The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-08
HOLMES WILL
PARTICIPATE IN
THE BIG FAIR
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Is HELD
AT 5oNIFAY-CoUNTY FAIR AS
ISOLATION IS ORGANIZED AND
EXHIBITS WILL BE BROUGHT
TO PENsAcoLA-HoLMEs coUN-
TY COMPRISES RICH AoRIcUL-
TURAL SECTION.
BN w. q Mack

Bombay, Aug. AT a mass meeting
held in the Holmes county court house
today the Holmes County Fair Asso-
citation was organized, officers elected
and a resolution adopted pledging the
holding of a county fair and sending
to the Pensacola Interstate Fair
county exhibit from Holmes county.
This action was the result of Man
ager N. J. LIZARDS visit and the get
ting of the citizens together. There
were a number of enterprising farm
ers and business men who went to the
court house to hear him talk on the
subject of the fair, the seed which was
sowed falling in fertile ground.
G. A. F>ulford county superintendent
of public instruction, was elected pres
ident Of the association with power to
select his board of governors, which
he will do during the next few days
and another meeting of the assocta-
ton will be called to map out plan
for holding the county fair and Sc
curing a manager to collect and ar
range the exhibit which is to be taken
to Pensacola.
A w. Weekes, q successful farmer
and prominent citizen, was elected by
accIamation to the office Of vice presi-
dent. Z. A. williams, editor of the
Holmes County Advertiser, was made
secretary and he was instructed to
obtain If possible the names of all
business men, farmers and professional
men as members of the association
pIedging their cooperation and sup
port.
NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT.
Had Manager LiIlard not made a
trip to Bonifay to stir up interest
among the good people Of Holmes
county 1t is likely that no county fair
would have been held and certainly
no exhibit from this county would
have been sent to Pensacola. Nat
urally the people here are very much
enthused with the interest which has
been created today and almost every
one with whom you talk expresses
himself as confident that Holmes coun-
ty is prepared to walk away with first
prize at the Interstate Fair.
Bombay is in the center Of one Of
the richest farming districts In the
South. For a radius of eight miles in
every direction there are prosperous
farmers who are making excellent
| crops. There is yet room in this ter
ritory for thousands of others to locate
to everyone.
BOYS CORN CLUBS.
Holmes county is forging to the
| front when it comes to interesting the
| boys in agricultural development. The
| fact that there are now one hundred
| and ten boys who are contestants in
| the corn club race is due largely to
| County Superintendent Of Public IN
| struction c. A. Fulford, who is in
| charge of the work. Mr.. Fulford is a
young man himself. full of energy and
understands the boy and has the happy
/ faculty of interesting him. The boys
| corn club contest will be a feature of
| the county fair and each boy will have
/ on display at the Pensacola fair ten
| ears Of corn.
| This afternoon superintendent Full
| ford and DR.. J. D. Gabriel carried Man
| aCer Lillard and The Journal repre-
| sentative. who Is making the West
| Florida tour with him, for a ride into
the country to see some Of the grow
/ ing crops. Mr.. Gates place on the
| outskirts of the city was visited. He
has one field of eighteen acres planted
| to corn and velvet beans and 1t Is a
| most interesting experience to go over
this field. Some Of the stalks Of corn
have as many as six ears well filled
| out, though the average is not three
ears, the majority Of the stalks having
| but two. AS a feed for stock, Mr.
Gates says the velvet bean crop is
worth practically as much as the corr
crop.
Mr.. Cates's boy, Joe. IS one Of the
contestants for the boys corn club
t premiums ana ne mas a most 6NCellenl
prospect. Joe is a bright and ener-
getic boy and says he expects to gather
! seventy-five bushels of corn from the
acre. He has cultivated it with care
and while this has been an unusually
bad year for corn crops he feels very
we'll satisfied.
Adjoining Mr.. Cates's corn field ht
has a fine field of cotton. The rows
were made only FIVE feet apart and nov
the cotton is interlocking to such ar
extent that or cannot see the ground
Mr.. Gates says had the rows beer
made seven feet apart the yield woulC
have been greater as the cotton plan
needs sunlight and air to do its best.
|. Other f1ourishing crops were passed
on the drive into the country. Somt
of them appeared to be even superio,
to Mr.. Cates's, though he has demon
strated beyond doubt that farming II
West Florida is a business In whici
man may engage and make hand
some profits.
| The Broadacre Farm. Of which W. A
Seasons is manager VIII be one Of tn
| beauty spots Of West Florida in a few
years. They now have several hun
! dred acres in cultivation and propos
| increasing the amount until one thou
| sand acres are cultivated. Here prac
| tical farming and live stock raising i
; | done on a pra ctical and business-lik
plan. Mr.. Seasons is a young mai
and the success of the farm is due t
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