Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-09-07
Letters Of A Florida Citrus
Grower To His Nephew

i Arland at Hammock
Groves, Florida to Samuel
i Bentonvile, Mich
Life just
fruit is no exception Next we will be wondering
stop The other night raed long and hard that lay in bed
when woke up the sun was shining and put it off,
crop again If
lake inclaon you'd have stand
the night blowing he had done Somehow
big man on the other end Of this
what ordinarily would be pretty good price but In view Of the ON
the shortage the coming there am reasonably that am gong
willing
to his chickens the being ppped
ut ;s nnysa c ,i , nib h sd hnv usually bumor
them For instance the sold lump the buyers
estimate the the the number of boxes the
divide offered quantity there will be quite
respectable price per box If the grower who sells in this way wants
going sem who thus sold then suddenly
with
provide field boxes which are alright to the eye but are just bit oversize
and when carefully loaded by trained field men yield considerably
0 justify
against
has sold him
with good howing
contract only are
made In this 1t is the and the buyer who holds the
far as market conditions concerned
There pretty money
through spectators We
fine grove and was wonder to some Of how he managed get
WE'LL until
knew He could
something
Whenever he sold his would
the price pretty low saw it, but he always holed often
we read about our took some years to the fact
that he would In reality
the spectators who bought his
fruit they able kindly
kicked up awful fuss first Our maintains
around the packing house times
heirs losing fruit that Exchange later
joined association and then did his
us up in business SO
that he might follow in his fathers Things finally to
though
Smith told this bird he was going
have him arrested for repeating Later away
don't think he had the burglary but other
wise fairly we'll
Since Citrus Exchange the
Lodge You don't exnect things Tw py mGG ike church or
congregation denomination Every now
and then something happens rifle lodge
sort Of e even the grand lodges People are
such funny folks Seems element into an
exception, either
Along after we organized our association here thought
managing dig up money for fertilizer bills the busI and
fruit going to be smpled considerably that way
not officer association though served but
cate have responsibility vote for officers the
ought be- regardless whether they or belong
to church or not S
a kind of ran down 81 tb n
year free hand and .
spon him Anyhow
looked gloomy couldn't
kicked the traces and sold
as see now properly should have done They five wears
For three years took my medicine and came to
realize of the
Exchange what thew did M w
of bidding
decide who was to have for Market
tons and what the Exchange getting growers didn't @ n
when selling tbird sao,
figured the good onnon 90
friends
disposed Of and told think thew
lot Of the value of the Florida Citrus
to know
them figured had bitten off
willing ana
again In the meantime
lot OF the kinks and had
same old manager in charge looked really been
closer cooperation his directors he had it,
anything mighty sorry to sac S
a - WV ANN 'e4Ne US
All Of which only goes show that young and
perfection anything
little charity and hepfuness Give M ha..
and the children and let hear again - ~ " Eta