Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-01-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FARMING In
} THE SOUTH
GOOD PROFIT IN TRUCKING.

lecting farm lOl Mdrhel SdluenlAS
or for truck farming is that of land
The practical gardener does not
look so much to fertility as he does
TO drainage, location and the posi-
bilities of improvement.
Given a soil that is reasonably fer
tile and plenty of manure, labor and
Intelligence, aud he can soon improve
it and make it an ideal garden spot.
Every time a load is hauled to mar
ket the team brings back a load of
manure tgpm the city.
Horse manure is better adapted for
Garden crops than other manures, as
Ills mechanical effect upon the soil
1oosens il and makes it better adapt
Id for small and tender crops.
q AT all times of the year when the
feams are not employed on the farm
4hey are kept busy hauling manure
from the city to the compost heaps
on the land.
The most skillful gardeners are
nsiEg such plant foods as nitrate of
Soda. sulphate of ammonia or some
other chemical food to make the
plants grow faster OF mature earlier.
q Great skill must be exercised in
.nsing these chemical plant foods and
he conditions must be right when
hey are applied.
Sd When manure furnishes the fertil-
HI on the garden or truck patch the
bare and handling are important
Mems for the gardner to look after.
vi The most practical method is to
Maui in heaps convenient to where it
B to be used and pile in fiat heaps
and we'll tramped down, so that it
Mil be we'll wet down every time
IL rains.
81 Some gardeners haul water and wet
He manure heaps down when there
rs danger of them fire fanging or
Burning.
"a Market gardeners apply all the way
Nom 20 to 100 loads of manure to
fhe acre, according to kinds of crops
that are to be grown and to the condi-
hon of the soil Many find it profit
Able to keep a few hogs to work over
Oh coarse manure and get it in con
sdtion to spread evenly.
" The market gardener should be
CLOSE to the city markets and keep
Neil posted on the market conditions
lfrom day to day, and be ready to
Fake advantage of the favorable mar
ket conditions.
# The truck farmer should be in
some community where a large
|amount of truck is grown and where
Buyers are attracted by the quality
Ind quantity produced
n 1t seldom pays a man to go into a
&Cuntry and go into the truck farm
~ business unless he has enough
'pf his own crops so that he may
Ship in carload lots TO the city deal
.ers.
"A The man who has charge of the
III Oduce must be an expert, for in
marketing produce much depends
upon the manner in which it is sput
an and the condition that it is in
when it reaches the buyers.
N The most important secret of sue
|eess in marketing produce might be
|tpld in a few words: Cater to the
demands of the market; produce just
such vegetables as the demands of
DC market call for and offer them at
H. the times that the people want
Dem.
81 Tn more favorable the combination
"a these conditions the more certain
ypu will be of success.
81 Start in on a small scale and try to
III a want already existing, rather
MAN go into the business heavily and
afpmpete with the experts who have
Al established trade.
81 Don't try tQ educate peoples indi-
sNldual tastes, but plan your crops
10 that they will meet the demands
ei the most critical buyers.
# In packing your vegetables strive
" have uniform quality in all pack
ages and lunches. Have all of the
like as careful selection can make
them
# Have everything clean and attrac
RVe and we'll graded. Careful sorting
and packing are just as necessary as
8kllful growing
M Retail dealers like to do business
with men who can be depended upon
" keep their engagements and sup
~ them with the right kind of vege
FABLES regardless of the weather and
other conditions.
81 1t is not the purpose of this article
y explain what some skilled gardener
Pas accomplished in growing some
special crop, for it would read too
much like fiction.
n However, these great yields are not
made by amateurs or city farmers
|Eho have had no experience previous
~ In the business
81 Among the special crops that are
|Aoapted for the truck farmer to grow
may be mentioned cabbages, celery,
UNIONS, melons, asparagus, tomatoes,
early potatoes, cauliflower, turnips,
eucumbers, and so on