The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-05-24
M. F. CONLEY, PubIishec
FARMERS
Of This Section Have Many ua-
improved Opportunities.

We sometimes wonder whether h
farmers within radius Of fifteen
miles Of Louisa realize how marE
golden opportunities await their con
certed efforts. They are not adjust
Ing themselves to the new order ~
things as promptly as they should
The old plan of raising enough cora
and potatoes to live on through fhs
winter, and allowing the wife and
daughters to gather in sufficient egzx
to trade to the merchant for cofiee
and calico. mas become obsolete win
farmers possessed of any ambiton
whatever
Two railroads have put us in touch
with the markets OF the world. Az
sorts Of vegetables and garden truck
could be sold here in unlimited quan-
ties, if enough farmers would en-
sage in this line to justify buyers
to handle IT, A car load Of sng
product will sell when a bushel wiz
not There are firms in Louisa nov
that would buy and pay cash FOX,
all the garden truck they could gHf
/ II the farmers would produce enough
to give them steady supply. But
they can not handle it under pres
ent conditions because they cannDt
assure their customers of a steady
supply.
A Big Sandy farmer now living in
Missouri recently told us that the
farmers around certain small town
there gave special attention 60
Strawberries, producing enough to at
tract large buyers. Their receipts
from this crop alone from a small
territory around the town are So
900 90 per year. They cannot grow
any better strawberries than Vs
can But they do grow a great
many more than We do.
One farmer that we have personal
knowledge OF has faithfully carried
out the practice OF spraying his aD-
Dle orchard. The result is the FIN
est and largest crop OF apples ever
pathered around here from Ira
number and size OF trees. They
sold readily at fancy prices.
One farmer realized S42OO in easA
per acre from tomatoes sold to the
Louisa Canning Factory Yet, +
HIS next to impossible to contrare
: enough acreage of tomatoes @
leans to justify putting the factory
into operation And the years sip
by. allowing ten thousand dollars
per annum OF the outside worlds
money TO 90 elsewhere than TO Law
renee county for canned tomatoes
and BEANS. Worse that than. We
send part of our small store o.
money away TO buy canned tomatoes
and beans. potatoes and cabbage.
etc. One county in Indiana NJ
\ larger than this keeps five canning
factories busy. at prices to farmers
ore-third less than are offered he's
without takers
Just across the river from Louisz
, Is a creamery. 1t has net the
same fate. Not enough milk can
be bought to run three hours per
week. One county in Minnesota
that we have in mind receives S256,-
10000 rer annum FOR its creamery
! products. and 1t is not an exception
AZ one, either.
Louisa is an absolutely unlimited
egg and poultry market. 1t IS
! surprising tAat regular poultry farms
are not numerous around here. Sta
tlstics prove that a hen will make
a profit Of one dollar per year above
her food and all other expenses
1000 hens means $1,000 clean cash
per year.
These are all golden opportunities,
awaiting those who are willing Ia
fell in love with work and be faith
full throughout the season. II The
u farmers would organize and ooncen-
l. :rate their efforts along the same
lines they could have. money Ia
= throw at the birds in few years