The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-09
Tuesday, January 9, 1906
TEN ACRES

Trucking Development Company for a
copy of a very charming little book
bearing the above title. This book,
bound in cloth, octave size, of two
hundred and fifty pages, is a remark
able one in more respects than one. 1t
is on the subject of intensive farming
and was written to show what a man
of pluck and energy could do in the
way of making a competency for him
self and family on a small farm by
growing fruits and vegetables for the
city markets. 1t is an interesting &C
count of the experiences of a man who
gave up his business in a city and
moved with his wife and six children
to an eleven-acre farm purchased and
stocked out of the proceeds of the sale
of his business in the city. There is
much of advice and practical informa-
ton in it for those who contemplate
truck farming, and it will afford pleas
ant reading to others not intending TO
take up such occupation. 1t is an i'll
terestingly and pleasantly written ac-
count Of the experiences of this family
as interesting as a novel. But it is
not a fancy sketch of present day con-
ditions; for a remarkable circumstance
about the book is that it was written
about forty years ago and portrayed
the conditions then existing.
For some years the book has been
out of print. The Cultivator Publish
ing Company Of Atlanta has issued a
reprint of the original, and in the pre-
face it is stated that the conditions eX-
listing at the time of the issue of the
original were so similar in many re-
spects regarding the matters therein
treated that it was found necessary TO
make remarkably few changes, only
one or two chapters requiring re-
writing, these being such as on the
subjects of Revolution in Agriculture
and Where to Locate"
The book is exactly the thing for
farmers and truckers in this section Of
the country whose chief aim is to o II
tract the area planted and at the same
time expand the results of their farm
ing. A general distribution of this
book among the truckers of eastern
North Carolina would, we believe,
have good results in aiding in increas-
ing the value of the trucking business
of our section.
We remember reading a few years
ago an account of a Frenchman who
lived near Paris and supported his
the products of a quarter of an acre of
land. His was farming of the most
intensive kind with frequent repetition
of crops. Every square inch of his little
patch of ground was highly fertilized
and was kept growing II kind or an
other of crops all the time.
This Frenchman's experience and
success was brought to mind by read
ing the book referred to in this article.
Ten acres enough'-This is the key
note to successful truck farming in
this section, as we'll as elsewhere.
What We need to make farming sue
cessful 10 the tanners and Il means of
adding to the general prosperity of our
section is to have the old plantations
and the waste lands divided into small
farms whose wner or renters car
cultivate carefully and keep under a
high state of fertilization.
We are glad to know that a move
ment looking to this end is being ener-
getically and in~telligrntly pushed i'll
our midst. Small farmers with a gooi
class of or tenants, whatever
their nationality may be, is the pres.
ent-day need of our section and we
are glad to believe that in the very
near future this much desired state OF
affairs will be realized.
Accompanying the book treated of il
this article is a chart showing time:
for planting different crops in viii
mington section" designating for eacl
month in the year the vegetable.
which should be planted. This char
was prepared by Mr.. Albert s. Root
soil expert for the Carolina Trucking
Development Company, showing tina
in this section gardening and trucl
farming can be carried ON the Who'll,
year round.
January-English peas, radish
onions. beets and cabbages: the las
three are planted in hot beds: ais
figs. grape vines, fruit trees n cas-
sava.
February-English peas. radish
beets cabbage. tomatoes. egg plan;
z~saFrots. peppers, Irish potatoes. tur
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