The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11

produced in the north and west Ills
growing season is longer. He can
Aaise two or more crops OF vegetables
on the same land. He may have
greater variety OF fruit, and do quite
as well as farmers of other sections
with poultry and dairy products.
/ For the past yearsthe National Farm
| Market bureau has been conducting
campaign of research into the extent
and Importance OF rural roadside
markets, and bases its declarations on
thorough investigation made in
dozen scattered states. one OF the sur
prisng features OF which was that IN
! 90 per cent OF the replies received from
"wavside farm marketers' the writer's
credited large share OF their success
to tire intelligent use OF bulletin
| boards
Here are some interesting facts in
! connection with the investigation:
| Number OF missionaries sent out,
| p. 5Q2; replies received from persons
conducting bona fdc wayside markets,
s. 81; percentage reporting financial
success. o.: percentage reporting net
annual profit OF $1,000, So; $4,000, Al;
| s. coo. 80; $4,000. %; $4,000, 10; S.
| 900 and over. "A; percentage OF mark
cts conducted exclusively by women,
III: percentage OF markets selling some
commodity in winter, "a; percentage
! farm mortgages raised by prohtS from
markets, Is.
Average number OF customers per
market daily (estimated), So; greatest
number of customers, reported i'll
dav bv any one market, l,436; earliest
| crop marketed, strawberries; latest,
apples; number buying autos with
market profits, 2,214; number install
ing radio sets, 708 number buying
musical instruments, 2,6l2; number
spending winter in Florida or Cali
fornia on market profits, 3l2; number
selling all farm products through
market 3,168; average selling season,
June IS to October |.
1T is impossible" states the re
port, ito make any definite declaration
as to the number OF markets i'll opera
ton throughout the country, but we
feel confident from data at hand that
| the summer OF 1924 will see not less
than half million, perhaps more,
serving the public.
A Wayside Farm Market in Winter.
Seems trihe incongruous, doesn't
it, for a farmer to be conducting a
roadside mart when the snow is on
the ground and the wintry winds are
whstling shivery tunes across the bar
rem landscape?
But that's just what thousands OF
farmers the country over are doing
perhaps not displaying their wares, at
the roadside, as in summer, but sell
ing farm produce OF one sort and an
other in their homes, through the ef-
fcient aid OF the silent salesman, al
ways on the job'-the handy little
bulletin board.
In the list OF commodities offered
for sale by the winter farm markets
are to be found potatoes and other
vegetables, apples, honey, dairy prod
ucts OF all sorts, poultry, eggs pre-
serves, jellies. nuts or various kinds,
vinegar, sausage and even baked
goods.
No farmer sells all OF these articles,
OF course. but each speCializes in some
one or more Of them.
Further, il farmer has live stock
to sell during the winter season he
usually advertises this fact on his bull
lletin board "out in front" almost in
yariably it brings results.
While the bulletin board is dis
tinct aid to marketing farm produce III
summer, through the medium OF the
roadside mart, in the winter it be-
comes an absolute necessity, as in no
other way can the farmer herald to
the public the fact that he has some
form of "pedigreed produce" for sale.
And it brings enthusiastically within
a brief space OF time.
Market Came With Automobiles.
a few years ago. comparatively, the
wayside farm market was all but un-
heard OF. 1t came with good roads
and automobiles
And now lomes the winter farm
market 1t will be interesting, indeed
to watch its growth, which promises
to be rapid.
Over four billion dollars worth OF
life insurance was Maid for during the