The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-24
Immense Crowds at
Jackson County Fair
The Second Day
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q beautiful coIIection-grain, sweet
potatoes, Japanese persimmons, home
cured hams. fruits, cane and numer-
GUS other items which go-to excite adj
miration from all. Going down the
hall from this will be found another
booth containing exhibits from a num-
ber-very noticeable among which are
the corn, velvet beans, cane and sweet
potatoes, which like all the others are
especially fine. Across the hall is an
other collection of handsome articles
by several. Prominent In this are a
beautiful collection OF very fine grape
fruit. and small lemon tree in full
bearing, the lemons being some OF the
largest we have ever seen and were
sent in FROM Alliance, one of which
by actual measurement showed a cir
conference of exactly twelve inches.
In this end of the hall among the
fruits to be found are kumquats, citrus
trefolita, oranges. grape fruit, bananas.
lemons. native persimmons, Japanese
persimmons, and others. The nuts
show pecans, hickory nuts, walnuts,
English walnuts and Japanese wal
nuts, and of melons there are water
melons, pie melons, pumpkins and
kershaws.
In the front entrance hall are an
exhibit of canned syrup. a product Of
this county and more fine sweet po-
tatoes and cane On the other side is
an exhibit of the handiwork Of Mr..
z. L. Harris, of this city. who Is to-
tally blind. Among this collection
are beautifully finished combination
COW horn hat and umbrella rack, a
porch settee and swing and several
handsomely designed walking canes
and bundle of ak handles There is
not an article in this array but which
would prove a credit to any man
blessed with good eyesight. All of
this work was done by hand and
shows what can be done where the
proper spirit Is shown regardless of a
most serious handicap by nature.
Continuing down the hall is a con-
tinuation of fine specimens of cane.
cotton plants from six to eight feet
high. okra plants fully as tall. huge
pepper plants heavily laden with their
fiery fruit, great punches of pindars.
chufas, and velvet beans. Just before
reaching the tax collectors Office is
another booth which has a collection
ranging from a bale of cotton to q
satsuma orange. Prominently display
ed here are several large punches Of
handsome grape fruit, bougfls of satsu-
mas, and collection of extra large
pomgranates, with fringe on the
table of white corn, while the back
ground is of green and red cane.
Banked on the table are piles of huge
potatoes, velvet beans, pindars, kerr
shaws, cotton seed. and two bouquets
grace the table. one of rutabagas and
the other curly mustard. while the
end is guarded by a 583-pound bale
of cotton.
Reform School Exhibit.
The State Reform School exhibit is
one in which the entire state Is more
or less interested and the booth as
signed this institution Is of more than
passing interest, as their display Is
all the result OF the 1abors of those
sent there from various sections of
the state, and shows that while giving
them not only an education, but is
training them up to realize the i'm
portance of farming as a means of
gaining a livelihood in later years, and
the possibilities of gaining more than
mere existence by intelligent appli-
cation of brain and muscle In this line
of work. The exhibit from this place
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study.
A list of their entries shows the
garden products to be varied. okra,
ruta bagas, turnips, mustard. collards,
cabbage, pepper and Irish potatoes.
In field products they have two va
rieties Of corn, cane, peas, peanuts,
oats. fodder, bailed shucks, hay. sweet
potatoes, cotton, velvet beans and two
varieties of hickory nuts
In the kitchen work they have some
beautiful light bread and rolls, new
bottled syrup, butter and sixteen va