The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
CALVIN BROOKS VIEWS
The Only Berry That Can Be Sold
Under Contract in Advance, Elimi-
mating the Uncertainties Of a Eluct-
uating Market.
(GOldSbOrO ArguS.)

ILSolN 1SGoS1 VI IL Y ~ ~ - OoA0
Every reader of The Arugs for years
ored philosopher Of Wayne county, the
man who usually makes more money
every year growing StraWberrIe ana
truck tina the Governors salary, ana
therefore, as he facetiously told an
aggregation of colored people at a
big meeting in this city some years
ago, he could not affOrt to go into
politics, even if he could be made
governor, for he makes more clear
none on his farm than the Cover
nor out Of his Office
Calvin Brock is not only q philOSo-
pher, but he is a public spirited citi-
zen. a man who takes as much inter-
est in the development and prosperity
of his section as man III It.
Everybody who knows Calvin respects
him, eau he merits their respect.
He respects himself, and While always
manifesting deep interest in every
thing hat tends for uplift, he is mod
est and retiring, and only by persua-
sion can he be prevailed upon u talk,
but when he does talk he ALWAYS says
something worth while.
We had the oppOrtun t. this week
of interviewing Calvin On his straw
Very crop his year. Having heard
that he had realized on his berries on
the shipping platform at Mount Olive,
every day during the strawberry sea
son, almost dOuble what the berries
OF OCfler lDcdl growers StiI lO:, We
asked him if such rport were true.
He admitted. in his quiet way, that
he had realized considerably more
per crate for his berries than was
paid to other growers. And then. as
usual, in his characteristic modesty
he attributed it to the fine sell Of the
particular farm he rents Che farms
on rented land), the unusually fine
climate that smiles around Mount
Olive, ard TO the special variety of
berry he groWs-the "klondike."
Quoting Calvin IN as near his own
Language as possible, in accounting
for his success, and a~ttributing it to
the special variety of berry he grows,
he said: You know Mr.. Editor, this
is d progressive age. There are many
efforts being made to improve all
field crops. There is no variety of
strawberry Qua to the klondike. 1t
sells anywhere from so to 100 per
cent. higher on all the markets than
any other variety OF berry. Many
states i'll the Union grow the klon-
dixie almost exclusive Of any other
berry. One man in the state Of
Mississippi grows 400 acres under
contract. Many farmers in different
states are growing the Alondike I'M
der contract. 1t is the only berry
that buyers are willing to contract
for. The KlOndike berry this sea-
son has made its mark at Chad
DOurn, n. <, grown by Mr.. j. A.
Brown, as well as at Mount olive.
1t sold on both markets at nearly 100
per cent more than other varieties
What CALVIN said to us in regard
to the k.ondike berry is sustained by
What others from Mount Olive nave
told US. In fact. the cOncensus of
opinion among farmers and buyers
down that is that they could not see
how any Improvement could be made
on the berries grown by Calvin Brock
this year. He mad a bOuntiful crop
and sold them readily on the local
market to sh ppers at from 81 to IS
per crate as long as the season last
ed, the fluctuations on the Northern
markets cutting no ice as to the
demand and the price for Calvin's
berries. One of the reasons for this
IS. that the klondike is the only berry
lnat Is a reliable re-sh pper. That is
why 1t Is SO largely grown under con-
tract, as above noted in Calyin,s in
tervIew.
we asked Calvin that if the Klon-
aihe IS such a safe shipper and such
arelaple r~e-shipper and such a ready
$50 at fancy prices, why all tho
.~@rooVers Of Mount Olive did not