.

The Acreage of Early Vegetables to
Be Less This Year Than Last-A Big
Acreage of Potatoes to Be Put In.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
to Compete for the Truck Shipments.
The truck farmers are preparing their
lands and making ready to begin opera
tions for the spring crop.
There does not appear to be the same
disposition to plant for very early crops
and fancy prices that was manifested by
the farmers year ago. the freeze of
last March caught the farmers severely,
destroying thousands of dollars worth of
early vegetables, particularly peas, which
were just ready to come into market.
There will be some planting to catch
the early market, but majority of the
farmers will satisfy themselves with
planting large crops of the staple vege-
tables, particularly potatoes, to come on
when all dangers of frost is likely to
have been passed. Their crops will be
early enough to catch the northern mar
kets, however, before the marketing of
the large crops further to the north be-
gins.
Onion sets are in considerable demand
now, and the acreage of this crop will be
considerable. The farmers have very
fair crops of spring cabbage, planted last
fall, which are coming on nicely and
which promise to be ready for the early
spring market.
BIG TRUCK CROP.
eindications are that there will be a
large acreage in truck around Savannah
this year There is disposition among
the farmers to plant largely. The seed
M laiH in ~
beans, peas and potatoes for seed, and
are already filling large orders.
A very fine crop of potatoes was made
around Savannah last year, for which
good prices were received, and the farm
ers are disposed to plant largely of that
crop this year. Many will find them
selves unable to plant as largely as they
wish, however. Seed potatoes are in
good demand at $3.50 to 81 per barrel
The profits of the dealers on potatoes
are small and consequently they are not
disposed to sell for anything except cash,
and loss by one planter might eat up all
the profits of the sales to a score of others.
The result is that those farmers
who have no bank accounts and no cash
in hand with which to pay, may find
themselves unable to secure all the seed
they would like to plant.
TO MAKE A TRUCK STATION.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad has agreed to put in side track
on its main line near its yards, west OF
the city, for the convenience of the truck
planters in that vicinity in loading their
vegetables for shipment.
This track will prove of great con-
venience to theSRyals, Exleys and other
large planters west of the city. 1t will
save a considerable haul, and enable
those near by to load their shipments
right off of their farms almost
The Florida Central and Peninsular
| commands large section of the finest
truck growing territory of Florida and
very heavy shipments of truck may be ex-
pected by that line this spring The new
route will also carry large shipments
from around Savannah, as in fact the
South Bound did last year. 1t will evil
IDENTIFY prove lively competitor with the
other lines to the north, and Savannah
shippers will get the benefit of the in
creased competition.