The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-14

tricate part of tobacco culture-the cur
ing process. There is, therefore. no rea-
son why the tobacco growing movement
may not yet develop into something prof
liable to our farmers.
As to long staple cotton. that has been
for years and years profitable industry
in some parts of this state, Gainesville
being a central market. and II. r. Dutton
4 CO. the principal factors. Befor--the
war. l think, cotton and sugar planta-
tons were numerous in Alachua Marion
and other counties in that part of the
state. and but for the orange growing
craze these industries, now being revived
on account of the loss of orange trees.
might have been successfully kept up
until the present time. Not a few of the
delegates i'm the convention were most
faVorably impressed with the long staple
cotton proposition, and will no doubt
adopt 1t. Mr.. George +. Macy, the car
riage manufactures, who has recently ad-
ded rice mill. as well as a grist mill,
to his establishment, and given an inn
petus to upland rice culture, proposes
to add a long staple gin to his other
departments and thus give the growers
their long staple cotton for a ready and
profitable market. The whole subject
was fully discussed in all its bearings,
and the result was most favorable. and
we may expect good cotton crop next
year.
canaigre plant into Orange county was
again revived, and fun explanation Civ
en- of the culture and use of this Texas
product. As the sole object of its cul-
ture is to obtain a root out of which tan
mic acid is extracted, ID seems very fooli an
for Florida farmers to spend their time
and money on canaigre when they can
clear their land of palmetto roots and sell
the roots for the same purpose that canal
gre roots are sold-fOr extracting fannie
acid As to the quality of this acid the-e
can be no doubt, for the Sanford tannCry
has been three times enlarged since II he
gan operations with palmetto roots fannie
acid for tanning purposes. The samples
of all kinds of hides tanned show that the
very best of leather can be made by this
process. While our soil is fun of these pail
metto roots, the greatest of nuisances in
cultivated soil. it seems folly on the part
of our farmers to buy and cultivate canal
gre roots.
Another meeting will be held here on
Saturday, Dec. 81 when the matter OF
cotton, and tobacco growing will be more
fully discussed. A committee of one
from each precinct in the county was ap-
pointed to work Tip a large attendance
and to have the delegates fully posted
and ready to act in the matter. No time
is to be lost in the selection Of some profit
of our present severe and long-continued
cold snap, and Hicks predicted severe
freeze in January. Should his prediction
be verified the orange industry could hard
lv be revived in ten or fifteen years. And
Just now we are confronted with another
danger-reported driving of the colored or
ange pickers out OF Lee county, al pres
ent the great orange producing section of
the state. If cattle men and Crackers
are determined 10 prevent the promotion
of orange culture in that favored region
because 1t may develop to the injury of
their business, another "damper" will be
thrown upon the revival of Florida's great
fruit industry. 1t is to be hoped, however.
that law and order will prevail in that
favored region, and new settlers
be allowed to plant young groves
as well as improve old ones. Just now
the large shipments of oranges from Lee
county and vicinity have given Florida a
sure hold upon the fruit markets of the
country and kept up her reputation as an
orange growing state. It would be a
great blow to her future prosperity if
iawless men were allowed to ifttLD date
new settlers or prevent the picking. pack
oranges in Lee county Outside Of that
favored section we have very few or
anges of any varieties for shipment, and
we depend upon the groves there to keep
Florida oranges in the market until our
frost blighted trees can be brought again
into bearing.