The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-09-14
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The trucking industry than in any other branch
IF soil tilling. The fruit grower who has mao
any experience comes to expect N" incNtaple
bad years" and to view them with some com
pacency and even the grain grower does not
look for the same ratio Of pruht from every
harvest However the truckers particularly
those operating small farms or patches, are
wont to count upon each years productive
ness at maximum and are corro5pomdinGjy
disappointed when dame nature does not ar
range things to their liking.
one explanation, too Of the emphatic com
plants that are heard with reference TO truck.
Ing conditions in an unlayorahlc year Is found
IN the number OF newcomers In tn" field
ana women who prior to their present yontur"
had never had experience In farming Of any
kind TIE tales told in recent years of the
profits and delights Of trucking, the case with
which the products can be disposed OF, and the
comparatively email outlay required for tve
or tenacre intensive farm" have combined
to lure into the field many people who, woe
to them had no fund Of experience to draw
upon Particularly has this been the case
near our large cities where many small truck
farms have been started by city folks, either
as the Side line" OF some city occupation or
with a view to obtaining an anchorage that
would later permit migration TO the country.
As In poultry raising and other supposedly
get rich quick" voCatOns there have been
number Of more or less bitter establishments
OF ato years in tn field of trucking, but, by
and large, the industry has developed tire
mendously. II has come to be appreciated by
many Of the unntinted that in truck garden
ing no more than in any other field can re.
wards be obtained without hard work and that
here, rs elsewhere, some experience Is ncces.
sary and that man must expect to pay for
such experience II he has not acquired II at
the expense of somebody else before he struck
out for himself. Moreover the upto date
trucker has come to realize that he must de
wise means to circumvent nature when she
frowns just as the fruit growers have dis
covered expedcnts for lodging frosts 6ld
other menaCes.
One truth that ia happily being brought
home TO many people engaged In or contem
plating trucking Is that little capital Is of
immense advantage just as II is in every other
walk OF life. To be sure, the trucker who
leases his holdings or buys ION time" at favor
able terms can set up in business for n sur
prisingly small cash capital and It is this pos
sbity which has attracted to the field so
many men with very small bank accounts and
women suddenly thrown on their own re-
sources At the same time the new entrant
who starts with nest egg" has a tremend-
Gus advantage and, for one thing he will not
be nearly so much at the mercy OF the whims
OF nature as his fellow trucker who has none
OF the modern aids now considered essential
to successful trucking.
The trucker with capital has II goes with
out saying. a. 'ull complement Of the tools and
equipment which. In trucking as in mere ex.
iensiye forms Of farming save time and labor