Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-06-12
PLEA FOR
BERRIES
Strong Support For Movement
Started By The Fox
Brothers.

Crockett one better and are FIRE
quently little bit sloy about going
ahead even after they know they are
right.
In this instance however, there is
promise of immediate action being
taken, for with Bowling Green's ex-
ample before them Christian county
farmers see no reason for hesitation.
1t is merely question of trying to
redeem the situation resulting from
delay by the promptest possible mea-
sures. Christian county should have
taken this step ten years ago, but in
stead of wasting tears over this spill
ed milk, she is getting busy and she
will start right too. There are often
several different characters of soil to
be found on the same farm. and al
though the entire county of Christian
will produce good strawberries, yet
some portions of each plantation are
far better adapted to their perfect
growth than others. With this in
view the soil should be analysed. Mr..
Pickett or Messrs. Fox Brothers will
do this free of charge. 1t is of the
utmost Importance that this be done.
1t costs no more to plant, tend and
gather big crop of big berries than
the same number of acres producing
a little crop of little berries.
We want Christian county's ber-
ries to take the highest place right
from the start among the berry
growers of the country. This can
only be done of course, with the fin
est berries, packed and marketed in
the most approved manner.
Warren county's big poster-a pic
ture of a strawberry about 5 inches
in diameter, pasted on the end of the
crate is a guarantee of the highest
quality and those crates are the first
on the market to be snapped up by
the grocer. The Aroma is the best
brand, with the Candy close second.
We are fortunate in having Fox Bro
theirs located in business here. They
are among the biggest handlers of
berries in the United States and have
agencies handling the output of
towns all the way from New Or
leans to Chicago their headquarters.
They handled a great many Warren
county berries this year. They have
their big dairy plant here, and are
ready and willing to advise with
prospective berry men as to char
acter of soil, mode of cultivation,
&c. In an interview with them yes
terday they said we could raise and
are raising right here the finest ber-
ries that are grown. Their cold
storage plant will accommodate 30
to 40 cars of fruits, which capacity |
will be of great advantage in case
of delays in packing and shipping.
Chicago. Pittsburg and the north
east will be the logical market.
Mr.. w. E. Forgy, of Pembroke.
who was present, told the writer he
was willing to put in twenty-five
acres provided he could start right,
but wanted to be assured of this.
Samples of his soil will be analysed
today. Thirty acres around Penn
broke would assure one car load a
day from that section. Somewhere
in the neighborhood of $50 acres are
already as good as pledged. This
will probably be made 300 for the
first year. Warren county has 900 |
acres in berries. In three years we
ought to have just as many as she.
A final word to the business men of |
Hopkinsville. Strawberry culture |
in this county will mean as much to
the business interests of Hopkins
vile almost as it will to the land
owners. Their prosperity means
our prosperity. Another big money
crop with practically the same labor
supply WIN enrich our farmers, and
bring more shskels our way.
When a farm reaches a certain
limit in production, any increase
over that means much nearer clear
profit than what has come before.
The creamery company is bring.
ing $50, 700 per year into this coun
ty. IL has los patrons. some of them |
furnishing cream from as many as