The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-06-11
TO COOPERATE IN
STRAWBERRY GROWING
Springside, Bardin and Car
raway Farmers Promise
Forty Acres.
Putnam County Cha rber of Commerce
Gets Splendid Results from its
First Effort.
by T. R. Higgins.)

Just now the eyes of Palatka and
Putnam county are on the Carraway,
Bardin and Sprmgsidt sections of
Putnam county. The Putnam County
Chamber of Commerce recently met
with growers from there and told
them enough on cooperation to fill
a book. The seed was sown in good
soil, and now these growers are ar
ranging to engage in strawberry cul-N
ture as speciality.
From reports obtained from Capt.
Mcmillan certain growers have prom
ised to put in about forty acres of
plants, and next season fine ship
ments of these delicious berries from
that section should be rolling into
northern cities at a 'ime when no 9TH
er state in the union can place any on
the market.
Now let's see what the result should
be:
Strawberries should net the grower
not less than S400 an acre. Some
growers saw they have sold as high j.
as 81 900 worth of berries from a sin-S
gle acre, so the $400 is conservative
estimate. Four hundred times forty
makes $4,000!
The growers say they will put in
two acres each, so that $4,000 net
would be neat sum for distribution
among twenty.
And this should only be a start!
And from two acres each! On 9th
er acreage the farmers can have DO
tatoes and other crops, and follow
he latter with two more crops on the
same land before the year rolls round.
In cooperation lies the success of
he Florida farmer and grower.
A great deal is being said about theSE
'alue of cooperation. Everywhere
he cry is organize. Instances are
lted of certain splendid Florida towns
nd sections that owe their growth.
heir very existence, to cooperation.
Hastings, cooperating in Irish DO
atoes; Sanford, in celery and Stark
4 strawberries, are splendid examples
I what can be accomplished by
nited purpose.
You will hear some say they ARE
N FAVOR of cooperation; but they
re too weak-hearted to attempt to
ring, it about in their particular
In fact, they go about
aging: There's no use trying; the
rowers here simply won't get to-
ether. A FEW MAY, but not enough =
attempt it,"
NOnsensei
It's not likely they'll get together
the talk is like that. Discourag-
lg talk is poor policy, if ANYTHING Is
be accomplished
Lack of faith has killed many
romising proposition.
A good scheme to perfect co-opera-
on Is to go to the most sensible. the
ost progressive and biggest grower
your section, and put it up to him
oout like this:
we are organizing a cooperative !,
'sociation. l am in it, and | have q
1t you down. Let's go over and see
mlth and Jones right away. and wen
axe something out of this diving, -,
,caying town"
Tell him as many as five or sly
'owers can cooperate. if only that
lmber can be obtained; and certain
that number can grow and ship
1tter, and make more money than
Ie or two. You'll always find at
asst flve or six men who are willing
be leaders. Don't wait until Won
n get twenty or fifty to agree to 4
ter INTO such an organization.
art out with the five or six YOU are
re of, If you can't get more.
Recall the small beginning of the
rgest and most influential organiza-
ms and business concerns of the
esent time.
II the five or six will try it for a
ason, along intelligent lines, success
assured; and before time to put in
other crop you'll find others anxious
JON your association.
IT'S wonderful what can be done in
orida, when done right.