The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-14

natneT FtaTG SlaP.
In trying to call to mind the name
of candidates for congressman at large
other than Claude LEngle, we are re-
minded how hard it is to mention the
name of the vice president-Cotton-
dale News.
Snakes.
That snakes fight snakes is not
generally known. Members of w. H.
Parker's surveying party last week
witnessed an instance of this kind
that was very interesting. 1t was
what would have been the killing Of
a large moccasin by king snake, had
the party not interfered. The small
king snake had coiled itself about the
large n1occasin just back of the head,
and was slowly but surely choking the
life out of the latter. When the king
snake was driven off it ran away in
a manner that showed that the COM
bat had not tired 1t, while the moe
casin could scarcely move. It Is
stated that king snakes kill moccasins
in this way an dthen devour them
Panama City Pilot.
Cane Syrup Industry.
The Tribune has mentioned several
times the possibilities of the cane
syrup industry as one of profit in this
section. In this connection we find in
the N6EUlcL OI Town OF
Chipley the following:
Cane grinding has already COM
menced on some farms in this section.
Oscar Johnson made up a quantity of
very fine syrup the past week, placing
some of it on sale in bottles at Schells.
1t was eagerly bought by our towns
people who were getting hungry, as
prior to that there was not a bottle
to be found on sale in the town. There
is no section Of the state where bet
ter syrup is made, and 1t is q won
der that more cane is not grown, as
there is always a good demand for the
product.-Lynn Haven Tribune.
Alfalfa in Florida.
The Tampa Times, ever incredulous,
speaks thusly in a recent fssue:
THE Times sends out a drag-net ap-
peal to its readers and the brethren of
the press for encouraging and sustain
ing information relative to alfalfa as
a staple crop in and for Florida. We
remember having been pretty well
silenced year or so ago on the sub
ject by the st. Augustine Record,
which maintained that large fields of
the lucerne flourished in its vicinity.
The alfalfa editor was detailed to go
and see those fields and pass upon
their genuineness but he has not yet
been able to discharge the duty as
SlBISu IltklI. We tuSIelOE6 DRE L1e
Record to submit a new and fresh re
port from that alfalfa field of a quar-
ter section or so that was so -four
iShing a few months ago.
I'VE are inspired to make this re-
quest by the fact that several promis-
ing little patches and fields of alfalfa
in and about Tampa have disappeared
under what a friend tells us is 'ad-
verse conditions. We had a good
deal of tentative confidence in some
Of those spots of forage, but they have
gone glimmering like the baseless
fabric of a vision. Wherefore we want
to hear again from the st. Augustine
Record, in the hope that our gloom
may be dispelied and that alfalfa from
the East Coast may yet be baled and
sold throughout the state"
The gloom of the Tampa Times may
be dispelled. The alfalfa is still grow
ing about St Augustine and there is
more than ever. Fred R. Allen has
made such q success with the forage
plant that he has turned over his en-
tire Almero farm, famous as one of
the most fertile and productive in the
state, to this one crop.
Six cuttings have been made thus
far this year and now instead of
making a few more Mr.. Allen has
three hundred head of hogs on the
land fattening on the alfalfa.
Mr.. Allen says he is going to plant
a large acreage additional And he
further states that his invitation to
the editor of the Tampa Times to
come over and take a look still holds
good.
The Tampa Times might as well
give up.
The East Coast can grow alfalfa if
Tampa can't--St. Augustine Record
What on earth do you keep clap