The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-28
SMALL FARM
PROPOSITION
REAL ESTATE FIRMS
START MOVEMENT THAT WILL
BE OF VAST BENEFIT TO COM
MUNITY.

] Just a word to home folks about the
small farm proposition. We are about
to start something in Pensacola that
will we believe, be farther reaching in
results than anything ever before at
tempted in the city and that is the
systematic subdivision and sale of
large tracts of land near Pensacola
now lying idle, into small farms, and
the sale of same to people who will
| improve and cultivate the land and de-
velop the wealth of this county
In order to get the best results we
are going to employ modern, up-to-date
methods
First, we will have an experienced
| agriculturist, one recommended by
the agricultural department of the
United States and employed at large
salary by us to show the farmer by
actual soil tests just what the soil is
adapted to naturally; what IS neces-
sary to add in the way of fertilizer to
grow any crop desired, and what time
to plant, to cultivate, to gather, and
! how to do SO.
The gentleman we have arranged
with to take charge of this work has
had years of experience, and was in
charge of the soil surveys in Baldwin
county and is familiar with our soils,
climate and all conditions, so that he
| is eminently fitted to give exact infor-
nation, the best Of advice, and to act
as a general superintendent for all our
! farms. His services will be free to
our customers.
One of the most discouraging fea-
lures to a farm lands proposition to
| families who are accustomed to city
or town life and, in fact, to any one
who wants to live on small farm, is
the isolation of the average small
farm. This. by our system of sub-di
viding, will be, in a great measure,
overcome. In fact, almost entirely so,
for the land will be regularly laid out
in blocks and lots-S0-acre blocks and
5-acre lots.
| To give an illustration of the size
of the lots no illustration could be
more clear to the average citizen than
to say that each so called five acre
lot will be slightly larger than two
city blocks in Pensacola, where city
blocks are generally 300 feet square.
Think Of getting such a sized lot all
surveyed and with title absolutely
guaranteed by the Title Guarantee Co,
and also with free membership to the
classes of agriculture and entitled to
| information and instruction in any line
of agriculture or horticulture that you
wish to follow, and all for $3.50, $25
cash and $3.50 monthly until paid
| Now just a word Of warning. This
business is going to succeed and prices
at which you can come in now will
shortly double and everyone in Pensa-
cola should buy one or more of these
farms and put them under cultivation
at once and get in the band wagon
with what is going to be one Of the
greatest movements Pensacola has
ever known.
Remember you can better afford to
pay $50 per acre to us than $40 to
anyone else not Offering what we Of
fer, and that is absolute security as to
little, competent advise free as to farm
ing, from man educated by the Unit
led States government for. that service.
the benefit of club rates on fruit and
shade trees, shrubs and plants, on
garden seeds and slips, and an assured
market for all the tomatoes and pep
pers you care to raise.
We are going to locate factory on
the line of the L. & n. railroad in sec
ton 81 that will contract with our
customers for all the peppers and
tomatoes that they can raise, and this
is only the first one. We will locate
other factories and we believe in two
years hundreds of factory employes
will increase the consumption of mar
ket produce and the material wealth
of Pensacola through factories located
on this property. where we will give
good concern free factory site
About two years ago this small
farm proposition was started in San
D.. Antonio, Texas, in which enterprise
the writer was interested and the
lands close around San Antonio were
brought under cultivation in the man
ner we are going to work. At the
istart these lands sold for $50 to 800
per acre. Today they bring from 5000
to $500 and in some cases more per
acre.
Less than two years ago an entire
section of land could have been bought
near Sanford for less than has been
paid since for five acres.
The same is true of land around
Jacksonville, Ocala and Tampa, and
we, with better soil than any of these
places, can surely make as good a
showing the first year and we are
going to do it.
There are hundreds of people in
Pensacola, who can, if they will do so.
buy one or more of these farms and
on the terms offered will hardly miss
the money, and we want you to do this