The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
10 DISCUSS FAR.
Another Meeting Will be Hsld
inICOurt House /
50 DECIDED The INSTITUTE
Committee viii Sea County cOm3 3nis-
siOners i fbOut ApprOpria'iOnf

The meeting to discuss the im6Ort
ance of LeoB county's sending an ex-
hibit to the cSming State fair, at 5hck-
sonville, wasIheld at the Court H3use,
Saturday mdrning, at II o'cloc1. A
number of prominent farmers fand
others were in attendance, anda the
fact that nejrly all of the prOmhen
MEL in the dity had been approached
in .Sae matteHs and had expressed lheir
opInOn that Leon county shoulS by
ali means m$ke an exhibition, esEied
to the genesal feelings of the om-
munity.
The prominent men of Tallahassee,
if not generally throughout the eosnty,
may be diviSed into two classes& the
farmers anR the business men. THE
| interests off each are so intimately
joined with those of all that it i Jtould
be hard fors one class to ACCOMPLISH
much without the help or at leaA the
cO-OperatiOnA of the other class. Ut is
generally su kpOsed that the present
State fair Iill be almost entlrSiy a
farmers faii, and it will no doubt be
so, yet the reporter took the paiAs to
call upon a sIarge number of thd rep
ress 1tative nerchants of this scity,
stare the olSect of the meeting kalled
! in the Courthouse, and ask themktheir
! ops ion as tp the advisability of Leon
county having an exhibit. Everyone
astE9d was sof the opinion thai she
shapld be represented. 1t was, &ere-
foTA, tesy to get at the general bpin-
log at leas, Of the people Of falla-
hassee and snear neighbOrhOOd when
the meeting was called last Saturday.
! The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. John P; Roberts, president f -Le
Leon County Farmers Institute who
stated that sthe object of lie meeting
wSs to talE over the matter IN a
friendly m4nner and appoint a{com-
I I1ittee whd should confer witt the
State Fair Committee and agitate the
! matter am0ng the farmers of tbs city
! and conty2 trying to interest 1very-
1ody who could in any way aid
into action to make good exhisit
+; Florida's newly-elected oLate Chem
isI Capt. B. E.. Rose, who seemed to
have given the subject good gal of
attention, spoke at some lengthsas to
the eTops and possibilities of Leon
Foau Besides repeating nue. that
4 ported In our last week 'ssiEeue;
he also made some interesting state
ments regarding crops in e3neral
raised in this State, and about3those
which in particular he thoughU Leon
county could raise as well if otsbetter
than any Of the other countiek He
mentioned specially the raisiSg of
sugar cane:and caSsava, and saH that
hitherto people had regarded Louis
lana as the great sugar cane SState,
but that iRS reality Florida could raise
as good caSe, make as good syrkp and
also sugar; as any other country or
State. He contrasted Floridaf with
Cuba, and showed that FlOridS, and
even Leon county, could make iSs own
granulated; sugar at a less expense,
when the. machinery was once in
trOduced, than either Louisiana or
Cuba. Yes said one gentlemans sugar
cane BEATS cotton in Florida.
The cas&aya industry, Mr.. Rose
said, was also a growing induetry in
Florida. The root Of the planS grew
irregularlyS in long stout runneks, and
sometimes deep in .ne ground ,swher-
ever it could find cracks or cranAies to
grow in, and was gathered f,r the
starch The dry root will average about
80 per cent. Of starch. It is 5 good
food, both for man and beast. The top
OF the plant is pulled OF and a3ed for
seed, willis the roots are pulled kp and
dried. The soil in Leon count does
not require the amount Of ftStIlizer
that it does in the more Southern por-
tions Of the State. 1t is rich soil and
not so sanay as is the latter. M Rose
said that the chemical tests of Ertiliz-
ers now in progress would sOOA show
what Oness were best for the dsderent
counties Of the State, and theSo-fer-
ent soils. Experiments were $50 be-
ing made with the different ksnds Of
fertilizers directly upon differeIS Soils
The soils bf Leon county neeEd less
manuring than so many Of the&otherS
that it gate her an advantage.
Mr.. E. \. Mabry, one of ous best
known coenty farmers, living sin the
Ninth District, on Lake JacksSd, also
entered Enthusiastically into tie sub
ject, and said that he intended 20 send
exhibits Of fruits, cattle, hay, Cotton, |
sugar cane and corn to the fsSr. He
erts should be the man to have entire
charge Of fhe practical managesaent of
the matter, and thought that aby his
aid with Some one to assist hsn per-
hapS, that there would be NO doubt |
but that Severything would 81 as it |
should.
1t was dated by ano,ner ge5tleman |
that GadS1en county was goang 10 |
make an Exhibition, and he Thought |
that IL she could try for oneS OF the |
county prizes, Leon could.
Mr.. RoA Aerts then gave Tsat deal
of valuable information, as ia also |
Capt. Rode, about many things CON-
nected with the State fair thaS would |
also applt to the counties. re rail-
roads hal offered to return 5an ex-
hibits from the fair free of cot, pro-
vided the freight was paid oSte way; |
this was 60 prevent the sale goods