The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-07-15
MARION couNTy's FINE TRUCK
SHOWING

In spite Of very bad beginning
brought about by increased freight
rates, Marion county has had very
successful trucking season. In COM
Aplete returns gathered by the Mar
ion County Board Of Trade from the
various shipping points that the truck
crops of the county have this season
yielded. returns totalting we'll over
half million dollars.
The tomato crop, one OF the larg-
est that has ever been shipped out
of the county, and the watermelon
crop. were the largest of the season,
More than S95 cars Of truck were
shipped, not including crate ship
ments in less than car lots. The IN
compete figures show that the gross
returns were $5S4,395. The number
of cars of tomatoes shipped was 215,
and the number of cars of water
melons was 553. OF cucumbers, there
were 36 cars shipped, and of string
beans, %. Due to increase in freight
rates, the cabbage crop was almost a
total loss, and lettuce brought very
little. Most of the cabbage was left
in the fields. The gross returns for
the various crops as shown by the
incomplete figures were: for toma-
atoes, $224,394; watermelons, $685.
$50; string beans, $71,326; cucum-
bers, $64,653; lettuce, $12,258; canta-
loupes $18,215. These figures are
based on the following average prices
obtained: tomatoes, So; watermelons,
$780, string beans, So; cucumbers,
So; lettuce, 75c.; cantaIoupes, SIPS.
Most of the tomatoes were shipp-
ed 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 individuals shipments
were made through the packing house
of Mr.. j. C. Johnson, of Ocala: 5000
crates off of 40 acres of his own, and
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.
7 AL Manning, 1000 crates off of 20
acres; j. F. Keen, 1000 crates off of
20 acres; L. M. Green, 1,500 crates
off of Is acres; Douglas & Gaskins,
1000 crates off of 10 acres. Mr..
johnson, who sold his entire crop
under contract, received a return NOf
around $4,000 for his tomatoes. His
net return was around $500. Mr..
Johnson is recognized as one of the
most successful, if not the most sue
cessful, grower of tomatoes in Mar
ion county. In 1920, his tomatoe crop
brought $4,000 from 40 acres; in 1919
$4,000 from As acres; in 1918, over
1000 from 20 acres; in 1917, over
| 1000 from 20 acres and he had been
getting good returns in years prior to
that.
Mr.. Watterson Tucker shipped 81
cars; Mr.. W. E. MARROW, 80 cars !:
Mr.. r. E. Patrick, 28 cars.
The shipments this year from the
various points in the cvounty were
as follows:
Oca1a, proper, 66,465 crates to-
matoes, including 80 cars; cars
watermelons, 2 cars string beans.
F.ag stations near Ocaua, So cars
of Watermelons; 1904 crates, includ-
ing 5 cars of tomatoes.
Citra, 5000 crates of string beans.
100 crates tomatoes, 100 crates GU
cunabers, 4 cars watermelons.
Martel, 2 cars of string beans.
South Lake Weir, 81 cars water
melons.
Stations on Ocklawaha Valley, 100
crates okra, 100 crates string beans.
2 cars watermelons.
Gambler, % cars watermelons.
Kendrick, Is cars string beans. "a
cars watermelons, ID cars cucumbers.
Emathla, 700 crates cucumbers, 1900
crates string beans.
Ocklawaha, 800 crates string
beans, $50 crates okra, so crates Gu
cumbers, $50 crates cantaloupes.
Lowell, 40 crates cabbage, s.774
crates string beans. 200 crates let
tuce, 150 crates cucumbers, zoos
crates cantaloupes 81 cars water.
melons, 11,64S crates tomatoes; $40
crates sweet corn, SO crates peas.
Summerfeld, cars cabbage. 500
crates tomatoes, 100 crates cucum-
crates cantaloupes.
Weirsdale, 81 cars watermelons.
Stanton, 81 cars watermelons.
Santos, 1,74s crates cabbage, G92
crates tomatoes, cars watermeions.
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