The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-19
''sUCK GROWERS
ADDRESSED BY
FRUIT EXPERT
J
GOOD MEETING HELD SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND MUCH PROG
REss REPORTED.
CANNING FACTORY ASSURED
Mr. Ellis Hickman Authorized An
nouncement That Plant Would Be
~ In Operation in Time For This Seas.
on's Potatoes And Syrup.
CANNING FACTORY ASSURED

An interesting and instructive meet I
ing OF the Hattiesburg Truck Growers |,
Association was held Saturday after 7
noon in the Commercial Club rooms.
While the attendance was small ow-
ing to the threatening weather, much
business Of Importance was transacted
and matters pertaining to the welfare
OF the association were disposed Of
After a general discussion of the
cabbage plant proposition, the meet
ing was addressed by Mr.. W. H. Rhea,
an expert in the raising of truck and
fruit His talk was for the most part |
On the cultivation and marketing of
strawberies--a product that has re-
ceiyed but little attention heretofore |
among the truckers of this locality |
He declared that the soil in this Sec
tion was particularly adapted to straw
berries and urged that plants be set
out before the first of April and trans
planted in August. By ordering plants
in ten thousand lots they can be
bought at $1.5O per thousand and one
thousand plants will be enough for
one acre of ground 5000 an acre can
be made easily off of one acre, de-
clared Mr.. Rhea. He also discussed
at length the raising and marketing OF
tomatoes and stated that there was
great future here for this vegetable.
Mr.. Rhea, after discussing the various
features connected with the trucking in
dustry. made proposition to the men,
bcrs. which was received with much
favor The proposal was this: He
offers his services, for sum to be
aereed upon 10y the members, to go to
work for the association as a demon
sf"atcr and agent Stating that he
would devote all of his time in in
euuctfrg the growers in the different
lines. showing them how to plant and
when the best seed to obtain and the
various things connected with the har.
yestiDg and marketing of the different
crops. He suggested that if the asso
ciation as a body did not feel like they
we're able to employ a man of his char
acter. that the business men and mer
ait ~ hA
tribute a small monthly sum toward
tho salary OF this department, for they
more than any other will profit by the
prosperity that comes through the de
yelopment of the agricultural interests
3f the surrounding country. He stat
ed that he was familiar with the mar
lets of the country and believed tha
he would be able to make money To-
tbp association. This matter looking
toward the employment Of Mr.. Rhei
will be taken up by the Commercial
C,nb at their next meeting and the.
will he asked to endorse the move
ment.
Mr. Rhea states he would not onl
give his time and attention to the az
tnal growing and marketing OF tn
.crops, but would make an active car
F, vac the territory and try I
get every man possible in the ass'
ciatiop He referred to the straw
horny industry at independence, La
and said there was no reason why thi
section of the country could not su
mass that part of Louisiana, the cl
matic and soil conditions were bette
and the growers had the advantage {
having a large and growing city thi
would contribute in no small way
advancing 1.-The cause of the trucker
MANY of those present signihed tne
A intertion of planting a suoStanti
acreage in strawberries the comil
season a .o =,
secretary Bobo announced 70 u
members that Mr.. Hickman ana o'
.ors interested had asked him 10 s'a
TO the association that plans ms ! had aan~,, De.
perfected for the erection Of .,' oann,' 'no,,
factory and that actual WORK "uu ~.
a.. .n,once in few more days I'm
was received with much sa'isiao'.' s.a.'
nv the members and 1t Is - s'as, 20,
ts.t Ps til the plant will be ready .t. to "a, "a
eare 'art Of Of all the cane and sweet POI o'