The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-23
rHE TRucK 80.
cuilsd from lhe Daily Experience Of .
Trucker Who Works.

Cleaning up truck patcnes ana Naul- /
ing manure are Ia order. and the work |
SHOULD be pushed whenever the wealth /
er viii permit Besides improving the
looks Of the premises. cleaning up and
burning rubbish will destroy a host Of
predatory insects that are only wait
ing until warm weather to come out
and attack the growing crops. "A pile
Of rails. boards or stakes If left UNI
disturbed over winter viii harbor
enough 'punkin bugs almost to ruin
patch Of melons, cukes or squashes;
to say nothing of other pests. o
It requires quite as much skill sue
cessfully to market a crop as it does
to grow it. Many men can grow a
crop all right, but they fall down when
it comes to marketing it to the best
advantage.
With an adequate home market the
grower has control of his products
from start to finish. and at the close
Of each day he knows just what they
sold for. 1t is very different with the
man who must ship his products to
distant market to be sold on commits
sion. His control ceases when the
goods are delivered to the transporta-
tion company; and he is at the mercy
Of the commission man, and must walt
several days to know his fate.
The grower can control the grading
and packing, and this has much to do
with the price whether the goods are
sold in the home market or on con-
signment. In all the cities and larger
towns there are people able and will
ing to pay good prices for fruits and
vegetables If they can get what the5
want. This class of people grows
larger every year. To reach them the
goods must be Of superior quality and
they must present an attractive ap-
pearance.
Commission merchants say that
their best customers fall over each
other to buy the consignments of GER
tain growers, and will not look at any
thing else so long as there is chance
to get the favorite brand. Such goods
are usually sold in advance Of arrival
They are in demand because they are
carefully and honestly packed and
are guaranteed to be all right clear
through. Any grower who will put VI
ais products neatly and honestly car
in short time establish a reputation
that will be worth money every year.
Frequently the market for sweet po
tatoes is at its best just before The
aolidays. It's good plan to hit tina
market It may be the potatoes are
aot keeping we'll If so, get them out
After the holiday trade the marke
IS nearly always dull and prices arr
down for weeks. Meanwhile, potatoes
in the bin may be deterIorating ever.
lay. In one district where large guam
.ities of potatoes are raised, black 70
vas prevalent at digging time. Unde
such conditions the sooner the pota
toes are marketed after they are drie
put, the better it win be for th
/ grower.
Before packing. the potatoes shoul
: be brushed or wiped clean and sprout
} and fibrous roots removed. While dC
ing this il is an easy matter to grad
them by putting the large, mediur
size and small ones into separat
/. boxes. This will make three grade
!, and they should be packed in separat
: barrels. Medium size potatoes alway
, command the highest price, and ba
rels containing them can be marke
fancy The large ones can be desil
4 mated as "No. O." and the small one
I as common" But the differer
grades can be distinguished by an
kind Of mark, provided that the cor
mission man knows what the mari
mean.
S The barrels should be careful
faced with potatoes Of uniform siz
Some growers place all the potato'
s In the barrel by hand. Others POI
), them in after facing, shaking the ba
e rel occasionally to settle the potatoe
d Whichever method is used, the barre
$ should be SO we'll filled and rounded /
h that considerable pressure is require
y to get the head in place. Unless tn
n is done the barrels will not be Il
$ when they reach their destinatio
4 The critical buyers, says Farm JoV
y nal, pay the fancy prices, and tn
g viii not look at slack" or careless
It packed barrel