The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-05
FARMER AND N
TRUCK GARDENING.
COMPARISON OF Crops and Condi-
lions as Between NORTH
and SOuth.

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the late J. M. Smith. for MANY wear;
sne president of the Wisconsin State
horticulture society, and one of the
leading horticulturists of the United
States.
while there I was struck with the
remarkable difference that the eli
mate las on the production Of the
soi' and the great difference the de-
"ano or the market has on the truck
growers Of the north compared to
that of the south.
Inc nrst thing that engages the at
tentlon OF the observer is the won.
oer1ul difference in the truck grow
ing business here and there. One may
De we'll posted and successful in one
locality, but nothing is more certain
than the fact that he would fail com
pietely should he pursue the same
calling in the same way in the other.
Take for instance the crops we grow
Tor the Atlanta winter market; the
most important are turnipS and tur-
nip green's, with collards spinach,
mustard, kale, lettuce, and beets. Up
there, except a very little spinach,
and very few turnips (of which the
root only is used), such crops are
never planted at all as there is actu-
ally nc demand for them. For summer
crops We have the Okra, of which we
use such quantities, is practically un-
known up there. Equally true it is
with the butter or lima bean for
which our market requires quantities,
are not called for and not one person
in fifty would know them If they saw
them. The wax CT yellow bean are
the favorite bean for the northern
market and no green variety is used,
while with US they are entirely re-
jected and the green bean is exclu-
sively used for string beans. A little
trifing patch Of a few dozen elephants
is sufficient to fill all demands in Mr..
Smiths eighty acre truck farm, while
We need hundreds of bushels to sup
ply our trade. For roasting ears or
green corn, We use different varieties
of field corn which give perfect sat
isfaction. Up there, l think dealers
would just about mob a man who
would offer such corn for table use,
as they will have nothing but the best
varieties of sweet corn for roasting
Beets, carrots, p~arsnips, satisfy and
tomatoes are about a stand-Off with
US, and their demand is about the
same. Then there is horse radish
and pie plant, which is not grown
with us, Is one of their leading crops.
Of cabbage, onions, Irish potatoes,
and celery, they lever seem to get
too much as they ship them literally
by the train loads to all parts Of the
country. In the matter of fertilizers,
they use practically no commercial
fertilizers but depend altogether on
barnyard manure while we have our
item of expense in manufac-
tured fertilizers. Their labor, all
white Of course, costs them normally
about twice as much as what we pay
Tor ours, they paying from 1925 to
$50 per day Of ten hours work, and
here Mr.. Smith insists that we pay
FULLY as much, if not more, than they
10, their labor being more, efficient
md reliable, and in all respects bet
er, to which l must assent.
AS to prices our truck growers
would faint and quit If they had to
Iell at such prices as they are con-
ented with up there. Just think of
delivering fine, solid and well
cabbage at -four dollars per
on, while we get never less than six
y, Irish potatoes at 80 cents per
'ushel, while we never receive less
han sixty, onions at 40 cents and 30
n. At such prices they all do we'll .
ne year with another anil are satis- :
led. OF course some times they get :
nore, but oftentimes less. Last year =
1900 for instance, thousands of ton =
er ton and thousands of bushels of :
IRISH potatoes could not be sold at the :.
DIV price Of Is cents per bushel. OF :
curse such low prices are not fire. "
uent, and are not satisfactory and "
kelly may be overcome this year Ivy {
he advant {. Q
They commence planting about the =
ii0uiO VI APiI duI are luItuSlI AfI-
esting about the LIST of November.
hey are seldom annoyed with late
rOsts, the season, when it opens it a
ermanently so, while We often sus- n
lin heavy losses by it.
The onion crop has been for forty G.
ears n Of their most profitable t.
rops till for the past few years thoy
ave been visited by the onion mag u
OF, which has discouraged them so 7
hat in some meacures they have a
bandoned that industry and are
their attention to the growing a,
I the sugar beet. About ore thou is
md acres have been planted this pl
ear, in sugar beets in nay Old cou1-
:, with a sugar factory within a rea- g,
Enable limit, which pays four and cl
le-half dollars per ton for cleaned, h
ashed beets at the station or land II,
e. AT this price the growers realize
seventy-ive to one hundrei dol pl
rs per acre gross returns, and as til
do practically all the work with al
cir own families the industry prom ca
eS to become an enormous one in a