The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-01-30
AN INDUSTRIAL ELD0RRD0,
Everybody Busy at Martin, Hammer,
Harrow and PloW Everywhere in
Evidence.
MARTIN, FLA, Jan. %, 1903,

one fourth interest in all Of their
properties 10 the Lyons Bros, Co, OF
New York. E4sterling Brothers are
the largest growers Of cantaloup' and
wat-rmelOns in the world and the
Lyons Brothers Company handle
more cantaloupes than all other firms
in New York put together. They
make a specially Of furnishing the
swell" hotels and restaurants and
also make large shipments to the near
by small towns in and about New
York.
This combination makes a strong
firm ami there is every prospect that
they will make enough to keep them
operating here At Martin a great
many years. The firm has just pur-
chased the Marshall place and will
establish on It's three thousand acres
one of the best truck farms in central
Florida. Martin il to be headquarters,
at least for the present, and probably
later spurs, telegraph offices and all
other needed cOnveniences will be
placed right on the farm.
/. NJ. Lyon, of New York, has been
here on tour OF Inspection with }.
r. EasterIing and George Easterling.
They are all we'll pleased with the
prospects for an early planting.
+. 7. Townsend is all smiles over
his pork crop" He has killed four
thousand pounds and has a. much
more which he will sell 10 a firm in
Barnweu, :. {. This firm, Easter
ling. Patterson * Co., il buying a
large quantity of Florida porkers and
having them cured IN the Benjamin
Packing house. They have paid s
cents net for all they bought. The
hog industry has been very profitable
here this year. \ number OF thrifty
farmes have not only raised enough
meat for their home consumption
but have had considerable quantities
10 put OH the market.
Potato digging has been going on
for the past few weeks. Enormous
yields have characterized most
patches. f. VI. Townsend dug five
i've hundred bushels from an acre
and a fifth. From other patches he
dug enough to ill two potato houses
which hold over thousand bushels
William Knohlock, the veteran
farmer and trucker, got over two
hundred bushels from an acre. He
made i'm all five hundred bushels. +.
=. Townsend raised three hundred
bushels, and Neptune Brown dug
eight hundred bushels To eat with his
three thousand pounds of pork.
II. y. Knoblock Will Kill eighty
hogs. He also hal n tine yield of
potatoes.
Miss Theresa Rembert is here visit
ing the Misses Atkinson.
Clark and Ray have almost com.
. p'rted their turpeu,ine camp. They
have about twenty houses finished
and are now waiting for the big Gxt
well to be sunk to water, This firm
has bought colonel Martins fin,
body of timber and viii turpeutine il
the next eight years after Which it /.
said they viii put IN a large saw mil
and handle their own lumber.
The \. {. l.. bridge building gan.
i making Martin its headquarters
New bridges are being put in ave
the whole system
I The building fever has run higI
since Clark and Ray and Fc,seuder
Academy began bull ing. Those tina
cannot build new house are building
new fences and new chicken coop~
The ring of the hammer ~ the tire,
laborrr~ even at night with torches il
hand on top of their ~hautie- mailing
on board. i not uncommon.
+. {. McLeoi ~ty- th. he viii HAY
the finest waterm,loue in the state
Others may have larger crops but h
Will have the largest melons tina
Florida soil viii yield He will Civ
the land intense cultivation and full,
taSt its ganapitV IN ,,r,At,aa ahoi.,