The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-14
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CATERING OF
TGkERS HELD
RoHER GONZALEZ AssoclA-
TIoRtARs.ADDREssEs BY Az
RiclURAL AGENTS or THE L.
q MD MR. MoUARRiE.
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Rob Gonzalez Dec 13.-The
rneetfnf the Truck Growers Asso-
o1attoxhursday night was well at
tendeddessrs. Lister ard James q
the l. n. railroad agricultural de-
parfru addressed the meeting and
Mr.. @. McQuarrie also gave a good
talk number OF farmers agreed tc
plant IN potatoes.
Mr8ter spoke as follows:
IA wing Derishable products for
the rhern markets, or for CONNER
cial nosea, success depends entirely
uponB variety and amount grown
per 8 the care in selection Of seed
and 3 and the method OF packing.
grad and packages used.
dent markets will take different
variG Of stuff, and in different
packs. To the new associations
thesActs must be borne in mind,
end bcial attention given to the
pack
THaiIure in the majority OF cases
thatkwe been made by associations
has en- attributed largely to the fol-
lowvf facts. VIII
g1lDisregardirg instructions given
to d new growers with reference to
vary of seed to plant, time to plant,
andertiIizer to e used, and proper
metd of cultivation.
II Proper carein selection of seed,
grahg and pacing, and packages
use
h Selection ofmarkets
Oruanixakio Necessary.
Yfarnnirlg, as vii as all other bust
neas, success ca only be obtained
53y cooperation au organization. In
orsrlizing, or orgaization, the farmer
1nIk figure whengroWing for COM
mecial purposes at an acre suffi-
cidtly large mustbe planted of one
yaiety of produceko lead cars.
his allows you huch cheaper rates
thin moving SmaIlOts by express or
loal freight, gfvg you the oppor-
ttaity to patroniz markets that you
ra1ld not do otJrwise, and having
var stuff arriven first class coEdi-
tim.
The products othat territory served
f1 the L. e. N iiroad are consumed
anost wholly b'that portion of the
United states ef of the Missi ssippi
and north of thehio river, which ter
titory conpriseith ree-fo of the
population of tHUnited States.
An ASSOCIATED allows its members
10 ship as q unigiving them the ben
eft OF buying 4ff such as fertilizer,
packages. and Sd In car lots. thereby
securing mudcheaper price, and as
an assertion, len properly handled, |
will compel thmembers to use uni
from packagesnd agree upon q first /
class package be used by all the
members.
OrEanlxati0nnuSt be or such q ma
4ure that eachember will live up to
the rules and @trnetionss so when the |
time comes toad the cars. each man |
will be on tl1spb to, give his portion |
as part Of ar. Instances have been i
known where.en1bers have failed to |
load with 9th members where cars
had been orded, causing the organi-
zation to faito load cars, thereby |
causing mucaonfusion.
The informon distributed by us 1
to our grove has been secured at /
n large expe1. and by the expendi- |
ture OF GIT deal of time among |
those Erowergho have been success
full along the lines.
can refeFou to successes made
by associate along the L. & N. /
railroad froI Bowling Green, Ken
lucky, to NeOrleans, La, and from
Memphis tofashville, Tenn, and in
every instaB@hese growers have fol-
lowed our iYuctions to the letter
In the yeaI900, the L. & N. es-
tabIished agricultural department.
employing Nil. H. Lister as special
agricultural sent Up to this time a
car of perislde stun moving over the
L. & N. waa scarcity. After Mr..
Lister had En In charge Of this de-
partment foSWo years, the business
had reachedlch g stage that it was
necessary fCEhe company to hire an
assistant. al was put on as this
assistant.
The worlcontinued and tonnage
increaed in tume to such an extent,
the first t9anuary. the year just
passing, thk1Dur additional men were
employed fI1is has resulted from OH
work IN past twelve or thirteen
At Bovg. Green, kentucky, the
that poirfast year moved approx
mately Sears had the weather con-
dtiions bk favorable, a movement Of
500 cars kuld have resulted. Gala
tin, Tetssee, Cullman, Thorsby,
Hancevil8 Castleberry, and Atmore
all caves large movements of car
lots Of hwbeTTies. Results to the
growers Ire so satisfactory that each
point wfargely increase their acre
age thisear Bowling Green. Ken (
lucky. I'M advised, having recently
placed aprder for four million plants
Other hnmodities OF the perishable
nature We been successfully grown
and mated by other organizations {
in our frttory It is not necessary
for me go into details In this mat
ter as the success of other pointN
but wilsfer you to points in Baldwin
countyld on the Mississippi coast.
As II as $500 per acre has been
made ktte radish growers at Long q
Beach, Mississippi. Both Irish and a
sweet tatoes produced larger reve-
nues the growers In Baldwin county,
the SON Just passed. believe this
immefe territory with its quick soil
and VI proper fertilization viii pro-
duct nderful results to the growers
or ralhes, Irish and sweet potatoes
and Eermelons.
Susss will only come to the grow
er W gives the proper attention to
tho owing crops, and will follow
the tructions as set forth by the ag-
ricural department OF the L. & N.
rali1d. 4
II services OF the agricultural de-
parent OF the L. & N. railroad are
freAnd a letter viii get any one OF
the gentlemen to you, or secure you
reformation you may desire.
HIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.
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