The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-26
BIG ACREAGE OF
GOOD TOBACCO
MUCH HIGH GRADE CIGAR TO-
eAcCo WILL BE GROWN IN THE
TOBACCO DISTRICT OF BALD
WIN COUNTY NEXT SPRING.
EXPERIMENTS WITH WINTER
TRUCK CROPS IS PROVING Sue
CESSFUL.

Under the shade where fine crop
|Of Sumatra wrapper tobacco was
grown this summer on the Harvey &
Co. plantation east Of Robertsdaie.
there is now growing fifty thousand
fine cabbage plants. two acres OF po-
tatoes. one and one-half acres OF rad.
ishes. an acre and a half OF lettuce.
one acre Bermuda onions. one of to-
matoes and one of peas. The radishe5
are being shipped for Thanksgiving
and Christmas trades and the other
crops are expected to move very early
in the spring. says the Foley On
locker
DR.. Harvey admits that a portion of
what is now growing may prove prob
lematic as a winter crop. but thinks
that the experiment will pay well and
at least demonstrate just what truck
crops will stand the winter weather
when protected from frost by the stats
overhead.
Besides the winter truck crops on
the Harvey & Co. farm. Prof. Conway
has in ten acres and the Sullivan boys,
VIM. Blass. A. C. Barnes, A. o. ia
cobs and Others are growing them in
more or less limited extent. all of
which up to the present have done
we'll.
Or. Harvey states that his company
will increase their shaded area from
ten TO thirty acres and that the COM
|pany will plant next spring thirty
acres Of shaded Sumatra tobacco and
ten acres of Cuban in the sun. Ar
rangements are now being made for
the installation of a water system so
that the seed beds can be irrigated
and other extensive improvements
will be made.
Galesburg Development Company.
The Galesburg Development Co. is
a growing syndicate which was recent
ly incorporated for 100000 by Gales
burg, Ill. people. who have placed II.
o. Packard in charge. The company's
holdings are located east of Roberts
dale. They already have built a fine
bungalow as main house. three ten
ant houses, bunk house. tool house,
large barn, big tobacco barn and have
the place fenced. They will soon
erect two more tobacco barns. each
40x10O feet. W. H. Calender. one Of
the directors who is down, states that
they will have the shade up and be
ready in ample time to plant sixteen
acres of high grade tobacco under
shade and sixteen in the sun, besides
they will plant the necessary forage
crops to care for their stock
Southern Leaf Tobacco Company.
This is new concern recently in
corporated with F. NJ. Bostwick as
president, w. H. Patterson as secre-
tary and treasurer, and Richmond
Dean, w. o. Krohp, T. P. Hamm and
DR.. W. S. Harvey as members of the
board. The company has one hun
dred and ten acres just south of Rob,
ertsdale which is being rapidly devel-
oped under the superintendency of
James NJ. Mccall. They will set this
winter five acres INTO Satsuma
oranges, and are preparing the
ground. erecting shade and getting
| ready to plant twenty acres of high
grade tobaccos under shade and ten
| in the sun.
Others to Increase Acreage.
Among those who will increase their
acreage in tobacco might be men.
toned the Monmouth Development
Co., which will add five acres to its
shaded area, J. H. Berhens will in.
crease his acreage to five acres under
shade and five in the sun, Spaulding
Peck will plant two under shade and
three in the sun, Joe Billy two under
shade and two in sun. Mr.. Knapp, wnC
will manage another growing syndi
| cate, will plant five acres under shade
the Sullivan brothers will grow five
acres of tobacco and other growers