The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-31
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SUGGESTIONS TO
THE FARMERS
L. w. HARDY GIVES OUT INTER
VIEW, IN WHICH He DISCUSSES
SEVERAL MATTERS OF VITAL
INTEREST TO TILLERs OF THE
SOIL AND OTHERS.

When seen by a representative OF
The Journal yesterday, L W. Hardy,
| superintendent of the community ex-
| htbits department of the recent Inter
formed and most practical farmers in
| this county, was just bubbIing over
to say something of the recent trip of
the Farmers Institute demonstration
train through this county. and before
he stpoped talking he had given out
some splendid advice along a number
OF lines and which is Of interest to
the farmers of the county generally.
Mr.. Hardy also is strongly in favor
of establishing canning factories in
the county, as advocated by The Jour
nal, and in the course Of his remarks,
he made some splendid suggestions on
that subject.
Mr.. Hardy said:
1T Isl a pleasure to me always to
meet any body of workers and espe-
! cially with farmers. This is a work
ing world and God has put great honor
on work and man has found it to be
the greatest blessing Of existence. He
is without vision who does not realize
Il was reared on a farm and for
many years it had not occurred to me
that when God made man and breathed
into him the breath of life and he be-
came a living soul that the first task
that he put him to was that of the hor-
ticulturist. do not wish to strain the
Bible in order to make out Of Adam
more than his maker made, but I sus-
pect that under his touch the earth
responded in all the beauty of fruit
and in all the coloring of flowers
Nothing Is calculated 70 impress the
country farmer of this commonwealth
and of Escambia county with the
beauty and dignity of conquering the
| earth so as to make all the farm lands
contribute to the welfare and comfort
Of their loved ones than just such
gatherings as we have at the several
places in the county, to look through
| the demonstration train, 1t will i'm
press the boy with the fact that his
| father is engaged in pursuit no less
| worth while than that in which the
| professor in the university, the pro-
| prietor of the great manufa curing
| plant, the congressman and the senator
are engaged.
Il am not supposed in these imper
| feet remarks to contribute anything of
value in a scientific way to their
| coming together, but it is my earnest
purpose to leave with you the belief
| that such gatherings make a most pro-
found impression upon those engaged
| in farming who is the backbone and
sinew Of the world. Tilling the soil
has now taken it's place among the
sciences taught in the schools. Man is
learning to co operate with nature and
his work in the country is far more
interesting and the result is more
beautiful homes and country life more
inviting.
There are many apologies that
might be made for Florida farmers for
having neglected the garden, orchard
and truck farm for all these years.
Chief among these is the Floridian's
early training to love the pine tree and
its product. But that is almost a thing
of the past and the mind must be
turned to something else.
Perhaps it will not be arniss to
state here that it has been shown in
many ways that corn can be produced
in this state and county cheaper than
in the western states. The same can
be said of hogs, for by using peas, soy
Deans anu STOuIlO peas anu i1ltSiIAiS
with corn a hundred pounds of pork
can be raised in Florida at less cost
than in the west.
What is true of corn and meat is
true of many other crops, vegetables
and fruits.
Besides all this, Florida has a dis
tinct advantage in climate, rainfall and
a soil type so varied that in almost
evArv community In the state some
marketable vegetable or fruit can be
grown to a good profit and in fact.
these advantages at once place US in a