The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-25

and turpentine that was taken from
this territory was OF great value, and
that the money resulting from the
exploiting of this business. has to
very considerable extent been ex-
pended In building up such cities az
Pensacola, the land itself once con-
siderej almost valueless is worth
more today and is selling for more
stripped of it's timber than it was
formerly worth with the timber on 1t.
Crops Every NORTH.
Garden crops in West Florida on
q farm properly handled can be pro-
duced every month of the year. One
acre shaded for the summer months
can be made to produce four and five
crops Such intensive farming, how
ever, IL unnecessary as two and three
crops can be produced without go
ing to the expense of shading. With
out going too much into detail | will
state that one farmer in Escambia
county produced at the rate of 800
bushels of sweet potatoes to the acre
in the season just passed and market
ed most OF them at 80 cents per
bushel. No finer soil can be found
anywhere in the world for strawber.
ries, which have been made to yield
$500 per acre net. Bermuda onions
grow as well in this district, if not
better, than in the famous Bermuda
onion district III Texas, and properly
cultivated an acre will yield $500.
net per year. Celery can be raised as
well in West Florida as in any section
of the United States, and celery has
been produced showing profit of $500
rer acre net. Cucumbers grow to per-
fiction Tomatoes can 3e made to
bear here practically nine months in
the year, the earliest market can be
reached and tomatoes can be gather
ed here and marketed after the north
ern crops have all been killed by the
frost.
Variety of Crops.
Mr.. I. L. Hardin, manager OF the
Redsn0pper Sauce Works now locat-
ing here, states that all kinds of pep
pers can be grown to perfection in
the soils of West Florida, and there
is no better paying crop. These pep
pers are as easily cultivated as cot
ton and have no such enemies such
as make cotton raising hazardous.
Sugar cane can be raised on these
Gently organized intends giving prac-
IASdtly tbCIi ChtilC dItCul lOA W lHC
raising of sugar cane. Irish potatoes
grow quite as well as sweet pota-
toes. Cdnteloupes of the Rocky Ford
variety. are produced In this district
equal to any raised in any part of the
world, and the same is true of water
melons, asparagus, oeets, figs,
peaches, plums, grapes. persimmons,
satsuma oranges. pecans, walnuts,
and as for lettuce, cabbage and such
crops the soil and climate are both
adapted perfectly.
That the people are becoming aware
Of the value of their lands is evil
denced by the fact that within the
past twelve months property values in
West Florida have advanced more
than 100 per cent, and when it be-
comes generally known what a bon
ANA there is in this country to the
man who is willing to work and who
wants a home in a perfect climate,
and where he can enjoy not only
good income from bis efforts. but the
social advantages Of city like Pensa-
cola and the other dities of West Flor
ida, BUT also be practically within an
hours run of the beach where he
can have pleasures not generally pos
sible to people who follow farming
for business.
In closing this article It Is probably
we'll to mention the fact, that the
analysis of water In the Pensacola
district shows 1t to De chemically
pure. IN other words it is probably
the best drinking water anywhere in
the world and the same drinking wa
ter Is obtainable practically all over
West FLORIDA.
JOHN r. SCOTT.