Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-09-28

which he christened his expert
ment patch" for the purpose OF
testing the several varieties Of to-
matoes, resulting in his selection
OF the "Acme" as the best adapted
to his section. His second ck,ice
was "Livingston's Beauty" foe-
ing later tomato. BY planting
the tomatoes in'this order he was
enabled 10 gather tomatoes for a
longer period than he had been
able to do before. From this one
and one-halr acres Mr.. Adams pro-
duced 920 crates, which yielded +.
o. b. Arp, s47446.
To date Mr.. Adams has realized
from this seasons crop for one and
seven-eighths acres s976.69. He
also exhibited a statement from a
produce dealer at San Antonio
covering 10 crates efwhat he called
stop knots" or inferior tomatoes,
usually thrown away as worthless,
for which he received 81 cents per
crate, f. o. b. Arp, or S6.l0 for the
lot.
Mr.. Adams land il Of a red,
gravelly character. The land is
similar TO that in most portions Of
the county. He uses two sacks Of
Vegetable Glory" fertilizer 10 the
acre, the price Of which is SO PER
acre, laid down at his place. lie
recommended that the ground be
plowed early and late, keeping the
ground loose and loamy, even in
winter.
Az to prices, Mr.. Adams stated
that there has not been a day since
the lst Of June that be could not
get a handsome price for every
crate he could ship. Mr.. Adams
also stated that he raised a profit.
able crop Of tomatoes last fall and
.g0,ild plant su0rher crop this fall.
IL remained for Mr.. +. NJ. H0r-
ton Of Arp 70 arouse the greatest
amount Of enthusiasm. lie start
ed TO get out Of debt by raising
2000 pounds Of tobacco, which he
sold for &c a pound, realizing $3.50.
That year he made a good pay
ment on his debt. The next year
he got gay and forsook tobacco for
his frat love, cotton, and, as usu.
al, came out Of the little end Of the
horn 20 that he couldn't pay even
the interest on his indebtedness.
The following year be was in
duced to try his hand at tomato
growing. This was four years
ago. He planted threefourths Of
an acre, realizing about $500 on
the crop. Made a payment that
year. Paid Mr.. Melton, who had
advanced him on condition that be
would raise tomatoes. The next
year he planted one and one-half
acres and realized something like
$500. That year he paid for his
land. Last year he planted about
two acres. SAID he: after We
wound up, / run up my account
and found we had something like
$3.50 from the two acres, including
cost for crates. built a new
house and improved my place.
Began lending money. Great APP
plause. Mr.. Nat Wetzel, Of the
Great Western Game and Poultry
Company Of st. Louis, put up
premium for the first car Of toma.
toes. got hoggish and put in
two and a half acres this year.
This season have shipped POO
crates. We closed the car out at
st. Louis and received near Sl470,
and besides that have made from
$40 10 $50 on few shipments
made since them Mr.. Horton
stated that he paid $3.50 per acre
for his land, consisting Of 80 acres,
four years ago, at 10 per cent in
terest, and ~ per cent on the side
not accounted for" all on a credit.
This place he has improved. and a
few days ago sold it for 1920, in
order to move to Troupe, nearby,
where the grade Of land is better,
as he thinks.
Mr.. Ira Smith Of near Palestine,
stated that he had been growing
tomatoes for local and foreign
markets for 20 years, although UNI
ill late years there have not been
adequate facilities for shipping to
make the business profitable. The
fast freight service of the Interna.
tional d Great Northern, together
with the fruit express. has made it
possible for producers TO make the
business profitable. This year he
has made about $500 from two
acres of tomatoes, "and | feel like
| haven't done much" Mr.. Smith
also cleared S25 from an acre Of