The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-15
IN ESCAMB|A
AGRICULTURAL
POSSIBILITIES
AUTHENIc FIGURES THAT IF
THEY WERE PROPERLY ADVER
TIsED, WOULD WORK WONDER
Full GOOD FOR PENSACOLA.

It is well known by the people of
Pensacola who have given-it any
thought that this city and county must
look to its farm land for its future
The pine forest is fast disappearing
and with that supply of nature ex-
hausted we will be forced to look to
the land to give us as much return
from cultivation as it has from the
timber in the past. To be able to ac-
Complish this we must let others
know what we have here. 1t is a we'll
established fact that Florida lands will
produce more revenue to the acre
than any other state in the Union
and it is also a fact that there is no
better land anywhere in the state than
right here in Escambia county.
1t is almost unbelievable, but the
rate of production of Florida as has
been established in the state horti-
cultural investigations shows that
cabbages will produce at the rate of
40 crates per acre, valued at $2.75 per
crate. Strawberries, two and one
half acres made a yield of $2,009. net.
Bermuda onions made a yield of $3.50.
per acre net, lettuce produced S440
per acre net. Irish potatoes $3.50 to
$500 per acre. SWEET potatoes IS to
500 bushels per acre worth so cents
to $1.00 per bushel. Water melons are
worth from $50 to SIS per acre. Peas
will produce at the rate of 200 crates
per acre and are wGth at least $500
per crate.
The United States Agricultural re-
port on the soil survey of Escambia
county says: "Ther is unlimited pos
sibilities for the growing of early and
late truck crops for shipment to the
north" When you stop and realize
when you stop AM realizethat the
farming industry is the very back
bone of every Thriving community and
also realize that there is no chance
with the coming years for its supply
to become exhausted but always in
creased, it certainly behooves each of
us to do all that W. can to promote
this industry, to do Ill we can to fos-
ter its growth.
There are many was each of us can
help to do this, for distance when you
are writing your trends or relatives
mention to them tie fact regarding
this county's possibilities, or better
still clip these figure out and enclose
with your letter. @ you might cut
these figures out andpaste them on a
post card and mail tem to some one
you think might be htereSted, in fact
there are thousands ways you can
| do it if you are onl! willing.
! If we do this thig it won't take
| long to convince peops that this coun-
| ty is composed of god land rather
than sand dunes an gopher holes
which impression sons people have.
| The Pensacola Commercial associa-
! ton is doing good wok in advertising
the agricultural possibilities of the
county. but each of IS can do more
direct work, thereby citing more di-
rect results You possibly know some
! one whom is engage in agricultural
pursuits or one Who'll might be in
ciined to do so. who { you would tell
him the existing possibilities in Es-
Gambia county. it miat be the means
of locating him on te lands back of
Pensacola. and there not one of US,
be he the butcher, te baker or the
candlestick maker" bt would receive
direct benefit. That Dne man would
produce and bring IND Pensacola the
very things that moTE is being sent
out of town for now. e in turn would
spend his money wit the grocer, the
clothier, the druggistetc.
Did you know thathere are lands
around Moline and autntette where
there are farmers 40 are making
tmore net profit on on acre than they
ever did on the acres the north, it is
a fact and a provensne. With this
precedent established and with the
knowledge that noting better could
be done to help Pen! cola, doesn't it
appeal to US that if eh of US will do
all that We can to It outsiSN Pss-