Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-09-21

writer that $50 acres OF Rocky
Ford cauteloupes were cultiVat-
ed in that locality last year and
sale was found ior them in
Boston, Baltimore and in the
larger cities of our own state
The farmer signs up papers
agreeing TO raise Il certain mum
Der Of acres. A secretary mana
ger looks after tie financial end
finishing sales and attending to
shipments, collecting and payi, Z
over to the owner such amount
as IS coming alter expenses OH
same have been deducted. Tie
manager contracts with small
mill for cutting material for
making crates. A certain sup
ply Of that Grating material is al
lowed for each acre of melons,
and the planter need not pay
for same until his crop is sold
Other Accommodations and en-
cOuragements are extended the
farmers in this work, by the L.
5. Agricultural Department, the
State Agricultural Department
and county agent, the latter
spending much Of his, time in
the locality.
We are confident that Rock.
castle soil is well adapted for
raising these melons and We
suggest that the business men
of Mt. Vernon, Brodhead, Liv-
ingston, CONWAY etc. take up
this question, consult with coun-
ty agent. r. F. Spence OF Berea.
If necessary have him or some
body, send samples Of sail from
the various sections of the COun-
tv, to Experiment Station at
Lexington, and ascertain if it is
suitable for raising the Rocky
Ford for commercial purposes, /
and if found so, to organize after
the order of the Mobcrly, Madi-
son county farmers and truck
rdisers and go into the work on
a business basis. The various
farmers clubs throughout Rock
castle county could take up and
work out on new plans that
would prove more profitable. !
There are other things of valua,
ble interest that would follow
this undertaking. One enter
prise begetS another. 1t may be |
well also to keep in mind the
proposed canning factory to be
at Mt. Vernon in 1918. |
This proposition is not all wind"
but is an assured enterprise that
viii be carried TO d successful /.
accom- plishment.
In the Cumberlands, on Boones
Trail, up Rockcastle River, from
Livingston at Cruise Ferry, is,
located the bungalow-castle of |
the grand old man Of Clark
county, Col. r.. r. Perry, Who
has made the good fight for the
Of conditions and /
the uplifJ of his fellow man. IN
the quietude Of the mountains
amid whispering piHes and gen
lie breezes that sway the leaves
If The oak, monarch of the for
st. by tn limpid waters where
Boone is known to have crossed
hat historic stream away back
II l175. far from the Madden
,rOwd' and turmoils and activ-
y of business affairs. spending
he evening is tins once, most
lctive, energetic and progress
We citizen. venerable and great,
y rcvered man, who hos spent
20 many years Of his useful and |
.ventful life in rendering service
o his country and fellow MAJ.
t is the wish of bis legion Of
Iiends that his remaining days
nay be of that nature of the
peace that pa<seth understand
n.y."
The Council Of National De
'ense, in its speaking campaign
'ver the county could do good
Dy calling the attention of the
farmers to the question of or
CARNATIONS for raising and mar.
<eting the Rocky Ford melon
n 1918. Also regarding the Mt.
Vernon Canning factory to be
in the same year, the
owners of which will call upon
Them in the early snrirg for the