The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-16

/ ishable stuff off to market. Just
ct this time it is not unusual to see
the women in the asserting sheds,
packing the tomatoes while the
men are busy hauling them into
town and making shipments.
Il our people here expect to en-
gage in trucking it will be well for
them to consider the cost in work.
and II they are not willing to do
the necessary work success will
not attend their efforts. Truck
growing is entirely different from
producing cotton. Cotton will wait
for you while you are under the
shade on hot day, but truck
waits for no man. You will eth
er do it today or not at all, as to-
morrow might be too late.
The people around Crystal
Springs are among the best in the
state, but they are just a bit jeal-
GUS of their industry. Tell the
average citizen that you are there
for the purpose of learning some
thing of the business with view
of getting the folks back home in
terested in truck growing, and he,
will tell you mighty quick that
there's nothing to it; that the
people tire are barely making a
living. These statements are not
consistent with the statement of
the Crystal Springs Bank, which
shows that it carries the second
largest deposit account of any
bank in the state-running up into
the millions.
The great success this year Of
the trucking business at Crystal
Springs has caused the
little town to become more fam
GUS than ever, and thousands of
peple from all yer the state are
going there ON the same mission
that carried the Rankin delega-
ton. Tuesday there were sc auto
mobiles carrying over $50 people
from Port Gibson; the day before
q number Of folks were there from
Magee, and on other recent days
delegations have been there from
Laurel, Prentiss and many other
towns over the state. This visiting
has become SO frequent until Crys-
tai Springs is beginning to fear that
her industry is in peril, as they
fear that the markets will be over
done and the prices reduced to
such an extent that the business
would mo longer be profitable.
We do not believe that their the
|ory is well founded, as there are
over a hundred million people to
be supplied, and if the entire state
of Mississippi was converted into
q truck farm the markets would
not be glutted. Mississippi only
has about four or five weeks to
supply the demand, and then the
business passes on TO sections fur
Their north.
Truck growing is good bust
ness, and if properly managed will
make any community prosperous.
After looking the situation over
at Crystal Springs we are COM
WINGED that our people ought to
make q start in that direction next
winter. We do not believe that it
should be engaged in too extern
sively to start with. If each farm
er would plant four or five acres
the first year the combined acreage
would be sufficient to justify the
buyers in coming here and the rail-
road in making preparations to
handle the shipments. We under
stand from good authority that the
A. & v. railroad is anxious to rem
der every assistance possible, and
will make as cheap rates as any
Of the roads. The company offers
to send representative here at
amy time to confer with the folks
on the proposition, and to give
them all information possible.
Another great advantage we have
is the fact that we have one Of the
best county agents in the state to
direct the work, and an acknowl-
edged marketing specialist.
If the plan meets with your APP
prevail, talk the matter over with
Mr.. Burks, and meeting will be
called at q later date to get things
in shape and take some definite
action on plans for next years
crop.
Several cars Of tomatoes have
been shipped from Florence this
year, and were sold under the di-
rection Of County Agent Burks,
and the price received was very
satisfactory, in fact tomatoes at
Florence Tuesday brought about
Is cents = crate more than those
at Crystal Springs. We under
stand that farmers in Florence vi
ririfu ,r,ill neenane IN tho h1ainnas