The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-03-11

"A. G. McGie in Farm and Home.
Fulton county, from an agri-
cultural standpoint, is one of the
richest sections in the state-the
Blue Grass country not excepted.
The soil is admirably a lapted to
the raising of vegetables of all
descriptions, which find ready
market in large cities thatcan be
reached In from & to s hours fl
our farmers would turn their at
tention to, and make "A specially
OF, either tomatoes, onions. beans
or anything that suited their
fancy and put out acre lots, they
would discover that tn cir prod
ucts would find a quick sale at
much better prices than they get
for wheat and corn. Near Nor
felix, Va, some years ago, they
tried strawberry growing as an
experiment. Today they ship
this luscious berry in carload lots
and find ready market in Balti-
more, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York for all they can
grow. Our facilities for ship.
ping are good, and we have such |
markets as Memphis, Louisville, ,
Cincinnati and ST. Louis, besides
many minor cities and towns in
closer proximity. Cooperative
companies, composed entirely of
farmers, are organizing and
building cold storage houses TO
preserve perishable produce, and
place it on the market jndicious-
ly, SO that their brother farmers
Will realize good profits. Cream
cry people are following the CO.
operative plan, and largely con
troll the production and sale of
butter in the interests Of dairy
men. Those taking hold of truck
farming will meet with more en-
enlargement than they antici-
pate, and the risk in handling
this class of produce will soon be
reduced to minimum. Think
it over, talk it up and act. There
is money In it for you.
We did not expect to take up
the subject of cooperation among
farmers again until such time as
we could secure the services of
one of the officers of the Amer
can Society of Equity to help us
with a few convincing speeches
at different points in Fulton
county. We were notified a few
weeks ago that the Hon. James
Nj. Barlow, one of the vice presI-
dents, of Plainfield, Ind. would
be at our service on or before the
26th of February last; but unfor-
tunately some of his family be-
came ill, which prevented his
coming, or the fixing of new |
date for the present. We were
convinced last summer that the
farmers of Fulton county were
like the man from Missouri-To
be convinced, she had to be
shown" results. Although the
investment that each farmer is
called upon TO make when join
ing the society is very small, com
pared with the benefits derived
from it, vet it is right and proper
that he should be convinced by
indisputablefacts that these ben
efits will accrue. Should he be-
come a member and pay his pro
rata of the expense of maintain
ing the organiza.ion-which, for |
the present, is 81 per year, in
GLIDING subscription to the Off
cial organ of the Society, issued |
ssmi-monthIy-he VIII receive |
bulletins and such circular mat
ter. pertaining to important
transactions in the markets from
time to time, as may be issued,
which circulars keep the member
posted as to the visible supply of !
wheat, corn, cotton, meat and
such other produce as the farmer
may have TO offer, the best time
10 sell, etc.
Results have materialized, as
is fully and clearly shown in an
article replying to the st. Louis
Globe Democrat to be found in
these columns.
DID WHEAT REACH THE DOLLAR MARK
AS A RESULT. OF THE RUssIA-JAPA-
MESH. wAR?-FAcTs WORTH CARE
Full AND CONSIDERABLE READING.
From the Semi Weekly Globe
Democrat of March / we quote:
"Juss now the storm center Of the
speculative exchanges ] S the
wheat market. The product, as
everybody had right to expect,