Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-06-26
viii Organize To
Grow Strawberries

I ltt oa'i - t''' - 49,
ulstions to the Progressive Club
for its.latest and best of all propo-
sitions- The Jefferson Strawber
ry and Truck Association and
begs to call attention of every
reader of this paper to call for
the organization meeting which
will be held at the new County
Court House, Wednesday, July
md, 1920 m, a full account OF
which appears in this issue. The
DALLAS News, our greatest daily
for years and years have devoted
their best energies and the valu-
able columns Of their great paper
to the preaching and teaching of
diversification of crops, and this
Strawberry andTruck Associa-
is the first move toward same
that has been attempted in Ma
rior county on a large scale. The
business men of Jefferson have
organized this association with a
capital stock of $1,000, and will
be chartered under the laws of
the State
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The object of the association is
to purchase 100 acres Of land in
few miles of Jefferson, employ
an expert in the culture of straw
berries, who will give his entire
time and attention to this BUSH
ness only, from the first day to
the preparing Of the land to the
loading of the fruit in the cars
for shipment. This so acres
will be a demonstration farm
where every farmer can visit and
from this expert obtain advice
and knowledge as to the culture
of strawberries Every farmer
will be asked to plant strawber-
ries from ID acre to any amount
they see fit, and by combining
this fruit or berries which is
raised by the farmer, with the
fifty acres planted by the asso-
citation, a car a day can be ship
ped from jefferson every day
during the season, and this aSso
citation will look after the loading
and selling without any expense
to the farmer, for with this
quantity of berries a buyer will
be on hand to buy the berries
right at the car
To say that Strawberries will
do well in this county, is but a
mild way of expressing it, for
our lands have been pronounced
by experts TO be the best adapt
ed for Strawberries than any
which can be found in any sec
ton of Texas; then we are ten
days ahead Of Arkansas, which
means a better price, And to
anyone who is interested in
growing Strawberries, we ask
that they consult with r. G. Hol-
land, h. +. d. No. 2, j. II. How
ard, r. f. D. No. 2, B. FL. John
son, r. f. d. No. 5, Jefferson,
who have just marketed a profit
sble crop, and who will furnish
figures that will astound any one
as to the profit of raising straw
berries; but the only trouble
with them is they raise too many
for local markets and notenough
for carload shipments, and it is
for this purpose that the Jetfer-
son Strawberry and Truck Asso
citation is organized, so that any
and everyone can plant this fruit
knowing that they will fnd a
ready market for all that is
raised.
The planting Of Strawberries
means more to Marion county
than one would dream of. First,
it puts money in circulation in
the dullest month of the year,
and enables the farmer to get
ready money from this crop to
carry him through the season
with his corn and cotton; it will
increase the value of the land,
which means better roads and
school houses, and this associa-
ton is going to be the founda
ton OF building up Jefferson and
Marion county, for it will be our
greatest talking point in Undue
ing immigration to this section
of Texas. We have the health,
climate, water, and lands that
will grow any kind of truck and
FRUIT, and our greatest draw back
is that we don't let the outside
world know all this.
We have started the ball to
rolling, and all it takes is for
every citizen TO put his shoulder
TO the wheel and We will soon
place Jefferson whore Sha ,.irht