San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12
SOUTH YEARLY
SHIPS 100000
CARS Of FOOD
Shipments to North and
West Require More Cars
Than Cotton Crop.
SYSTEM IS PRAISED
Symposium Gives Com
munity Marketing Credit
for Better Prices,

Foodstuff shipped to the North and
West aggregates 100000 to 100000
Mars annually. according to a sympos-
ium of fruit and vegetable industry OF
the South. written by prominent rail-
road officials and published in the
Manufacturers Record of August 2.
Among the contributors were such
men as c.. e. Schaff, president of the
NJ, X. & T.; C. H. Markham, presi-
dent Of the Illinois Central: w. l..
Mapother. president of the Louisville
x Nashville; w. Il. Babb, editor Rock
Island Railway Magazine; w. A:
Winburn, president of the Central OF
Georgia H. NJ. Madison, general farm
and immigration agent of the ). A. x
A. p: w. X. Scott, president OF the
Southern Pacific: L. A. Hamilton,
president of the I.-G. N: and others
who are in position 20 make authorita-
tive reports on the subject covered.
Potatoes, cabbage lettuce, tomatoes.
Strawberries, citrus fruits, melons.
peaches, apples and similar products
make up the bulk If these shipments.
Inc SYSTEM VI Nul ItStfsSidlioh -
largely responsible for the wonderful
increas. of shipments of fresh yege-
tables to the cities and has aided in
producing the consumption OF fresh
vegetables in place of the canned
product among the residents of the
cities, according to Mr.. Madison, who
says that the community plan of mar
keting fruits and vegetables is teach
ing producers the advantages OF CO.
operation.
System Works a Change.
Mr.. Madison cites the case of two
counties in Virginia which started
the community system of marketing
in 1900. As result thereof North
Hampton county leads the United
States in the income per acre realized
from crsDs and live stock with an aver
age o.. $135.72. Next in line comes
AccUmac county, Va. with an average
of $121.24 per acre. Los Angeles
county, Cal, yields an average oil
SS1.1J. All these figures are taken
from the report of the agricultural de-
partment of the federal government.
In an nrticle entitled AN Empirt
fsfeater Thar That of; Rome Being De
veloped by the Railroads of Texas.
Mr.. Madison mentions the fact that
there has been only one crop failure or
the great Taft ranch in % years ana
enumerates the plants with which al
products raised on the ranch are pre-
pared for market. He also quotes the
statement he has often heard that the
Taft ranch is "the finest organization
in the world"
An annual average of S1700 pei
acre for four years off grove Of
citrus trees, is related by Mr.. Madi
son, who briefly tells of the progress
being made in this industry in th'
Southwest. He also states that tht
poultry industry is increasing rapid
". Poultry shipments almost equa
the shipment of cattle. he said.
~ Just How Big Texas Is.
In answer to letter from the edi
for of the Manufacturers Record. Mr.
Madison calls his attention 10 the fact
that il is farther from Teyline I;
Brownsville than from Texline TO Min
neapolis and farther from El Paso t.
Tearkana than from Texarkana t.
Chicago or Cincinnati; that if TN
east edge OF Texas were placed at New
York City. the western line would liz
west of Chicago. the south line a
Raleigh. n. c.. and the north bound
airy 50 miles north and east of Sal
Ste. Marie; and that it would inc i'd
such places as New York City, Philn
delphia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Wash
ington. Baltimore. Detroit. Chicago
Milwaukee. Cleveland and Toronto.
He also called the editors attention
to the fact that San Francisco V
nearly 200 miles north of the northern
boundary Of Texas and that the south
ern line of California has about tn
same latitude as Dallas and For
Worth. The southern boundary ex
tends rs much rs 800 miles south o
1G-s@ southern boundary Of California
he said.
In order that the reader may com
prehend the immensely Of the foo
shipments from the South. Mr.. Mad.
son states that an average cotton crol
could be hauled in 125.000 cars afte
being compressed. This number is les
than half the number of cars require
to ship the annual fruit and vege
table crops.