The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-08-12

any single week of 1921 The larger
sales are credited to the resurrection !
Of the five-cent cigar by larger manu-
featuring firms but in general there
are evidences that the manufacturers
are preparing for better business. The
news that the Tampa cigarmakers
have agreed to a cut in the wages
scale has been hailed with joy, as this
move will unquestionably be followed
in other sections, and cheaper cigars
will without doubt lead to a bigger
volume of sales. Sumatra importers
find keen demand for both the new
tobacco and the old. subject to the
S1.85 duty. The inquiry of the past
week has brought to light the TACT
that, with one or two exceptions,
there are no larger stocks of tobacco
in the market. The situation is more
hopeful than it has been at any time
since last September.
49,
A Beneficial Merger
The most farreaching news item IN
citrus circles since the industry has
assumed Importance in the state is
confirmed by officers of the Florida
Citrus Exchange of the fact that the
Standard Growers Exchange with
headquarters in Orlando will here
after market its fruit solely through
the cooperative organization Of the
Florida Citrus Exchange.
The Standard has been the second
largest factor in the Florida Citrus
world, being exceeded only by the
big cooperative organization in the
volume of citrus fruits handled. 1t
has maintained packing houses in Or
lando, Fullers, Tampa, Crescent City,
Eustis, Frostproof, Bowling Green,
Eagle Lake, Cocoa, TT. Pierce, Naranje,
Bradentown, Arcadia and Fort Myers.
Fruit from its holdings of its own,
together with that from other growers
in the vicinity of these packing
houses shipped by the Standard or
ganization last season was consider
ably in excess of a million boxes.
During the last season it is reported
to have handled slightly more than
one-third of the citrus crop of the
State With the accretion of the
Standard holdings. and dozen new
local associations formed recently
which will ship through the Exchange
next fall, it is expected that it's pro-
portion of the crop will be increased
considerably. During more than
twelve years of operations the cooper
alive organization has shown gradual
but steady growth until now it is said
its members include the big majority
70 growers in the state. However,
large holdings by relatively few big
growers and organizations outside the
Exchange are said to have kept down
its percentage of the crop handled.
49,
Suwannee Watermelons Did Well
The watermelon growers of SUI
wannee county are well pleased with
last seasons operations. A Live Oak
correspondent says that in summing
up the value to the county of the
Watermelon crop today it was ascer-
tanned that the S. A. L. and A. G. L.
together, with the exception of the
station at McAlpin, O'Brien and Bran
ford on the latter road, handled 1856
carloads, and assuming that fifty cars,
a conservative estimate were shipped |
from those three points, gives a grand |
total of 436 cars for the county.
One of the largest dealers in the |
county in giving an opinion as to the
average selling value per car load, said |
that it would amount to approximate
" $3.50. If this is correct then the |
farmers of the county have received |
approximately $4,000.
A. j. Pechin, who has made an ex-
ceptional record in growing straw
berries, delivered speech to the
Oldsmar growers at their last meeting,
giving them quantities of valuable in
formation from his experience. 1t was
the best talk. on this subject ever
given in Oldsmar Mr.. Pecf1in made
an absolute failure the first year he |
tried to grow strawberries, but dur
ing the 1921 shipping season his field
produced at the rate of about $4,000
per acre.
The Eustis Lake Region tells of the |
arrival that section of j. H. Kelly,
who has a stock farm at Howey, and |
says that Mr.. Kelly brought from
Thornton, Ind, carload Of fine hogs, |
among them being some special breed |
ing stock that is expected To greatly