The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-07-15

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rates, Marion county has had very
successful trucking season. IncOm-
plete returns gathered by the Marion
County Board of Trade from the va
rious shippiag points indicate that the
truck crops of the county have this
season yielded gross returns totalling
well over half million dollars. The
tomato crop, one Of the largest that
has ever been shipped out of the
county, and the watermelon crop,
were the largest of the season. More
than 895 cars of truck were shipped,
not including crate shipments IN less
than car lots. The incomplete figures
show that the gross returns were
| 1854, 1895. The number of cars of to-
matoes shipped was 215, and the num-
be rof cars of watermelons was 553
OF cucumbers, there were SO cars
shipped, and of string beans, %. Due
to increase in freight rates, the cab
bage crop was almost total loss, and
lettuce brought very little. Most of
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| gross returns for the various crops as
shown by the incomplete figures were:
for tomatoes, $224,394; watermelons,
S19S, $50; string beans, S71, 1926; Gu
cumbers, S64,653; lettuce, $12,25S;
cantaloupes, S18.215. These figures
are based on the following average
prices obtained: tomatoes, 81; water
melons, $3.50; string beans, 81; Gu
cumbers, 50; lettuce. 75c; cantaloupes,
| S2.25.
Most of the tomatoes were shipped
from two packing houses in Ocala,
there being $50 cars shipped from this
point. Mcintosh was next with "a
cars. In round numbers, the following
individual shipments were made thru
the packing house of Mr. J. c. john
son, of Ocala: 5000 crates off of 40
acres, and 1000 crates off of 20 acres.
share cropped; w. M. Gist & Son, 1000
crates off of 40 acres; j. L. Wallace,
5000 crates off of 80 acres; Lee Priest,
$500 crates off of 10 acres; R. A
Manning, 1000 crates off of 20 acres /;
]. F. Keen, 1000 crates off of 20 acres;
L. NJ. Green. 1900 crates off of 10
acres; Douglas & Gaskins, 1000 crates
off of 10 acres. Mr.. Johnson, who sold
his entire crop under contract, re-
ceived a return of around 5000 for
his tomatoes. His net return was
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nized as one of the most successful, if
not the most successful. grower of to-
matoes in Marion county. In 1920,
his tomato crop brought him $4,000
from 40 acres; in 1919, $4,000 from
45 acres; in 1918, over $4,000 from 20
acres; in 1917, over $1,000 from 20
acres, and he had been getting good
returns in years prior to that.
The shipments this year from va
rious points in the county were as fol-
lows:
Reeddick, 1882 crates. including two
cars, of string beans; 1864 crates, in
cluding seven cars, of cucumbers; 15
cars of watermelons and eight cars of
tomatoes.
Orange Lake, 2115 crates of string
beans, 2225 crates of lettuce, II cars
of watermelons. 1877 crates of cucumb-
ers.
, Anthony, 1900 crates of string
} beans, 700 crates of lettuce, 12,075
crates of tomatoes, including Is car
lots, nine cars of watermelons, 5000
crates of cantaloupes, including eight
car lots.
Mcintosh, IL 500 crates. including
% cars, of cabbage; 1880 crates. in
cluding II cars. of string beans; 5000
crates, including Is cars, of cucumb-
ers; 1920 crates, including 25 cars,
: of lettuce; 1860 crates. including "A
, cars, of tomatoes; u cars watermel-
ons.
ocala, proper, 66, 6,465 crates toma-
, toes, including $50 cars; seven cars
watermelons, two cars string beans.
: Flag stations near Ocala, 81 cars
of waterEaeIons; 1904 crates, including
eight cars, of tomatoes.
Citra, 5000 crates Of string beans,
100 crates tomatoes, 100 crates Gu
{ cumbers, four cars watermelons.
! Martel, two cars Of string beans.
South Lake Weir, 81 cars water
t melons.
Stations on Oklawaha Valley, 100
. crates okra. 100 crates string beans,
two cars Watermelons.
: Gambler, 25 cars watermelons.
= Kendrick, Is cars string beans, "a
cars watermelons, IA cars eucumbers.
E Emathla, 700 crates cueumbers, 1900
4 crates string beans
oklawaha. 800 crates string beans,