The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-22

agreed upon the location Of the Gar
den Of Eden. nor h the local habitatior
of classic Arcadia as clear as the as
soctationa which surround the name
but 30 far hack az 1912 Ponce de Beor
thought he had found an Eden when on
Easter SUNDAY % that year he discov'
cred tho mainland and named It Pas
cha F1orfduft.
And the city dweller, who. tiret
az the wearing and nerve -racaSing grind
determines 20 end it always decides
that a home In the country where hs
os.n -atsc his eraft and veEetables, have
his own cow end poultry VIII solve the
question OF living.
Hut very few realize that farming
is both a trade and a profession and
that like every other trade and pro-
fession IL must be studied and learned
thororghIy II one would succeed
have wondered why farmers as a
class are so often the subject OF satire
and OF the cartoonist. There Is no
trade OF profession that requires more
fntelIirence and thought than does that
OF the successful farmer.
A great painter was once asked
what ingredients he used in his colors
~ make them so true 10 nature and SO
lasting.
Brains" was the terse reply.
And SO II In with farming: we must
use brains II we accomplish the oe-
sired result.
r. there a nobler occupation than the
art of growing perfect fruit ana Vese-
tables without defectZ
This work gives our creative facul :
ties full play: II II at once an inspira-
ton and an achievement.
Somewhere saw these words; they
are so full Of meaning that they are
worthy Of a place among the noted
classics:
'sTo pillow il to pray, to plant Is to
prophecy and the reaping Is tae an
swer and fuIfiliment thereof.
But II we expect to have our prayers
answered and our prophecy fulfilled
we must know what and Wnen tc
plant. !.
no longer in vogue and instead OF haV-
f1r many acres under cultivation ano
those acres planted to one thing, the
Intensive method of farming Is being
done.
There are several reasons for this
the economic one being foremost, pu'
we have nothing to do today with the
reasons why, but to the tning ltsel.
That there are thousands OF acres
bainR cultivated with the steam ploW
and all work being done by gasoline
mower we know, but we are dealing
with the small farmers around US
Florida, with it's equable climate
abundant supply Of fuel and never rail-
ing wells of water is very allurtng to
the homeseeker.
From almost every state In the union
and even from far away Holland come
inquiries concerning Florida, ana II
should be our aim and ambition TO De
able TO give complete and rutnlul
reply to all questions To be compe"
tent to do this we should (pardon tne
alang) have the goods to SHOW
once upon a time many years age
there was a city being rebuilt. II was
a labor or love, but the builders nae
many enemies who hindered the Worl
I'm every possible way. There were
differences among the builders, per
haps. as to the method Of labor. Th'
leader or master builder. evolved {
plan that IL followed today would g
FAR towards making a veritable Eden
This was the PLAN Every builder y
repair the wall in front of his owl
home and then to help his neighoor
The plan was successful for the recort
saws, so built we the walls, and al
the wall was Joined together. for INT
people had a mind to work" And how
fun of meaning that last phrase is
''for the people had a mind TO work.
Talking, theorizing and dreaming arr
pleasures. but accomplish nothing
. While we are sitting in the SHADE
dreaming and telling of what we are
going to do the crabgrass and weeds
are growing and doing their best to re
produce their kind hundred fold anC
make trouble for the coming year.
The epitaph written for Mauric'
Barrymore In Jest by friend before
the actors death might well he writ
ten for many less distinguished people
II talked beneath the moon,
And slept beneath the sun.
3 I lived in a land of going to do,
And died with nothing done.
People have been lured to this LAM
of flowers and after living here a shor
time thought It nothing but a foori
paradise and abandoned farms hai
been the result.
The main reason for this was be
cause we had nothing we could pro
duce as evidence that with intelligen
effort this part of Florida could b.
made an Eden.
Building homes in Florida is some
what OF a task when one begins II
the woods and has to cut and hew ant
\ build from the beginning. The climat
IL almost perfect and the water frs
class, but one cannot live on climat
and water, at least not in this materia
y age.
A stranger coming to Florida an,
seeing our sand exclaims, why, yol
have no soil; nothing can grow here
Now back where / came. from We hav
black soil and you can grow crop
there" That person must be shown
for seeing is believing. And right her
want to declare against the knockeI
Back where / came from" may hav
been a paradise. but the snake mus
have In some way shown his presenc
or the knocker would not have left 70
pastures new.
To build up a new country we mus
find and tell all the good we can Q
e that country, and there is somethin
good In all inhabited countries, other
wise they would DO without inhabi
tants. AS there must be good an
bad 10 all things, let US find the gooC
be thankful and tell 1t.
An aged, poverty stricken woma
was In an aims house. A visitor VIII
had noticed her often, said to her
"Auntie, you are always so cheerfI
and happy. How can you find an
happiness in these surroundings, for
know you have seen better days.
Why, honey, 1 have a great deal
be thankful for"
Tell me one thing for which 20
are thankful"
We'll, dearie, have two teeth LEI
and thank the good Lord they hit"
And so in spite Of all drawbacks W
can find some one thing that is goo
and tell IL.
But in Florida the optimistic home
ssfaa dar fpHa en- MANY fbipo.a that ar