The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
GREAT WEALTH IN
 TRUCK FARMING Rich Returns To Thrifty South
 ern Farmer EXAMPLE IN MISSISSIPPI Less Than Year Between Opening of New Farm and Dividends From
 Crop Sales Result of Wis
 ncosin Mans Efforts.
EXAMPLE IN MISSISSIPPI
From the Southern Field.

fTOIH lHe southern flelu
 Growing truck is not only one of the most profitable brancnes of agriculture, but line of farming whica brings quick returns. There is only a few months time between the planting of the crops and the sale of the product
 Purchasers of improved places, those ready for cultivation, can have cash re- turns for their labor in a comparatively short time. This is clearly shown by the records kept by the growers. covering the period of time which has elapsed between the planting and harvesting of different crops
 In southern Alabama radishes planted in February can be marketed in March Cucumbers of March planting are shipped in May and onions set out in the same month -ean be marketed with them. Beans planted March IA were shipped on April 22. Irish potatoes planted in Aug ust are harvested the latter part of De- tober Tomatoes put in the field in March are ready for shipment in June and ; July.
 On unimrIoved properties lands, wl'ish require clearing, the breaking of the soil,
  all Improvements a longer time is de- manded to secure results from the f.l planting but that this is less than twelve months even where extensive operations are undertaken is made very plain from the experience of MT. H. D. Wing of Wisconsin, in opening up a new farm near State Line. Miss, on the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
 Practical Truck Farmer.
 MT. Wing Is practical truck and fruit grower; was one of the early northern settlers at Fruitdale. Ala, a short dis tance south of his new location and was very successful in his operations at that point. After developing one of the larg- est peach orchards in the Fruitdale neighborhood MT. Wing sold it at a handsome figure and returned to Wis consin.
 So impressed was he with the possfbili- ties of truck and fruit growing in the section with which he hal been identi- fled that he associated with him two. of his Wisconsin friends, purchased q body of unimproved land close to State Line. and arranged to again enter the old line of business. but upon a greater scale. The new purchase lies on the Alabama Miss,ssipli boundary, east of State l.'Ee.
 In August, 1906. Mir. Wing went to State Line and commenced opening up the sec ton of unimproved land which he and his associates had acquired. Not build ing nor a fence was on the place A ten room dwelling was constructed, four miles of fence built, 100 acres of land cleared and the blows started by No vember 1, at which time MT. Wing re- turned again to Wisconsin. a seegs,
 The first of the year he was back on the property, finished the blowing, set out 15,0OO fruit and nut trees, planted oP canteloupes, built large packing house and cleared an additional ten acres Of land. Thirteen cars of tomatoes and five cars of canteloupes were shipped from the first seasons acreage, the net returns from which were over 5000.
 Shipments Made Early.
 As all the shipments were made before July 25 it will be noted that the entirely new farm was a dividend-payer in less than year from the beginning of work upon it. In addition to the truck crops, hay and fodder in sufficient quantities were taken from the land to pay for the fertilizers used The profits of the season of 1907 over and above all expenses were about 35 per cent on an investment of s15, ,0O0 .as.s
 Since last season 100 acres have been cleared and planted to fruit and nut trees and now 21,o0 peach trees, 2500 grape yines 1900 pecan trees, 400 Japan walnut trees and 200 fig trees are on the place.
 This years first crops included 75 acres of Irish potatoes, ten acres of snap beans, 30 acres of tomatoes. IS acres of cucumbers, and 30 acres of can taloupes The total net cash from the carly crops was $5593 The potatoes yielded 5000 bushels were shipped in May and June and sold at from n cents to s1.2O per bushel. The same ground was then replanted in cotton and corn. From the second crop 750 bushels of corn were gathered but the cotton figures are not available at this writing-early in No yember-as the cotton picking is not finished.
 Will Harvest Potatoes
 Twenty acres of fall potatoes are also yet to be harvested, with. prospects of clearing from 5000 to s15OO on them The estimated value of the second crops, including 20 tons of hay and five tons of corn fodder, is s23O0, which will bring the total of the year up to S7S93 In quoting the figures as given for the year Mr. Wing said
 'sBut this is not all. Our fruit and nut trees have made wonderful growth on account of the high cultivation and fer tilization and as a result we expect 10 ship about 25 carloads of peaches next year from our first planting
 This farm is in the long leaf pine belt. The soil is a light sandy loam with a clay subsoil. Tn country is rolling and pure water is furnished in abundance by run ming streams and springs The climate conditions are good and there is an equa- ble temperature, the pure air from the pine forests and the gulf breezes contrib- ,.I1 xt xrt,,<r