The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24


ducts in Marion county for nearly
thirty years. He advocated close APP
plication to any crop. He told how
he had selected with the greatest
care his seed corn every year that
he has been farming. He is willing
to explain his method to any who will
consult him.
The closing address was made by
Prof. Jos. L. Wiley of Fessenden
Academy who announced that the
committee for improving farm condi-
lions invited the farmers to meet in
Ocala at Mitchell's Hall, May 10th, to
effect permanent organization of farm
| ers' conference. 1t is hoped that farm
ers will be in Ocala by one o'clock
that day to take part in this great
movement Prof. Wiley's address in
a. condensed form is printed else
where.
From the grand stand the audience
went to the large rest room where
more than a thousand ate of the free
barbecue which consisted of barbe-
cued pork, mutton, beef, rice, hash,
pies, pickles, bread etc. The meat and
other provisions were well prepared,
finely handled and the fact that more
than a thousand were bountifully
served and the crowd was peaceable
are things to be noted. There was
plenty for all and much to spare
Geo. Giles, Master of Ceremonies
was very proud of the day. e. H..
Mitchell was grand marshal and the
chef was the matchless barbecue
king, Perry Edwards. The attendance
| from the country was large and it is
levident that a movement in the right
direction has been started.
Prof. Wiley spoke as follows to the
farmers Saturday:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men and especially the gentlemen that
farm:
AS you spoke and seemed to de-
precate the drouth we are having and
made confession that you wanted to-
know how to plant, and what to plant,
| it occurred to me that you might try
in this dry season onions and Irish
potatoes, planting row of the one
and the other so that the scent of the
onions may get in the eyes of the Irish
potatoes and cause moisture enough
to grow the crop.
Yet what is needed by the farmers
most is to put their whole mind as
well as body into the great occupation
| they have chosen. No man can sue
coed who is ashamed of being farm
er or is afraid to work. The man who
gets UP late, wastes time, uses make
shift-gear and believes he is farming,
when he uses the poorest gear, half
| fed stock and wasteful methods, de-
ceives himself and has only one
course, that of debt or failure. 1t is
a great work, and the man who goes
into it to make it life work, to
lstick to it through success and
failure, will in the end triumph, and
he will have a reward for his intel
lligent and persistent activity COM
lpetence that will stand him well in
hand in the evening of his life
i If there was ever poor mans
paradise" it seems that Florida is
THAT place. A man who can not sue
.lceed here with nature, sheap land,
'lgood makets and great encouragement
jail in his favor could not succeed any
Iother place. Now is the time to get
la home and farm. for if you wait and
! ldream, the folks from other sections
! will come and embrace the opportun-
! titles that you have spurned. Land
. that will grow all farm crops, straw
r berries, beans, oranges and fruits of
: Iendless varities, is worth lot of mon
} ley and though it now is begging to
] be occupied. the time will come when
! lit will cost ten times what it cost now.
2 Inc Iudu WHO can get nome WlL0
? 1.-THE favorable conditions, will be un-
: able to do so when there are strong
' competitive conditions. This is the
( era for the poor man in this old state,
e but new country, for we yet have new
9 lconditions.
Yet would not have you do as a
man saw few days ago. He had
3 NINETY acres of land. his house is
: Itumbled down, his fence is disgrace
5 and the general appearance on the 80
acres is such that you would judge
r them to be owned by tumble-down
2 man, and such is true for when !
asked him about what he grew, he
) said he was not planting anything
t Just yet. asked him how long he
) owned the place, he said since his
father died and later he said he was
working for ninety cents a day but
laid OF for few days This ninety