The Nevada County picayune., 1922-01-19
ENCOURAGE STRAW
 BERRY GROWING

BEkN1 UkONINO
 There are several hundred acres of very fine strawberry land within a radius of few miles of Prescott. and there is no reason on earth why these ries and returning a substantial profit to the owners, instead of being run in cotton year after year al a loss, not only to the farmer who works the land in cotton, but, also loss to the com munity as a whole. Why should this situation exist any longer? The pres ent system of farming can only result in making the individual farmer the community, the town of Prescott and Nevada county poorer and poorer as the years go by It is up to the people of this city and the surrounding coun- Winkle' existence and line up with the progressive movements that are go- ing on all around us
 For the past several months several of the most progressive farmers in this community have been making an attempt to organize the strawberry in dustry and get it started here on 9 commercial scale but, they have re ceived scant encouragement, and theY have several times been on the point of giving it up. Several meetings have 1 been held at Prescott for the purpose of promoting the industry and reach ing the point where an organization could be perfected, but the business interests of the city have shown prae- ticalIy unanimous indifference towards the project.
 The establishment of the strawberry industry here on commercial scale with proper organization will mean many thousands of dollars in revenue to the surrounding country and city of Prescott. but those who are trying to promote it need encouragement. not financial assistance, except possibly in few cases, but, it is the moral sup port aid encouragement of the husi- ness interests of the city that they so much need to enable them to put this project over.
 It is not necessary at this time to go into details in an effort to prove the value of the strawberry as a rev enue producing industry. These evi- denccs are abundant and casily acces- sible to any one who wishes to secure them The point is do we believe in the strawberry business? Have we any faith in it? If SO let us show our faith by our works, The season k coming on apace. In less than two months the strawberry plants must he set ont. if we are to get the industry started this spring
 Now Mir. Farmer Mir. Business Man, and everyone else. listen, You are going to have the opportunity of prov ing your faith in the strawberry busi- ness pretty soon On tho 27th and 2Sth of January, Mr. W. D. Xubcr. Isorticulturist of the American Refr'g orator Transit Company will be here to assist in the organization of the business Mr. Znber is an expert in his line He k employed ly the Amori- can Refrigerator Co. for tho purpose of encouraging the fruit and vegetable industries along their lines. He will come here to devote his attention to the strawberry and nothing else. He will spend most of the time in the country looking over the soil and talk ing with the farmers about strawberry growing On Saturday afternoon. go o'clock at the court house he will ad- dress the farmers and business men on the subject of strawberries and the proper methods of organization to make the business success. Remcm- her the date
 F. ]. Watson