Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-26

1 met man In the Kimball arcade last
night who had especial interest for me.
He was-but never mind. he Is from Macon.
never mind the name. He is good man at
heart and means we'll. and while have for
given him. 1 can never forget that he was
the cause OF my owning a truck farm once
upon a time-or rather OF growing truck on
farm which already owned. That Is, II you
can call a thirteen-acre suburban place four
miles from Macon on the vineyile road,
farm. / will relate the story. anyway, as
He told me there was money in truck; even
went so far as to show me from his own
books what he was doing on ten acres. I
afterwards became morally convinced that
he padded the returns. Not TO deceive me-
oh no; but to deceive himself-he hated to
admit that he was not making money out OF
eVeTyt ~ Fa, ne toqfne t You tel nave N f
to grow truck. Perhaps he was INDUCING
in little vanity by merely showing me what What
he could do without so much as trying. But
l fell victim to the temptation, and went
forth and sowed.
over to an amateur attempt at landscape
gardening, a tennis court and a site for a
for water supply for twas planted in
garden sass, every foot Of 1t. l went on
the principle that II one dose would do good
two would do more good. Instead OF one
quarter acre in English peas. beans, cabbage,
etc. planted from one-half to one acre.
olst and wanted to do it all I was going
to DO a wholesaler in truck. The small fell
lows wouldn't be able to touch me IN price
or in ability to supply the stun in quantities.
l must say the soil, climate, season were
all with me; they seemed to, have entered
heartily into the project. AS the truck grew
and hourished l became more and more ex-
huberant. / stayed out home until OF 10
grove ana See e hands Keeping
things moving. Then quit business early in
II it was ali there. / gave up theatres and
clubs and everything at night to read farm
ing that l could get my hands on. got all
Of the Georgia Experiment Station reports and
fairly dey YOU them bought PSok
the answer, of course, was very much In the
affirmative. and showed why. The man In
acres, and simply sat around in the shade.
Isome day 1 intend to write an answer to
Acres Acre Is Too DW Much" 1 believe there
is field for such book. 1t will not be
work OF fiction like the other book. but a
simple recital OF things that have happened :;
Anyway we all kept under full speed for
time came to - market the truck and harvest
the dollars. My wife had 1t figured out almost
to cent how much the entire crop would
bring at the prevailing market prices she
had. from time TO time. been counting the
things as they grew in the rows. It was
such a careful piece of hnanciering that
felt proud Of her. But, then, women are
always more precise in their business meth
DDS than men. She had figured out that the
whole crop would bring something like 900,
I think II was And then she added III. you
sell it." ] looked at her sharply, but. Of
thing. 1t very natural remark, after
ALL Though at times had known her to be
slightly sarcastic. Still. there was moth
ing to be sarcastic about here. OF course
we would sell it. and after months Of study,
I had figured out plan for doing It that was
almost Napoleonic in its conception.
We got all hands and all the family to-
gether one Friday soon after dinner-I stayed
home all of that day to superintend the
work-and began to pick and dress vegetables.
My wife and her mother and the children
and cooks attended to this latter work be-
cause II had to be done just Everything
fixed up II II was intended for vege-
table show instead of for market. 1t looked
good enough to eat without cooking. The
stun sorted out and then tied up in
five and ten cent punches and crates to
the buyer trouble. 1t was beautiful
sight to behold.
We had determined to send our wagon to
the city market Saturday morning and give
the people surprise-have II make lasting
reputation for itself, both on account Of the
freshness and neatness of the vegetables, and
for the quality and liberality displayed. We
put about as much again as was customary
to put in a five ten cent bunch. We had
the wagon washed until 1t shined. and the
horse was slicked up more than ever. and we
even decided to the buggy harness on
him for the occasion. The negro driver or