The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-07-23
PRODUCE AND MARKETS

The United States, this state, and
the different county governments
have employed twenty lady demon
strators in Florida to help our young
ladies in canning vegetables and in
home economics.
The United States, the state and
the different county governments
have employed thirty-one men demon
strators to teach our boys and farm
ers to raise more corn per acre, to i'm
prove our methods of farming, and to
aid our farmers in the prevention of
hog cholera, etc.
Ninety-three thousand dollars has
been spent in one year in this state
/ by the u. S. government, the state
and county governments to help the
farmer produce large crops, etc.
Good, very good.
The state commissioner of agricul-
ture says the farm, vegetable and
grove products in the state for the
last season was SS3, 100000. An in
crease of $50 in one year.
Twenty-six million six hundred and
thirty-two thousand dollars worth of
fruits and vegetables raised and
shipped out of the state the last sea
son.
Twenty-seven million six hundred
and fifty-six thousand dollars worth
of farm products, poultry and dairy
products were produced in the state
last year.
Not cent was spent nor a single
soul employed to help the producer to
market $26,632, 900 worth of fruits
and vegetables, and help the farmer,
the dairyman and the pultryman OBJ
tain better markets and dispose of
S27 ,656,0O0 worth of products.
One hundred and sixty thousand
dollars was appropriated by the last
legislature to take care of the can
ker worm, but not a cent spent, nor an
effort made, to see that the orange
grower gets the full and best value
for his orange crop.
Why are the fruit grower, the veg
etable grower and the farmer sicR
unto despair?
The question that nine out of every
ten farmers and vegetable and fruit
growers ask is, "How can we get bet
ter sales for the produce we are max
ing? How can we find a market fol-
our crops? What profit is it to make
better crops without having better
markets? ?"
There will be in Marion county
more than 100000 bushels of corn fol
sale this season above the needs o.
the farmer. There will be about 500,
900 bushels of peanuts for sale thi
fall in our county. Where will W,
I find market for them? Marion coun
ty can have yearly for sale a hal
million bushels of corn, a million
! bushels of peanuts and $4,000 head o
: hogs. Only find us market at aver
age market prices.
5 The marketing and the right dis
: tribution of our crops is the most i'm
E portant problem that confronts tn,
farmer, fruit and vegetable grower o
= this state.
S Solve this problem rightly.
r Create prosperity for the rura
( population, which is 1870 of the tota
+ of the whole state, and the Who'll,
A state will be prosperous. Neglec
2 the marketing problem and they vii
e not, they cannot prosper in the state
Transportation people, banker ant
( merchant, help us solve this problem
[ Of how to sell our crops.
! The farmer, fruit and vegetable
1 grower is completely helpless by him
). self, but organized and directed b.
: the right minds the problem can b
solved to the good of the whole state
: Transportation people, banker an,
: merchant, the farmers prosperity i
il your prosperity. With your exper
fence in large public matters you cal
: help us.
= Will you not? L. s. Light.