The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1922-04-22
Delegation Headed by County Agent
s F. O'Neal, Visited the Great
Strawberry Center OF Tan
gipahao District and See
Much of Interest.
BAY ST. LOUIS SOIL is SAID TO
BE BETTER FOR PURPOSE.
Figures Show the Industry Is Cons'd-
cradle and Prosperity Smiles on
the People of That Locality
VIII Ship $3,o00,0o0
Worth Berries.

With a view of personally investl-
eating the strawberry industry at
hammond, in the Tangipahoa district
of Louisiana, County Agent ,. +.
O'Neal, who is ever on the alert IN
the interest of the farmers of Han
cock county in order their success
es and prosperity might expand, a
party of six headed by Mr.. O'Neal,
left for Hammond Monday morning.
The trip mas made in j. o. Maui
ray's high powered Buick "slX" and
in addition to Mr.. Mauffray and the
county agent were A. Scafide, Geo.
r. Rea, A. A. Kergosien and Chas. u.
MOreau.
Reaching Hammond, and after To-
eating at one of the two big hotels,
the party called at the chamber OF
commerce, where number OF gen
tlemen thoroughly acquainted with
the facts the party sought were met
and considerable time spent there.
The president of the Hungarian
colony of strawberry growers hap
pened to be present, and told how his
colony, located in the suburbs, and
composed all of Hungarians, 32O IN
number, who own their own lands,
had met with marked success.
Secretary Herrin, of the Chamber
IF Commerce, met the party the fol-
lowing morning by appointment and
went over the situation in detail,
answering the volley of questions put
to him by Mr.. O'Neal, interspersed
with interrogations by members Of
the party. Mr.. Miller, the govern
ment expert, has a fund of know
ledge that was also of much benefit
SEVERAL GROWERS ASS n.
There are from four to five grow
ers' associations, through which or
ganizations all business is transact
ed; the buying of the plants, ferti-
liZers, crates, boxes, correspondence,
sales, banking, etc. In fact it is a
big business, larger than the layman
would dare presume. An idea of the
magnitude of the business is best
gained when it is stated that with
the season only two or three week
to go before closed, the sales of
berries in the Hammond district will
aggregate 10 $3,000,000. So it is,
there are millions in it !
WILL SHIP 1900 CAR LOADS.
Hammond alone, excluding Amite,
Ponchateula, Independence and 9th
er contiguous railroad points, will
ship this season 1900 solid car loads
of strawberries. Can you imgaine
how many car loads this means?
Can you imagine this in dollars
and cents to community
On April 8th, az cars were ship
ped from Louisiana, 10 from Alaba-
ma and from Florida. Prices rang
ed from $500 to $3.15 f. o. b.
tracks. These figures were furnish
ed The Echo representative from
government sources.
On April 10th Ga cars were moved
from Louisiana. On April 18th a
bumper shipment was moved, when
76 cars of Louisiana berries made
the journey northward. Price S3.00.
On April 18th SO cars were sold.
The Daily Market Report issued
by the Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates, the local office being in
Hammond, shows that on April 18th
the total Louisiana shipments were
500 cars, compared with 804 last
year, and 129 in 1920.
HOW SHIPMENTS ARE MADE.
The berries are loaded in refrige-