The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
MHKIN6 MONEY FROM TRUCK CROPS.
the Successful Possess Rules for Profitable Market
ina Review Trucking Development in Eastern North Carolina


/ give this brief review of the
trucking industry in this State that
we may see from what small begin
nings great industries will grow.
Should one who was familiar with
the barren savannas and piney woods
along the lines of the old w. q w.
r. r. and the w. @. & A. r. r. now
pass there in the midst of the ship
ping season, seeing the wagon loads
of ripe strawberries and observe the
activity and hustle of shippers at the
stations which were unknown until
within the Last few years, he could
understand how the magic touch of
the industrious truck farmer and
berry grower has transformed those
desert-like places into fertile farms.
making that country the most pro-
ductive part of our State.
What 1t Takes to Make a Successful
Trucker.
However, let no man deceive him
self by thinking there is nothing to
do in the trucking section but to
'rake in the shekels." The successful
truck farmer must of necessity be a
thorough going, progressive farmer,
ever on the alert. There is no branch
of farming in which intelligent labor,
snap, push and good judgment is so
absolutely necessary as in truck
farming. One must keep abreast of
the times, and push his work instead
of allowing his work to push him. He
will study the markets and their re-
quirements, his soils, environment,
etc. This is education. He broadens
and develops into a better farmer.
His ideas expand and his ideals are
raised. He finds that he must cater
to the best trade to get the best
prices. He must be straightforward
in his dealings and methods so as to
gain and hold that trade. I have
known certain growers to get one or
two cents more for their berries than
some other shipper would get simply
because their berries were honestly
packed, the berries in the lower tier
of cups being just as good as those
the bottom of the cups just as good
as those on top. Buyers are not
usually fools. They soon learn which
marks are poorly packed and which
ones are honestly packed. They are
not caught by the looks of the berries
on tops, but dive down into the bot
tom of the crate and empty basket
so as to see how they are there. If
after examining a few crates in that
way they find them to be honestly
packed, and that particular suits
them, they take the entire mark. Af-
ter getting the same mark two or
three times. and find them as repre-
sented, they will place orders for that
particular mark ahead of arrival and
at the highest price for that class of
goods.
Right Marketing is Half the Battle.
1t is too late now to discuss crops
to plant, preparation of land, etc.,
for crops have already been planted
and most of them up; many of them
in time to be killed by the recent cold
snap. But it is not too late to dis
cuss marketing, so will briefly men
ton some things essential to best
results.
The first thing to consider is quail
ity of goods to be marketed. for
good quality will usually make a mar
ket where there is any demand for
such goods. In marketing it is al
ways better to make two or three
grades of the goods TO he shinnod