The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-03-22
,,,,.. Farmers OF Virginia
Host Prosperous.
,,noD WAGES FOR LABOR.
million Dollars the Value
osUne County's Vegeta-
be Crop.

,o;a from an exchange. 1t is a
r, n,oetable branch of farming
,,d there is no reason why our
Mississippi farmers should not ex-
per,sace the benefit of it as soon as
our towns begin a manufacturing
,,,oer and thereby build up good
local markets.
"Tber" is perhaps, no industry
# ,oua' magnitude and impor-
,,ue that is so little known as the
,mek farms of Tidewater, Virginia.
from more than thousand farms
vi,hjn radius of twenty miles
from Norfolk s5,OO0,OO0 worth of
,,yly fruits, berries and vegetables
~, shipped every Spring to the
,,rs, sis,rs Of the North and West.
How many New. Yorker, knew
when they bought early May peas
Tbs, 10000 pairs of hands were
pieking early vegetables on the
,bmes OF Hampton Roads?
Hor many Cincinnatians who en-
10y early strawberries are aware
ibs. he berry crop of Virginia
,rueh farmers is worth "a, 900, 900
this rear? Few people East, West,
North or South know that the cas-
,rn counties of Virginia embrace
one Of the most Aourishing manu-
laeluring and agricultural regions
in he world
"lhe first figures we have show
that IN 1879, fourteen years after
,he industry began, the value OF
the crop raiSed on those Eastern
Virginia truck farms amounted to
sl,1M, So. Eight years later Col.
ybOs. Whitehead, commissioner
Of agriculture of Virginia put this
On record: The trucking bust
ness ct the year 1887 tol Norfolk
nmtv. and the value of fruits
shipped, aggregated S2.2S7 ,043
txcprding the value of the entire
inn industry Of the State for thai
year
THE Norfolk Chamber Of Com
MERGE gives the value of truck
IA sfa in IS9Oat $5,541 on. Truck
isnaiDg in Virginia. is "a well or
dtrad and systematic industry
The tarms are divided into sections
dS0 TO 100 acres. each bein!
placed In charge Of competen
manager, who receives u share o
thu pso6ts as his compensation
The shares range from a littl'
mOre than the wages of a farm
hsna 10 . quarter of the net pro
sfsas, asrN finally reaches one-hal
The profits, when the manager be
tomrs to all intents and purpose
IN equal partner in the enterprise
containing on this bAsis until h
hays farm and starts business OF
his OWN account; quite Il numbe
Olyonng men today have beautiful
@rms that were earned in thi
mannsn. and are worth from S25,
ttO to $4,000
"Ihe farmer is expected to fur
nlsh houses and wood for all labor
'opng eash to the regular hand
'crv 4 week, and the pickers cacl
day;i this ends his obligations
The wages for common labor
er anr iSrn seventy.tive cents t
'ns DOLLAR per day; as rule.
"hl!e sfoaa who is not worth Sl.2
pr day is 1sa desirable. Wit
emper attentfom 10 his duties,
s~i man should receive $40
month the second year, in add
',oh 10 house and fuel, and $50 tn
.@ni year, after which he share
"a 'aS profits. A section Shout
ats ,r"m 81 600 to 81, 900 per sea
con according 10 soil, location an
management
iAe growth of truck farming i
'"s poati@a Of Virginia has cause
'Ae development Of extensive sys
VEN vi transportation service f,
S y e@e produce quickly I
a's'ans markets, by water or b
!, ,ai. Formerly the trucks an
INNS We're cauted to the shores {
''e creeks and carried thence b
Sa,''oat to Norfolk, there to |
s"pped by show vessels. to nortl
slA markets. lp those days
usually took ONE day to gather II
"pN. srOthen day 70 get it