The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-28

added frUtosa. Her flowers ever
bloom, her fruits are never gone.
these combined make Florida
what we find 1.-THE most desirable OF
all regions for it's pure air, its genial
and equitable: temperature, its ocean
tempered breezes. its balsamic atmos-
phere, invigorating body and mind.
AS Florida differs from all other
countries and states. so, too, it differs
from itself. in regions and parallels,
as if to supply the desires of all
choosing to locate within its borders.
In Florida may be found locations
suited to the tastes and desires OF
every would-be resident and every
production the agricufturist may de-
sire to grow.
ITO speak of all these would oc-
cupy too much of the readers time. !"
Thoh speaking especially of The
West Florida Highlands" he contin-
ues:
"A region possessed of a climate
and soil, negotiations and capabilities,
differing from, yet equaiing those of
any other region when cultivated with
crops adapted to its conditions.
THE character of all soils, whether
productive or barren, depends in a
great measure upon the geological for
nation from which they are derived.
This region has its rocky foundation
upon the eocene, or oldest Statum OF
the tertiary formations. That was the
period when the marine animals built
up rocks of lime, silica. and phos-
,phorus. Today these rocks crop out
in the sides Of the ridges, along the
banks of the streams and in few
places on the level surface. Some
times as hard rocks. sometimes adj
vancing toward hardness, yet soft
enough to be cut with a saw or hewn
with an ak; and again they appear as
a soft mari The retiring ocean left
abundance of soda behind. and the
salt atmosphere keeps up the supply;
thus we now find the whole region
covered with sts=atum containing all
the mineral elements needed fOr4plant
food. These soils may be made to
fertflIze themselves by turning into
the, soil all that Will grow thereon, not
considered marketable.
These lands, in their wild state.
can be cheaply purchased. and If to
the purchase money. and cost of labor,
and the applied minerals, shaile be
added to the value Of the Florida eli
mate, which permits constant crop
pings, each acre of this so4l will be
mere valuable, because 1t viii produce
more than the richest SacF= of country
farm land in any northern state,
where but one crop, can be grown in
a year On this two Fcro2s, at the
least, can be grown.
Climate
"This region hes south of the great
Appalachian chain of mountains,
which north Of here have trended from
their general course, northeast and
southwest, to the west, and as COM
pIetely obstructed1 the scourse' Of the
northern wind currents of winter az
do the PyTenees the plains OF Spain,
on the Alps and Appsninesr the, olive
and orange orchards = of Italy. The
winter climate is warmer than Us
found On the,4 same parallel farther
west. This Climate shows that the
Gg, which can endure q cold Of three
days Of ZERO and the olive, that is
only killed %heaSe coldtof - degrees
F. remains for a like period, can be
cultivated in this region. IndeeI SO
mild are the winters here that near
the gulf coast are growing some Of
the oldest orange trees in Florida,
which yearly perfect their crops OF
fruit If the winters are warm the
sumner heats aare never oppressive, but
are tempered by the breezes passing
between the mountains and gulf, ana
by the noTthernTnost tradewinds ofs the
Atlantic. The farmers Of Jackson
county report that but once in a
period of thirty years has there +been