The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-19
TIFT EXPERIMENTAL FARMS.
Wonderful Changes Made in Piney
Woods Lands.

Woods Lands.
Minodgeville, Ga. July lS-The edi-
tors of the weekly press Of Georgia, who
assembled ia annual convention, az Bruins
wick last week, nearly "a hundred and
twenty strong. and who subsequently WIS.,
tied the great Florida resorts, have re-
turned TO their homes Ia different parts of
the state, and the old handpresses win
weave out bright stories OF their Journey
for the next ten days. The weekly
editor is probably, the most important
factor in the political and indus
trial development of Georgia. He is
usually democrat and is found in every
community, He is good Batured and jo-
vial, chOck full of enthusiasm and state
pride, very much abused by those who
differ with him, but withal watched with
interest by friends anu foes alike and his
weeks ramble among the pines, palmct-
to's and oranges will probably be Of in
terest to his constituency throughout the
state,
1t was the good fortune Of your cores
pondent to fall in with him on his recent
launt and the impressions made upon him
by the different places visited will be
given as briefly as possible. He was
charmed with his visit to Brunswick and
the splendid entertainment given in his
AlblAOi W uIAG people Oh bilAb EA1ublIuL
city. His trip to Cum bcrland Island was
one of the leading features of the entire
trip and his DIP in the ocean came after
an awful hot and dusty ride over the diff
terent roads Leading to Brunswick This
delightful occasion was furnished by
Capt Brown OF the Cumberland Island
boat line.
On returning 10 Brunswick, Mr.. George
w. Coates, of the Brunswick and West
rsNqd ic nod IN ,e
elegant cars that were drawn to Way
cross by the regular night train on that
road. Mr.. Coates accompanied the edi-
tors as far as Jacksonville and made the
trip exceedingly pleasant by obtaining a
special engine at WaycrOss to carry the
party through that night The special
train ran against time from Waycross to
Jacksonville, and made the seventy-two
miles between the places in about as
many minutes.
At Jacksonville, a committee consisting
of T. T. Stockton, of the Times Union !;
W. Il. Carter, Metropolis; J. w. White,
Journal Of Commerce; and MessrS. J. r.
Challen, Il. II. Liggett, and @. B. Towns
OF the board Of trade, took the party in
hand and gave them a royal excursion out
to Burnside Beach and other places Of
interest, furnishing an elegant fruit ban
quet for them at the beach. The editors
were highly pleased with Jacksonville
and will never forget the warm and sin
cere greeting given them by
the hospitable people Of that city
Jacksonville, by the way, is
in splendid sanitary condition, and is
regarded the hGalthiest city in Florida
Mr.. c. Deeming Of the great Plant sys-
tenn secured special cars, and the ride to
ST. Augustine was quick and pleasant.
Here a curious crowd gathered about the
Lynn house and gazed with a sizing-up-
t-did-yOu-come-fOr expression at
the editors and their curiosity
was in degree satisfied as
one after another OF the "quin drivers"
would stalk into the office with a load of
tropical novelties bought from the curl
oslty shops about the quaint old town.
-Four OF the GeOrgians, whose fifteen
minutes experience with a hackman
cost them two dollars each, have signiied
their intention of forming a competing
company to make things hot for the
transfer companies there when Mr.. Flag
Ter and his guests arrive from the north
| next winter
The trip through Florida down TO
| Tampa was delightful for the editors, but
| it was left for Georgia to fill them to
| overlooking with courtesy and give them
the best conception Of the wonderful pos
| sibilities of their native state Major
| CAlesner, of the Georgia, Southern and
! Florida road, Mayor F'ullwood, of Triton,
and Messrs W. O. and II. H. Tiff were
the committee to meet the party al Lake
City and emphasize an invitation which
had already been extended through Mr..
Allen, of the Worth County Local In
spite of the fact that the crowd
were tired out from continuous travel
and that they all were anxious to reach
their homes Saturday night. this invita-
ton was accepted. They remained at
Triton until Saturday evening and were
shown places that five years ago were
stubborn forests, but to-day bud and
blossom like rose. To give an idea Of
the immensely of CycloHeta and the
Triton experimental farms and TO show
the magnificent possibility of the soil
where wisely cultivated, il will be neces-
sary only to say that each farm consists
of one thousand acres Of pinery
woOdsland that will grow nearly
every product of Georgia, Flor
ida, South and North Carolina, and this
land was regarded six years ago as use
less for everything except turpentine and
lumber uses. Messrs. Tiff have thirty
acres Of grapes giving yield of five tons
to the acre, for which they get an aver
age of six cents pound, or six thousand
dollars per acre. They have a rice patch
that brings them sixty bushels of finest
highland rice to the acre; they have a
TOBACCO paIch blaJ gives them inner
yield of high grade tobacco than
can be found in North Carolina; they
raise tomatoes, cabbage, egg-plants,
cucumbers, squashes and the like in
immense quantities; they ship peaches,
pears, watermelOns, ounces, FIGS
and grapes by car loads every day in the
season. they raise peanuts, chufas and
get good prices for them all, but in all of
the thousand acres they cultivate, not
cotton stalk can be seen. Cycloneta farm
is owned and managed by the Georgia
Southern railroad, and was esta blished
to show up the wonderful advantages Of
South Georgia and to demonstrate that
Georgia naturally possesses q soil and
climate congenial to nearly every
product Of the Atlantic or western states.
What they established as an expe-
rimeut has panned out the best in
vestmcnt they have.
The editors were especially gratified at
the wonderful exhibit of their native
state and have returned TO their homes
more thoroughly infused with the spirit
of development than they have ever had
before When the farmers of Georgia
learn what the Messrs. Tiff have done
on land that had been desoate waste in
the past and SO soon as they follow after
the example given them, then the third
party will not be dreamed of in Georgia,
the alliance will fade into ObScUritV and