The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-06-01
MANY SEE BENEFITS
IN GROWING TRUCK
Kiwanis Club Putting 1t Over"
in Good Shape-Meeting
Held Last Saturday.

growers called by the Kiwanis Club
for ten thirty Saturday morning at
the Court House. was attended by
about hundred farmers and busi-
ness men who manifested keen in
terest in this branch of farming
which has been carried on success
fully in districts both north and
south of our own.
Mr.. c. B. Perkins, president Of the
Kiwanis Club, acted as chairman
with Mr.. Henry Legett as secretary.
Mr.. Perkins stated the need of CO.
operation between business men and
the farmers, as well as the purposes
Of the Kiwanis Club which are for
the upbuilding of the community.
A number of those present spoke
in favor Of the truck growing move
ment, among them Messrs. Day, j.
+. Williams, J. L. Godbold.
Mr.. S. p. Oliver spoke upon the
necessity for organization and urged
the formation of truck-growers as
sociation, saying 1t was none too
early to begin preparation for crop
next year. Mr.. Oliver said IL was
necessary to get man to canvass
the situation and to have an infor-
nation bureau as he had found that
many who took acreage for cucum-
bers did not understand their culti-
vation.
Mr.. Percy Buie urged comparison
of the country round about Crystal
Springs with our own, rather than
the comparison of Crystal Springs
with Brookhaven. At request, Mr..
Buie spoke of the peach industry in
which he is notably successful. He,
said that IL one wanted to do thing
badly enough he could do it. but
must dig his salvation out of the
ground. He said that visiting ex-
pert had told him the county is not
yet educated to the effort and pains
taking care necessary to raise and
market fruit of the first quality, and
that the best thing at present was
for people to learn to follow Agent
Legett's instructions as to the care
OF fruit trees. At present, this man
said, only two men in the county
attend properly to their trees. Mr..
Buie stated that he and Mr.. White
having established record for ship.
ping fruit of guaranteed quality had
no trouble whatever in disposing OF
it. He said big peach orchard
could not be managed as side line.
He said $500 would not purchase the
peach crop from an acre OF peaches
owned by Mr., White.
Mr.. N. F. Jacks made a speech of
some length, after being introduced
as progressive farmer who had
begun with three or four cows and
now had seventeen with which he
had done we'll in the dairy business.
Mr.. Jacks in beginning said that the
secret of this business was to raise
feedstuffs on the farm. He said this
country was as good for peaches as
Tennessee and Georgia which he
knew thoroughly, and told of the
nrst peach orchard in a peach dis
trict of Tennessee where there are
row concerns canning the peaches we
often buy from the stores.
Mr.. Perkins introduced C. C.
Beard, County Agent Of Copiah
county who among other things sta
ted that lands in Copiah almost
worthless fifteen or twenty years ago
were now worth one hundred to one
hundred and nifty dollars because of
the truck growing. He urged the
necessity of sticking together" and
of forming an inron clad organiza-
tion as there were always enemies
who worked to undermine. He urg-
ed that as farmers here were mex
perienced in trucking they should
begin on a small scale and grow into
the business. He suggested an as
sociation with laws similar to those
of Copiah which would affiliate with
the Mississippi Farm Products Ex-
change or get permission from the
Copiah organization to affiliate with
them. He then gave many Of the de-
tails Of the industry in reply to
questions.
Upon the agreement to form an
association, Mr.. Perkins requested
those who wished to join to come for
ward and sign with the acreage they
would cultivate. and to tell their ac-
quaintances that they might sign
later at his store. A large number
signed, and, we are informed at this
time, many others, later at the store,
for acreage varying. from one to nf-
ty. Only few have signed for
large tracts, all advice being to the
effect that the small acreage is pre-
ferable for beginners in truck grow
ings-
The 4Kiwanis Club, which is back
ing the movement, was to hear re-
port Of 1t at their luncheon at the
Inez at one o'clock today.