. The Southern States. nt importanceof fruit and truck farming in this sec-tion, but partially developed as it is, may be gained from a statement madeby the late Judge Pitkin C. Wright, ina recent issue of The Middle South:Along one of the railroads of WestTennessee is a stretch of countryeighty miles long by a half-dozenwide where truck farming is prac-ticed, wherein are eight banks, 80 percent, of the stock of which is ownedDy the farmers, and in one locality$350,000 was paid last season to thewomen and children for picking andpacking berries and fruit. Poultry, the eggs and chicken crop,tho
. The Southern States. nt importanceof fruit and truck farming in this sec-tion, but partially developed as it is, may be gained from a statement madeby the late Judge Pitkin C. Wright, ina recent issue of The Middle South:Along one of the railroads of WestTennessee is a stretch of countryeighty miles long by a half-dozenwide where truck farming is prac-ticed, wherein are eight banks, 80 percent, of the stock of which is ownedDy the farmers, and in one locality$350,000 was paid last season to thewomen and children for picking andpacking berries and fruit. Poultry, the eggs and chicken crop,though individually a small interest, asa rule, is in the aggregate one of thebiggest industries in this country, thevalue of the total product exceedingthat of cotton. Chicken-raising inthe vicinity of Memphis is a veryprofitable undertaking, there being aconstant demand at that point for eggsand chickens at figures which justifythe farmer in giving serious attentionto this industry. Regarding transportation facilities,.. riovpv Field in Fnvcttt Couptv. [ f ^/£S TERN TENNESSEE 407 of so much importance to any commu-nity which has anything to sell awavfrom home, the entire ?Memphis regionis particularly blessed. While the warstunted all railroad development in the
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