The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-29
STRAWBERRIES CAME
 FROM ALABAMA FARM
Fine Fruit Received From
 South Alabama
ILLINOIS MAN IS HERE
F. J. Stannard, Prosperous Farmer, Has Become Intensely Interested In the Agricultural Fossil
 bilitIes- Of Alabama
By WALTER HARPER

This office is in receipt of box of strawberries from c. Peteet, Orange Beach, Baldwin county, Alabama.
 The berries were ripe, fine and luscious They were grown by Harry G. Spindler on patch that was planted last Feb ruary and which produced. a good crop of berries last spring. MT. spindler had ripe strawberries from the same plants for last Thanksgiving. This grower came to Alabama from Dakota about one year ago and, of course. is delighted with soil and climate that will grow such fine fruit all the year round.
 This is good sample of what is being done every year in the southern part of Baldwin county on the balmy shores of Perdido bay, where winter is unknown
 The orange groves in that section are now hanging with golden fruit and the vegetable gardens are green with their choice products
 P. J. Standard of Lewiston Ill.,, arrived in Birmingham about week ago intend- ing to spend few days with his brother 1n-law, c. w Uford, and then going on to Florida for the remainder of the win ter.
 MT. Standard is one of the prosperous farmers of his section of Illinois. He knows good agricultural proposition when he sees it. He was not in Alabama 24 hours until he became interested in the agricultural possibilities of this state The climate was immense His investea tons Of soil conditions were more than satisfactory. He gave up his proposed Florida trip and is still in Alabama.
 He is asking questions. He is visiting the farming districts of the state and talking with farmers and business men He is greatly interested in everything he Sees
 He has hundreds, yes, thousands of neighbors in the middle west who work hard to produce feed for themselves and their cattle during the long winters. Many of his neighbors have gone farther into the northwest seeing cheaper lands He says he will advise them to come to Ala hama. where the lands are not only cheap but where the climate is mild and well suited to the raising of cattle at much smaller cost than in the north.
 But he wants to be sure of his advice He proposes to make personal investi-
 
 He wants to see Alabama grown corn, Alabama cattle, Alabama hay. Those are the things that interest the Illinois farmer
 He wants to be able to tell his neigh bors, the young men who are seeking new homes, just what can be done in Alabama. Before he is through he pro- poses to have the knowledge first hand.
 He will visit the alfalfa belt in Sum ter, Perry and N1arengo counties. The corn belts north and south, the state ex- pertinent stations at Auburn and Union town and the valley of the Tennessee.
 In other words, when MT. Standard re- turns to Illinois he will be walking ad- vortisement for Alabama.
 'I am surprised that the people of Ala bana have not more fully appreciated the opportunities here for internal develop ment'' said Mir. Standard yesterday. ''There is a great agricultural awaken ing all over the country People are be- ginning 10 appreciate the value of intel ligent cultivation. fertilization and diver sifcation... The new order of things is talk !, ing hold in Alabama and you will see d revolution in a very few years.
 ''The soil and climate in Alabama are