St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
TO THE FARMERS OF ST. TAM.
MANY PARISH.


AS | have spent much time. money
and study to introduce the growing
OF truck on large scale in our par
ism, and as this is the close of the
first crop, I will endeavor to give
those interested a few facts and fig
ures.
In my circulars of February last
advocated the growing of only
beans and radishes for commercial
| results, but | find from experience
that there are others that we may
add to the above, and reap from $3.50
to $500 per acre.
For instance, | planted cucum bers.
and they sold at as high as $3.50 per
barrel (net); and my yield was at
the rate of SO barrels per acre. I
planted an early variety of corn that
yielded rs barrels to the acre. This
corn Gin the mutton state) brought
me from $3.50 to $3.50 per barrel
(net) in Chicago. My beans, under
very unfavorable circumstances,
made from rs to 125 2-3 bushel
crates per acre. These netted on the
Chicago market from 81 to 1925 per
bushel. And We had many disadvan-
tages to labor under, of which our
greatest was the matter of transport
tation. We were forced to haul our
first gathering distance of II miles,
and later were compelled to pay ex-
cessIVe express rates to Covington
and transfer to the B. r. & H. & b.
r. r.
But while We were wrestling with
all those difficulties we were also la
boring with the railroad officials on
rates, and are proud to state that we
won out; and we were even more
than victorious, for we secured an
even better rate to Chicago than
Hammond has-as we succeeded in
getting an 85-cent rate per hundred
to Chicago as against $105 from
Hammond. This rate applies to re-
frigerator cars right from our sta
tion-Folsom
| am handler of the different , .
rieties of seed, and from the orders
have received for seed for our Sep |
TENDER planting, | am confident C |
getting out at least two cars daily ii
beans
l only gave results from my corn
field. l have some neighbors who |
did not have as large an acreage as
[ did, and could give more time and
to cultivation, whose yield
doubled mine.
Now, as to the fall planting. Pre-
pare your ground with a small one
horse cultivator, in beds four feet
apart, and plant as you would the
spring beans. Should anyone who
las not had any experience write
ne direct, | will give them full ,di-
'ections for planting. cultivating, etc.
AS to the seed, etc, will say that |
TN not handling the seed or crates
rom speculative point of view, as
am only endeavoring to get this
business to the point where our en-
ire parish will benefit by it, and will
ay III this connection, Buy only the
Jest seed procurable.'
| am also experimenting with
Crimson Rhubarb, but | shall not ask
LnyOne of your many readers to put
me penny in this until | have fully :
ested it to see how our soil is adapt
ID to this particular crop.
While it is grown very successful
y in some parts of our Southland, it
nay not thrive here Should it do
veil here, it would soon be leader
IS a money crop, as there has been :
IS high as $1,000 per acre cleared
n Crimson Rhubarb. l will later
i've my experience with it, {
1 will say that we expect to organ I
re Fruit and Vegetable Growers
association" here on September list, );
nd would be glad to have as many (
DIN us as will. I
AS to seed, boxes, literature, etc., ,
write me or call on me at Folsom,
"a. Yours for success, ;
GEO. M. FENDLASON. ]