The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-27
LEON COUNTY FARMERS TALK.
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they viii carry 100 pounds or l5O
mounds there for US free OF expense:
Send all personal and county exnlDlts
together, and then you can separate
them into individual exhibits after you
arrive on the grounds, If you want To-
Send everything you can think OIL
There will be no trouble in finding a
market there for everything that you
do not wish to take back. Even your
stock and hogs can be sold. We have
many inquiries for these even now.
Don't think that any of your money
4 will go to the State Fair. No one is
doing this to try to get rich on 1t.
If any county has any money left 1t
can go back again into the county
treasury. Florida is struggling to
show what she can do@and there IS
no kid-glove get-rich-on-the-poOr-
farmer business about us as yet. =.
A single car to return your STOCK
will cost about $45. A great many can
use this car. An authorized fair dray-
man will be there to haul your ex-
hibits to the fair at an agreed and
| stipulated price. Each head OF stock
will be furnished stall for $500, and
the fair will pay for the feed OF the
stock while there. A man may bring
his feed with him of he wants to, or he
can buy it himself on the grounds, as
there will be plenty of it there, and it
will be cheap, but there is no need
for this, as the stock will be fed by the
fair committee.
There will be an information bureau,
and the houses will be canvassed for
places where board and lodging can
be had while there. A great many can
go to st. Augustine to stay, as the
fare will be reduced to a very low
round trip rate, and schedule arranged
to allow parties to go over late and |
return early.
After the close of MAJOR Healy's adj |
dress, committee was appointed to |
confer with the County Commissioners !
and ask for an appropriation, and that |
some one man be appointed to collect |
and have charge of the exhibits OF |
Leon county, to- go to Jacksonville
and take full charge of the Leon county |
exhibit, while there. On motion the |
chairman was made a member of the
committee. The committee is as fol- |
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Vim. J. Johnson, E. N. mabry and A. |
S. Wells.
The melting then adjourned until fur
ther notice.
OFFICIAL MINUTES.
The adjourned meeting of the Farm
ers' Institute of Leon county me at
the Court House. at II o'clock a. m,
on the 21st inst, President John P.
Roberts in the chair. In the absence
Of the secretary, Mr.W. l. Vason was
requested to act as secretary.
The chair announced the body ready
for business.
Capt. Rose announced that DR.. Spen-
Ger, the highest authority on cane Gull
ture, would ne at the State Fair and
deliver an address on cane culture and
its manipulation.
Major Healy then addressed the
meeting, and gave detailed and in
structive statement of the proposed
objects of the State Fair, and what
the beneficial results would be to the
Individual farmers. The fair had been
located at Jacksonville, as that city
had appropriated $1,000, but in con-
sequence of the recent fire the man
agement had declined to accent this
amount from that city.
He then reviewed the resources from
which ample means would be realized
to assure complete success, together
with the $4,000 appropriated by the
Legislature.
The Major then spoke forcibly of
the needs Of the hour. He said that it
was not more farmers that Florida
hit |
advanced methods that were wanted.
A system by which we could make
five times as much as we now do. He
dwelt upon the necessary intelligence
required for successful farming. It was
as highly important to put brains as
well as Drawn into this business. He
COMMUNICATED the Northwest, and said
they were the brainiest and the rich
est OF all our farmers, because they
had depended mainly on their brain
work. He said the bane of the South
ern farmers was conceit that they
knew it all. If they would go to the
fair they would return believing there
were some things they did not know.
He said that among all the counties
Leon should take the lead. That it
was the capital county and her lands
were the richest.
AS to transportation, he stated that
the railroad had agreed that the fare
would be IL cent rate on every mile
Travelled round trip. That they would
furnish free transportation for all ex-
hibits sent to the fair, but exhibitors
would be required to pay ordinary
charges on return.
The committee appointed at a for
mer meeting reported that there hay-
Ing been no regular meeting of the
County Commissioners, they were IN
able to do anything, but had conferred
with members Of the board, who had
promised to give it their support.
On motion, committee of five WAS
appointed to wait upon the Board of =:
County Commissioners at their next
regular meeting, and ask an appropri-
alton to further the interests of Leon
county at the State FAIR; and that
said committee recommendation suit
able person for commissioner to the
Board: OF County Commissioners. who /;
should have charge Of the entire mat
ter OF Leon coqnty's exhibits.
Agreeably to the foregoing, the chair
appointed the following as members of
that committee; w. l. Vason.. w. 7