The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-12
FOUR CROPS A YEAR

tempted. Guarantee VI IdUU iilstS
ard Provision for Taking Care 81
HE Very Best Class Of Immigrants
10 The Very Best Way.
Reference to the address of Mr.. j.
c. Thompson, President of the Amer-
can Fruit and Produce Travellers AS
ISOLATION at it's annual meeting held
in Wilmington, n. c., in May. 1904.
viii disclose the fact that North
Carolina is the greatest truck and
vegetable producing State in the
Union, and the greater portion of
these products are grown in a COM
paratively small area i'm the South
eastern counties of the State. This
development has been along the lines
of the least resistance; this section
presenting peculiar advantages over
other sections of the country. The adj
Vantages are briefly, as follows: The
soil is especially adapted to early
trucking on account of its light and
easily cultivated top soil. which both
warns up quickly and readily carries
off excessive rain. which top soil rests
OH a bed Of Clay which is tenacious
in the retention Of fertilizers and
Tlant foods thus being capable of be-
ing built up to Il remarkable produc-
ing capacity.
The Government map showing tho
rainfall for the United states gives
this section q greater and more uni
form amount cf rain throughout the
year than any other competing sec
ton Of the United States. The resul
is. that three. four and FIVE crops ca.
be successfully raised during the
year.
The climate is very much like that
of Venice and Rome. Figs grow
abundantly and this crop has never
been known to fail. Violets bloom
during the entire winter. What is
known as the frost line" is a little
north of Goldsboro and extends to the
west about fifty miles from the coast.
In this area frost is rare and never
peretrates the soil and for this rea-
son it can be cultivated at all times
during the winter.
The transportation facilities are as
good as can be desired The section
is trayersed by numerous railroads
and the schedules to the Northern
markets permits the delivery of vege-
tables truck and fruit in refrigerator
n
to other points in a proportionateiy
short time. This service is ably sup
plemented by the work of the Caro-
lima Truck and Fruit Growers Asso-
citation, which keeps the entire sec
ton closely posted as TO the condition
of the various Northern markets so
as to insure the best distribution of
the products and prevent the Cutting
of any particular market. This As
ISOLATION is of great value also in keep
ing the farmers closely advised as to
all changes in the weather which
would be detrimental to their in
tcrests
The position of this section. both in
relation to the markets and in relation
10 the SedsSOllS Is NS.y ~oNS'
coming after the trucking season at
the far South. and before the season
i'm the Southern Virginia area. There
is always season when this section
has the market all to itself.
The above advantages have made
what is known as the wilmington
Section" the largest producer of let
CT hnr in he
1t IS a remarkable fact that trucking
was not carried on. except for the
home markets as short a time as fif-
teen years ago. Recent experiments
have demonstrated that all other truck
and vegetables can be grown with the
same success as has been the case
with Strawberries and lettuce with the
same care and intelligence on the
part of the trucker.
The above facts have been recog-
nizad by the business men of Will
min8ton who believe that such favor
able conditions can be taken advant-
age Of. not only TO produce wealth to
4 great number of small farmers in
The section, because this has already
been accomplished to a considerable
,xtenD, but through the trucking de-
velopment to secure the best class OF
immigrants for all purposes The ad-
vantages all eady spoken of will per-
nit the settling of a large number
Of immigrants without subjecting
them to the risk of disappointment
and failure which usually accompany
immigrat ton movements.
These business men through the