The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12

70 Drlng the farmers together tn com.
pare notes and imbibe new ideas. AND
build upon the experience of each other
gained in widely separated sections,
1t Is a fact, as observed by those
whose mission has taken them into the
by-ways Of agricultural life, that the
farmers Of the State have in many in
stances worked at counter purposes In
adjusting themselves to tMe new con-
d1tions; therefore this fall will bring
them together on a common ground to
reap the advantages Of those that have
been successful in the development of
new crops and new methods.
In this every Floridian should give
his earnest support, and every farmer
in particular should bend his energies
to do his share in making the fair a
success"
It is time now that our farmers
throw away little petty jealousies and
looking each other straight in the face,
put their best foot forward in an hon
est endeavOr to let each other know
what each is doing. ALI do not want
to work at one thing. If everybody
took to cultivating tobacco they would
soon create a surplus of tobacco, and
dearth of other produce. Suppos-
ing 100 farmers had exhibits of the
same crop, each cOntending for a
single prize, if there should be one, of
SO for the farmer who exhibILed the
best tobacco cropi How much better
it would be to know that ten farmers
Zone out Of ten each of whom COM
peted for a separate CROP had won
ten prizes for ten different "best crops
in the State" Of say, hay, corn, cassaVa,
sugar cane, tobacco, potatoes, fruits in
general, oranges, etc. And verdict
from the judges would give a Flor
ida farmer credit for the best this
or that crop in the United States. Flor
ida will grow something's good many
things-better than any other State in
the Union. This is a fact. The people
of Florida and of the United States
will open their eyes to the truth of this
statement after our State fair.
The scope Of the fair is told in few
words by another extract from the
same paper: when the fair was first
started it was determined by the man
ayers to have erected large buildings
for the various exhibits, and specially
cOmmOdiOus was planned the maiI
| hall, but subsequent events forced
them to adopt expedientS. 1t will be
remembered that Jacksonville cOntri-
buted-rather ubscribed-liberally to-
wards it's maintenance, and enough
money was in sight to carry out every
plan proposed by the management;
but the great calamity that fell upOI
the people Of Jacksonville drove the
Board of Directors to the necessity Of
changing the plans or to hold the fail
at some other city; but the broad
hearted magnanimity of other cities
served notice upon the managers thai
they would not compete for the fair
nor woulL they accept it since Jackson.
vile suffered so deeply, and that We
should hold the fair among the ruins
so as to show to the world the cour-
age and grit Floridians have. So, tax.
ing all these things into consideration
| it was determined to continue Jack.
sOnville as a location, but with the
modified plans, and as result, instead
of attempting to erect a building fol
the main hall, large tent, ,151x3O0 has
been rented, under which the exhibits
Will be collected.
"The management has come to the
conclusion that misfortune builded bet
ter than it knew, because it is now
thought that the tent plan will be ons
of the most attractive and novel plans
possible to AadOpt,5 and much larger
than any building possible to erec- in
the short time. 1t will show to the
world that the climate of Florida is
such that a great State fair can be
held under a tent in the last of No
vember."
This last extract answers pretty
cOnclusively our friends question
about the possibilities of holding q
State fair in "fire-swept" Jacksonville
Florida has her eyes open, my dear
other States, and don't you forget it!