The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-09-04
ITO Be Continued Next Week.
Big Boosting Trip TO Wickes, Grannis
and DeQueen by the Cove Truck and
Fruit Growers Association.

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the sale of all that he raised on his
farm it Melted him $500 per day for
the season. Mr.. Mallon was a splen-
did talker and very interesting to us
all and after several greetings we
thanked Mr.. Mallon and left for Gran
nit. We arrived in Grannis about
noon with $50 men, feeling fine, ready
for dinner. Mr. Allen had wired to
this Grannis Hotel for so dinners,
never dreamed of so many making
this trip. The hotel people saw what
they was up against, went to work to
feed and prepare more for all the hun
CRY people Other hotels and lunch
counters helped to feed all they could.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huff, proprietors of the
Grannis Hotel opened the dining
room doors and the tables fairly
groaned with the load Of good things
to eat, and during this rush O. b.
Witherspoon ate most all the pie and
j. ID. Henderson of Hatfield ate all
the kraut. Some got big dinner,
some got little and some of the boys
ate at other places. But all got their
dinner. Mr.. and Mrs. Huff did the
best they could to feed f5o men witt,
so dinners. But everybody was good
natured and was glad they had come,
and after dinner 25 motor cars con-
veying 125 rolled on after having had
canar.aI Mo h.,
photographer, Mr.. Phillips, and after
a very pleasant ride of five miles in
the country they reached the home of
w. f. Taylor, who is now at the head
of Grannis Truck Growers Associa-
ton. Mr.. Taylor in a short talk to his
interested audience gave some sta
tistics. From acres of Strawberries,
A acres of cucumbers, acres Bliss
Triumph potatoes, " acres black
berries and rs acres of cantaloupes
he received gross returns of $7,19S.72.
The strawberries brought $3.50 per
acre; the blackberries $425 per acre,
and the cantaloupes $3.50 an acre. He
has 8 acres of beans now in bloom
and will probably bring a big price in
the market. Three-fourths of an acre
has been sold for $45 and will be
picked several times more. Mr.. Tay-
lor has 600 Hale peach trees, 3 years
old and he sold his peaches at Gran
mis- for $3.50 per bushel. Mr.. Taylor
has received good prices for his can
taloupes, due partly to the fact that
he has avoided the mistake made by
others in Polk county, using mixed
seed. He grows the best strain of
Rocky Fords, grown from the best
Colorado seed. His products are
largely sold thru a Texarkana firm,
the Gateway Produce Company, and
paid for at the car door.
Mr.. Taylor announced that he would
gladly come and lecture on cantaloupe
growing to any association at any
time.
To the man who is tired of growing
corn and cotton, tired of being in debt,
of being a borrower, instead of lend
err, the object lesson of today is one
easy to understand and follow. The
answer TO the example is: Work plus
Cooperative Marketing equals Sue
cess and Independence Most any
man or woman can make money grow
ing fruits and vegetables for mar
ket. One acre each of cherries,
Strawberries, cantaloupes and black
berries spells comfortable living and
money in the bank. Mr. Taylor has
a large farm, fine home and is well
fixed for truck growing, and has a
big three-ton truck to market his pro-
duce with. He works his road to
Grannis and the road is fine for autos.
We find d. A. Bagly miles south
of Grannis sold $3.50 strawberries off
one acre also.
Fred Rasman sold 1885 off of one
acre of cucumbers and $500 off one
acre of tomatoes. This land cost these
people $50 per acre. Why not every
body raise truck and may the Cove
association grow to 300 members and
plant 500 or 700 acres of truck and
make our land worth 500 and $3.50
per acre. Now the afternoon had be-
gan to dawn and everybody wanted
to see the public highway good roads
to DeQueen and rs auto cars left
Grannis at p. m. for DeQueen and
for the finest road to ride on. We al
most few and after taking in the City
of DeQueen everybody started home
saying they had the best time for
many day and feeling we'll paid for
the day spent and excepting little
engine trouble and few blowouts,
all got home safely and we are salts
fled that Cove has better land for
truck growing that was we saw that
is now so valuable. So everybody get
ready for next year and grow truck.
Here are most all the names of the
ones that were at Grannis: Joe Houn~
sell, w. p. Griffith, John Keeton, j. G.
Allen, j. M. Marley, w. p Brewer, w.
J. Barton, o. B. Witherspoon, C. w.
Wilson, Dooley Barton, W. Williams,
John Carter, N. w. Elliott, j. w. Car
ter, J. L. Garrett, Mrs. N. w. Elliott,
Fred w. Gray, L. Garrett, d. Wise, R.
Wilson, w. L. Hayes, G. M. Woods,
]. d. Henderson, w. A. Sandefur, Will
Meeks, w. H. Bowman. Jim Nations,
l. Ross Silvey, G. H. Johnston. w. Ma
tions, G. Murkerson, DR.. H. Morrison.
Jack Allen, ]. L. Reynolds, P. NJ Nor
rison, J. L. Shuts, G. N. Williams, K
II. Skinner, j. A. Gadis, Joe Hada-
way, S. Capeheart, J. M. Davis, w. L.
Raelcus. G. Golf DIR. Johnston .Tohu