The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-14
BERRIES DRAW Wis
ITORS TO HAMMOND
Auto Party Fostered by Kiwanis
Club Make Trip to Straw
berry Fields.

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haven and vicinity-members of the
Kiwanis Club and farmers from the
trucking belt of Lincoln county
motored to Hammond, La, Tuesday
for the purpose of investigating the
growing of strawberries and to Sc
cure information and data for the
benefit of farmers and truckmen OF
this locality. Thats the. trip was an
unqualified success from every view
point is the unanimous opinion ex-
pressed by all of the party.
1t has long been the dream of G.
B. Perkins, president of the Kiwanis
club, to interest the farmers and
business men of this community in
the growing of strawberries as mon
ey-crop, and yesterdays trip to the
Louisiana city is considered an inn
portant initial stride in the fulfill-
ment of his dream.
When the Brookhaven party arriv-
ed in Hammond they were met by a
welcoming committee and escorted to
the Oaks Hotel where a splendid
banquet was all spread and waiting.
w. H. Nalty, a former Brookhaven
boy, and former secretary of the
Hammond Chamber of Commerce, in
troduced Hammond to the visiting
Brookhavenites, and the visitors. in
turn were introduced to Hamomnd
by c. B. Perkins, president of the XII
wants club.
Secretary Nalty, after expressing
his pleasure at meeting the distin-
guished visitors from his former
home, told of the Tangipahoa parishs
standing second in the column of
leash products counties of the Uni
ted States. He said that Los Ange-
les county, Calf, was first and a
county in the farming section of
Pennsylvania third.
He said that owing to the money
to be made in berries, there was great
danger of the zone CROP system
strawberries-Just as in parts of the
country the ''one crop"-cotton-
it has proved disastrous.
He was sure of one thing, though,
and that was that there would never
be an oyerproduction of strawberries.
He stated that Tangipahoa parish
had shipped 100 cars of berries this
season, at an income of three and one
half million dollars. He told of the
cooperation between farmers and
business men. and the establishment
of experiment stations by the gov
ernment.
There is no Distinguishing line
between the farmers of the commun-
ity and the city of Hammond. The
farmers are of the city and the city
is part of the country" declared Mr..
Nalty. "It's the only basis on which
the full cooperation between the city
and county can be had"
SHe mentioned the $4,000 fair
grounds, the $4,000 National Bank
building, the $40, 600 city hall buiIds
ing, ten new business buildings, so
new residence buildings, new cream
cry, new laundry and such, and bonds
voted for paving ten business blocks.
He expressed hope to see the
time that trucking belt extended
straight through from Jackson, Miss.
to beyond Hammond.
B. M. Morrison Welcomed the Wis
itors and said this occasion was
fore-runner of other pleasant visits
between the two sections. He was
very glad to have. the Brookhaveh
farmers come down and said they
must pay strict attention, so that
they could profit by the mistakes
made by the Hammond growers, as
well as by the successes.
C. B. Perkins extended the thanks
of the, Brookhaven people for the
great reception given them,. and in
vited them to arrange trip to
Brookhaven, when the pleasure of
entertaining would be Brookhayen's.
The visitors were taken to several
strawberry farms, and given facts
and figures concerning the growing
the marketing and the returns made
from strawberries. One particularly
profitable field of one and one-six-
teenth acres yielded cash rturn of
$2,S00 with only $40 expense in the
way of extra help, and an estimated
expense of $50 for fertilizers. This,
it was stated, was an exceptional
case, but many instances were cited
where the clear profits we're nearly
as high.
The failures in berry growing, they
were told, came from those who tried
to pose as Berry Kings" by plant
ing too much acreage. and then fail
ing to cultivate any part of it pro-
4perly. From 2 to acres seemed to
be the ideal berry farm.
1t is the intention of the Brook
haven people who are behind the
movement to start at once getting the
farmers lined up for next years mar
ket, and having them announce the
number of acres to~be planted to ber-
ries. The matter will be taken UP at
today's meeting of the Kiwanis club
and committee probably appointed
to assist in every way possible in get
ting the farmers started off in the
right manner.
Among the new business concerns
to be added this week to the city's
list of commercial establishments
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