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FIRST CAR ASPARAGUS ON NEW YORK MARKET. NEW YORK, March.—The first car of California asparagus to in New York this season was receiv ed March eleventh by John & Co. The car contained 700 boxes of the three brands, "Del Monte," "Sunkist” and "Royal Red," all of which showed fine quality. It was shipped by the California Packing Corporation and was packed by Har¬ ry !>. Roper. The first lot was sold at $20 per box of one dozen bunches. Prices on the rest of the car are not available at this writing. This is about ten days or two weeks earlier than the first carlot ar rivals of last year and previous ex presss shipments have also been ear¬ lier in proportion, Express arrivals have been rather liberal throughout the past week, although not sufficient to pull prices down very much. The quality of all the asparagus arriving thus far this year has been extra fine and the first class trade bought well at prices ranging from $15 to $40 per dozen bunches. Only one lot is known to have sold at $40 but several lots have sold at $36 ~o TO INCREASE SACREMENTO COUNTY ASPARAGUS CROP. SACRAMENTO, Calif.-More than 4,000 acres of asparagus will be planted this year by the farmers of the delta district of Sacramento county, according to estimates by Horticulture Commissioner Fred Brostus, who says this planting will be in addition to the present acreage. The Eastern demand for fresh Cal¬ ifornia asparagus is one cause for the increase and Mr. Brotus says the future annual crop of the county will average a value of $3,000,000. Fine canneries in Sacramento county are now ready to handle the aspara¬ gus pack', and another is being built to operate next year. --o- HOPE SO. They were showing him the baby, "Yes, of course!" murmured the simple fellow, And-er-how old is | it?” "Exactly three months tomorrow, chirped the ecstatic mother. "Oh—haw—yes- er—the youngest I suppose? he stammered.—Ex. WATSON WATER-MELON SEED I to 5 lbs. $ 1.00 6 to 10 lbs. .90 II to 20 lbs. .85 3-11-2p5t J. F. LOWE. iOt. 131 ! t f m SPRING TIME Is Gardening Time— We furnish with the tools to garden with--Hoes, [©) © IS % can you proper raj S Rakes, Shovels, Forks, Trowels, Garden Hose, Sprinklers, Garden Fencing. c©j Painting Time-Freshen up your premises, put a new coat of paint on your house, keep ®ji 8 in tune with nature. It is worth the money. A well kept lawn, a well painted house i S speak well for the man and woman living there. #}j WE CAN FURNISH THE PAINT-LOWE’S Porch Time- A Porch Rug, Porch Swing, few Porch Rockers will fix ►21 m m new a new a new © your porch so you can enjoy it. Make it comfortable and get some of the joys of the early i-i ‘Out-of-Doors Springtime. *£ £ We make it business to have what want and need at all seasons and it is a pleas¬ i our you buy. ure to have you call and look even if you do not m t m a® m Georgia Agricultural Works, HARDWARE WE’VE GOT IT 55 FURNITURE FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA i m m ©I®. THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA„ MARCH 25. 1920, , . STORING OF EGGS HAS BEGUN IN PORTLAND, Oreg.—Storage eggs has started in the local and stocks are going into the > at a greater value than before known in the local trade. While most of the local f. o. b. buy¬ ers were bidding but 36c a dozen current recipts Portland delivery, to¬ ward the closing of the week, some were offering ns high as 38c, Those that name the high price in this ter¬ ritory are the ones that get the sup plies. Leaders of the egg trade here generally express the opinion that at any price that does not reach above 40c a dozen for current receipts, is safe for storing this seaon. Egg storers are making extensive prepara¬ tions to put away liberal supplies during the present season. More egg cases and fillers have been ordered for this purpose than during any previous season. o ST. LOUIS CO., PLANTING BIG ARK. PEACH ORCHARD. HORATIO, Ark.—Along in 1902 or 1903 the Southern Orchard Plant¬ ing Company purchased several hun¬ dred acres of land about half way between Horatio and DeQueen and planted in peach trees. This com pany was composed of Kansas City men and employees of the Santa Fe Railroad. Bert Johnson was also ac¬ tively connected with the company but later withdrew and gave his at¬ tention to the interest in the High¬ land orchards. This orchard reached its best along in 1906 or 1907 and while very productive seems to have not been a paying proposition, but at that time growers had not learned to care for orchards as scientifically as they do now and much of the fruit was imperfect and diseased, A few years later it was entirely abandoned. Last fall the Patterson Orchard Com¬ pany of St. Louis, which had sold its orchard interests at Highland, Ark., purchased about 500 acres of this abandoned orchard tract. It had been neglected and most of it was covered with second-growth timber, brush and briars. The firm has clear¬ ed off all the brush and timber and plowed it to a great depth, has re paired the old tenant houses and built some new ones, a large barn centrally located and made a high¬ way out of the old spur that ran out through the orchard from the Kan¬ sas City Southern tracks. The tract will be planted to Elberta peaches 1 £ T S weather expect to finish the in the next ten days or two The tract is rolling- and well soil dark gravelly loam with red subsoil. Corn, cotton or other will be planted in the extreme places and the entire acreage been fenced with four-foot wire fencing. I. W. Slaton who was ent for the old orchard company, the farm superintendent. He he has instructions from Mr. Gutter son not to spare any expense neces sary for plans and labor to produce a good orchard and they expect in four or five years to have the best producing orchard in the Southwest. C. E. Patterson is the local represen tative and general manager ol' the farm. •o Contributors to The Leader-Tri¬ bune will earn the gratitude of the editor and force by getting their copy in as early as possible and as nearly as possible in suitable form for publication. Friday is none too early; Wednesday is often too late. o MICKIE SAYS / sou kaustn't Think J [NOU WERE FIND CARELESS TYPOGRAPHICAL JEST 6ECVJ2 A ERROR IN THE PAPER ONCE IN A VsIHIL*. NVH GOSH.VMNtVA THE ftlLHONS OF CHANCES \nronq} they is t‘ g-it Things ) [ it’s a \nonoer. vne don’t J \ NAA.K.E NVOR.E ERRORS J than sne do \ 7f"\ V 08$ W ■0 Are you a subscriber? ■ -A : Jk f 3 j y i 1 J J ^ L | WE ARE AGAIN READY £ 3 " i P i » J !i « 1 !i . 1 FOR BUSINESS !i I ■ 1 ■ 1 j J I | j • j | « | 3 J ■ After I having been closed down since £ I the first of December installing new ma¬ chinery and rebuilding our plant, I 1 We Have Resumed Operations and are now better equip ped than ever $ to handle orders. § your • • • • • • i i m Thanking you in advance for your patronage. IS FORT VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY