The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-09
FARMERS PLEASED
WITH TRUCK YIELD
Many Attend Farm Bureau
Meeting Talks on Straw
berry Cultivation.

4 apr Ally 4dIulGI6 dI-
tended the meeting held Monday
morning at the court house by the
| Farm Bureau.
Mr.. Ben P. Smith presided in place.
Of Rev. N. f. Jacks whose arrival
was delayed. with Mr. John May,
secretary.
Mr.. Henry Legett, county agent,
made a talk on cotton marketing,
stating that last year the delta cot
ton association did the best cotton
marketing that had ever been done
anywhere in the world. A strong
organization through which cotton
can be marketed. is needed in other
cotton sections, so that the millions
realized by spectators who stand be-
tween the farmer who raises the cot /
ton, and the English spinner, shall
come to the country and town. Bus
iness men are behind the movement
in other states, and will be, here,
when they understand it. Women
and children who ought to be in the
home and school respectively are Of
ten at work in the cotton fields. |
However the cotton must be- of a j
good and uniform quality. One or
| two varieties must be used in place
of the forty Ave now grown in Linz
coin County. In the Carolinas, one
fourth of the acreage produces twice
as much cotton as ours. The mills
in Mississippi buy cotton from the Ca
rolinas because Mississippi does not
produce the uniform staple required.
Mr. Legett advised his hearers to vis-
1t the cotton fields Of Mr.. Morse,
a writer in the Progressive Farmer,
who lives near Laurel, Jones county, |
Mississippi, to see how much may be
accomplished in this state.
The correct production, packing |
and marketing of eggs was discussed. |
Eggs by the carload are shipped all
thesway from California to New York |
while we neglect good markets in |
New Orleans and Atlanta.
Truck, poultry, dairy COWS and |
cotton, properly tended will make a
prosperous farm.
Mira John May stated that the CO.
operative handling Of cotton seed
last year proved highly successful,
35 carloads being sold by the Farm
Bureau. seed bringing prices up to
S37 per ton, when at nearby mar
kets, individuals received prices only
up 10 $24.
Rev. N. F. Jacks stated that he
was busy building new dairy barn,
his herd having "out grown him.
He said that farmers did not put e.
nough pep into their own business.
He has stuck to dairying and is not
ashamed of his herd or his payroll.
He made a strong presentation of the
need for better farms and farm
buildings, and plea for pep" and
resolution. The necessity for a
strong organization of farmers was
stressed.
Mr. G. B. Perkins spoke of the
dement's of a farmers organization,
and the satisfaction of helping to
make others happy, and providing
better schools and churches, better
realksed through working with 9TH
ers. He spoke in favor of the straw
berry project now under way, quot
ing W. H. Nalty, of Hammond, no
ted strawberry region, as authority
for the statement that strawberry
growing is good business, and
should give profit of $500 to $500
an acre. Mr.. Perkins introduced
Mr.. John Bonfiglio, an experienced
Italian strawberry grower of Tick
faw, La. who spoke briefly upon the
subject and then replied to a num-
Der of queries by those present. Mr..
Bonfiglio stated that in a good year
$500 to $500 could be made per acre,
and that one man can cultivate four
or five acres. Last year he sold$1,-
400 worth of plants.
Mr.. Perkins stated that "by pro-
ducts of trucking must be utilized
81 TOD Iak k1,A txzrr o.4@
was not supplied with as many ripe
tomatoes as it desired, at the close
of the shipping season.
Mr.. 2. B. Parnell spoke in COM
mendation of the Farm Bureau, and Il
said that though he did not raise
truck this year he was confident he
could, and would join the truckers
next season. he strongly favored a
move for marketing cotton. saying SIS
to $40 should be saved to the farm
er on each bale.
A vote to determine how many Of
those who raised truck this year
would not do so again, showed that
not one was wholly discouraged.
Mr.. w. j. Laird said his truck
crop had been profitable. and he had
a fine corn crop coming on in the
same ground. He will plant three or
four acres of fall truck.
Mr.. John May reported that he
planted two acres of beans, two of Il
turnips, three of peas, five of to-
matoes, three Of cabbage, and one and /
a half Of carrots. The turnips and
peas were loss, but above the cost
of seed and fertilizer, he netted SILL
10000
Mr.. Babe" Maxwell raised one
acre and eight rows about seventy
yards long, outside, and made $404.
His tomatoes were among the first
on the market.
Mr.. Jacks stated that illness in his
family and among his hands had pre-
vented his realizing profit on his
truck but he was in no wise dis
lcouraged.
Mr.. Douglas complaint about loss
on Irish potatoes shipped was refer
red to the directors of the Farm Bu-
reau.
/ Mr.. G. B. Perkins and the Farm
Bureau are to confer about securing
strawberry plants and the advisibil-
| ity Of employing an experienced
strawberry grower to assist and re-
port later.