The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-14
MATTERS At MARTIN
Big Bean Crops Brought in the Doodle.
Cants, Melons and Commission
Men Coming

Martin, May 1.-THE bean farmers
are wearing broad smiles over the fat
checks coming in from their fine
| Ile4uminous crops which are in very
great demand in northern markets.
| This crop has not been satisfactory
from a financial consideration for
number OF years past This season,
however. is satisfactory one as beans
have sold around s. per basket for the
last two weeks and are still bringing
good prices. With farm labor at $3.50
per day, bean picking at 20 70 , cents
per basket and all feed scuffs at the
| top Of the market it Is hut the proper
equalization Of prices and conditions
that the price Of beans remain at 81
per basket The largest bean produc-
ers are Messrs. Martin x Co, II, y.
knoblock. Knoblock Bros, +. L. Town
send, ]. ". Atkinson. Raft X Carter,
Samuel Slack Co. Walter Smith. J. y
lTiuer Co., stephen Brown, John Nc
Duffy. Ed Brown. T. B. Ward and
others
The showers are now coming cop
iously, which mean rapid growth for
| the melon and cantaIOupe vines. These
crops, though small in acreage give
promise of being fine in yield and quail
Iity. Fruit drummers say that high
prices will prevail far all first class
| stock as Georgia conditions are unfaV-
| orable and the acreage IS very snort
| Florida growers are refusing attrac-
! tive options on these crops ana are
hustHns with packing houses ana
crates TO market the cfoP ~ eeSt con-
dltlon. me largest growers Oh lhese
| crops are MesSFs, Martin " o. ram
|
| IStephen Brown.
The cucumber crops are sood ana
fair prices are beins received. Gen
| erai IarhlRs eohdltlohS are Sooa. Inc
| corn ana peanut crops never looked
more promising ana every 1arh| h"use
Is asur Just Ike BUSY bee hive. La
oorers are IN great demand. N omen
| and chItdFfn are employed during the
/ truck harvest and are PAID literally
flor their work,
| The farmers Of Martin and other
tpeople Of the Vicinity feel that the
lAtlantic Coast Line should give them
| ttelegraphie facilities the year around.
1.-THE shipments here during the Vege-
table season amount to many thou
sands Of dollars. Their business Feka-
tions have grown so much till now.
they are asking attention from the Of
! icials. The telegraph instruments
thave just been been in and thu Wish
| of the people is that they may be kept
lin after the crops have been harvested,
| Or. {. w. Lindner has prpmtun
tcantaloupe patch that j. going to be
fcheck WinpeE hr. Lfndner is now livz
ling a Martin to the delight OF his
ifrtend9 and patients Of wide area,
| n. !. Townsend is manager of Mar
tin x Co.'S, $4,000 crate mill. He is
kept busy with orders from various
sections. The mill is fitted t. make
bean, lettuce and tomato carriers, can
italoupe crates, cabbage crates, orange
IboXes and other vegetable packages, It
lis turning out fine stock d very reas-
IOnahie prices, as is attested by the
orders it is booking from all sections.
The stagnation in the naval stores
Industry Is quite unsatisfactory. The
operators have made and must con.
ltinue to make rosln and spirits though
There is a present no market The op-
ieratins company OF Savannah which
failed has hurt wide area OF counz
TRY The thousands VINO are dependent
ION the success OF thls INDUSTRY are not
ienloying prosperity as are the farm
lers
1t is hoped by the farmers of~the
north end of the county that the road
leading from Ocala TO dalhesVlhe may
soon be hardsurfaced ali the way anu
that 1t may be divided into sections
with man and team to look after so
many miles all the time 1t is felt that
this VIII De better than "al.lnS Ior d