The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-04-30
FARMERS RALLY At
BARD|N TUESDAY
Delegation of Putnam Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce
Attends.

school house, near where is the Car
raway and haywood section of the
New South Farm & Home Company's
lands, to meet farmers with a view of
having them form an association to
cooperate with the Chamber of Com
merce in the further development of
Putnam county. Vice-President F. J.
Won Engelken occupied the chair. He
made brief speech outlining the pur-
pose of the meeting, in which he said,
in part:
"There has for several years been
growing sentiment for just such an
organization as this. The city man
and the farmer are all stockholders
of Putnam county, and they should be
interested in better roads and other
necessary improvements. The new
organization needs the help of The
farmer, the farmer needs the help Of
the city man, the city man needs the
help of the farmer. An improve
ment in one section may not bene-
fit another section, not directly, but
the time will come whe one section
will want the assistance of another
section in getting something, 50 that
in order for all to be benefited united
effort must prevail. There must be
cooperation, not alone for good roads
and other improvements, but in the
growing and marketing of farm and
garden crops"
c. H. Kennerly, secretary Of the
Chamber of Commerce. when intro
duced, said, in part: "The purpose of
HI ,gtnt Int, \,
upbuilding of Putnam county, in
which every citizen will in some way
be benefited and in order that we
can accomplish our object we are here
with you today to ask your co opera
tion.
"There are some splendid paying
crops that can be grown here, but
are not, for the reason of the diff
Guilty in finding a good marker. BIT
this trouble is now being overcome
II by the aid of the Southern Express
! Company in the furnishing of mar
ket bulletin Your stuff will be list
ed with the Chamber of Commerce
and a market will be obtained for it.
In helping you to sell the product of
your trees and land, we are benefit
ting the county. 1t is also or in
tention to operate a demonstration
farm to assist those who are not fa-
miliar with the growing of certain
crops. This farm will be under the
supervision of a thoroughly compe-
tent man, whom you may consult al
any time on the matter of crops.
This farm will greatly assist in in
ducing homeseekers to locate in Put
nam county. for when they see what
we can grow they will look for lc-
cation among us.
Further, we propose to have a
| county fair, where various farm and
truck products will be exhibited,
likewise chickens, hogs and other live
stock. These exhibits will create
among the farmers an interest and
rivalry for bigger and better results.
A county fair is necessity. We
ask that you join our organization
and help us to succeed in our under
taking. We can not succeed with
oGt your help
T. R. Higgins was the next speak
err, taking cooperation in the grow
Ii ing of farm and garden stuff as his
subject. He sad "The sooner the
farmer and trucker gets down to CO.
operation the sooner will he succeed
lin making more than mere living.
If grower cannot plant an acreage
sufficient to ship in car lots, he is at
loss for paying market. But If he
and his neighbors will each plant an
acre or two of a certain crop, the
solution will be solved. Try 1t once
and you will wonder why you did not
begin sooner. There are enough of
you here to do this.
~ understand some of you men,
particularly Mr.. Hall, have a record
of growing about the finest straWber-
ries in this part Of the State. Straw
berries are an excellent crop, and the
beauty about it is that no matter
when the plants are set out they will
produce berries a the same time. In
other words, gentlemen, it is COM
pulsory cooperation. When you lind
the benefit of growing strawberries
by cooperation, you can, and | know
YOU will, take up other equally as
good crops such as beans, peas, etc.
Mr.. Higgins cited as instance of CO.
operation in the planting of a GER
tain crop. Hastings, the great potato
section; Sanford, the famous celery
section, and Starke and Lakeland,
strawberry sections. He called atten-
Ition to the thousands of dollars OBJ
Itained annually by these growers, and
Isaid the people of this section could
do lust as well if they worked for it.
He concluded by saying that Palatka
could be made a central shipping
Ipoint where the various growers could
send to the Chamber of Commerce
small shipments, and that these small
shipments could be made up into car
lots, and if necessary, refrigerated
before being sent out.
John Tilghmap followed by telling
of the benefits to be derived by join
ing the Chamber of Commerce. He
said the organization, although but a
few DAYS old, had already enrolled 16O
members, practically all Of whom
were from Palatka, which, he believ-
ed. should convince the most skeptical
of the sincerity of the city people to
assist the farmer. He said the work
was going to cost some money, and
that he hoped the farmers Of the
Bardin section would each paw the tif-
ty cents a month to help in the splen-
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