The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-12
TRUCK GROWING AS
AN INDUSTRY N
VOLUNTEER STATE
ADVANTAGES OF TENNESSEE
DwELT UPON BY A. SLAVE
OFFICIAL
PRINCIPAL PRODUCT 0f STATE
Fruit and Vegetable Business A.
ready One Of Large Proportions,
County Alone shipnina 1,son Cars
In One Year.


-N~N'-S
In One Year.
(By r. T. DeBerry, Humboldt, Tenn
In view of the fact that Tonnes
see occupies an importaht position as
truck growing state. and that those
who are to engage In this profitable
pursuit will soon begin to make
preparations for next. years work,
the following article from T. DeBer-
Try, of Humboldt, will be of interest:
There are several things to be con-
sidered by the man who contemplates
going into the trucking industry,
among them being climatic condi-
tons, adaptability Of the soil to meet
the needs of the particular crops
which he expects to grow. whether
the crops which he expects to grow
will do well in that locality or not,
and most important Of all, whether
he can find ready market for his
produce after he has grown 1t sue
cessfully. ;.
Tennessee meets these conditions
las perfectly as any trucking section
j with which l am acquainted, and
much better than most of them, es-
pecially as to reaching the markets.
| Parties desiring to grow stun for
local markets would find desirable To-
cations near our larger cities like
memphis, Nashville, Knoxville. Chat
tanooga and Jackson.
4 The trucking industry in Tennes
!, see is already Of large proportion
lone. coanty alone, Gibson, having
shipped in 1907 1.-THE. last season fol
l which I have accurate figures) 1.OO(
Tears Of fresh ripe tomatoes, 200 cars
Iof early cabbage and 269 cars o.
Il strawberries, while in the Chattanoo
ga district hundreds Of cars of straw
berries are shipped each season, Der
ries from this section usually bring
slfancy prices on the open market.
Y In Middle Tennessee Irish potatoes
.. are large grown both for early mar
ket and the second crop for seed pur
poses.
In these sections transportation ii
cilities are already arranged and thu
railroads stand ready to afford SINH
lar facilities to those communitie
which desire to engage in trucl
! growing as new departure.
Tennessee is peculiarly fortunatel,
situated for the trucking industr,
from climatic standpoint as the sea
son for these crops here comes jus
at a time when the demand for earl
vegetables is at its highest and Will
prices are still high enough to max
their shipment profitable.
The principle truck crops grown Il
Tennessee are lettuce, cabbage, te
matoes, sweet peppers, sweet pots
. toes, Irish potatoes, watermelons an
Strawberries, strawberries and toms
i toes being grown more extensivel
: than the other crops mentioned.
II The returns of course vary with tn
e|yield and prices for each season bu
most growers consider an average r.
turn of 500 per acre net an entirel
reasonable expectation, though tn
writer has known yields of $500 pc
s.iacre on lettuce, $500. on tomatoe
!, and 5000 on early cabbage, 5000 Q
:. sweet peppers and $3.50 per acre 0
: strawberries, but these prices wer
= due to short supplies those years an
;, are not to be expected every year.
The man who intends to stick
:, truck growing year after year an
intends to give the time and attel
ton to the business which it demand
of those who make success of
will hardly make any mistakes
coming to Tennessee for a locatio