The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-04
What Some Of Our Farmers Have To Say About Their
Farms, What They Raise and What We Expect
For the Future OF Escambla County, Florida.

iiiswe thai any man with q rsascnahis
amount 81 snsrEy and push can % en-
ceed.nRiy vel here
The soll " a sandy ioam vita q
good clay submofi. the land Ties hl9h.
slightly rolling but not enough %
wash. and q IL not necessary 70 irrt-
gate. and with . reasonable annol -
fertiliSer vii raise exeeiient crops ~
sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes. ougar
cane and al kinds ~ truck.
Fruit does well here with a reason
able amount % care and I really feel
that Il is N deal location IN which
% I've. a. - climate. sociabiiity % the
people and heaithfuineaa.
have not been here ionH enough 20
tell you anything further. bot win PER-
haps write you later.
] arm located within enc and . half
miles % Roberts Station on the l.. q
y. railroad North % Pennacola ~
miles. Just on the Fiomaton read. The
county roads are All good roads "a
which % travel I feel that I should
nay aomethtnH special about the wnfer
In this county. a. that is an important
matter ] never naw nicor water than
that which Ne have IN thia county. I
have a well a. "a feet With "a fee %
pure soft water
Respectfully yours.
tsigned) GEORGE o. vooRIFEs
~Ss, . Mlnnsssas n.nk prsslssrs
oetoser iTsA isii
AZ yeur request ! am writing you
what ! found upon my visit last
month 20 Pensacola and EscauesA
County. Florida
Arriving 90 Pensacola a. tife on
Thursday afternoon. | called on the
Fisher Rarkdun Perm Agency. being
the most reliable ,oac4rn Of thia kind
IN West Florida. ard Was shown the
I YVES driven over the city'u thirty
miles Of paved streets with many
handsome dwellings
Among the most noticeable buildings
] saw, was the FIRST National Rank
building an AL marble building. cost
ms In the neighborhood % oo.ooo co.
the san Carlos Hotel one % the most
beautiful hotel buildings In the south.
costing ons-haif million dollars; thu
tsn-story American National Bank
buildlnGi the \. NJ. G. A. ono % the
most up 10 date Y. n. G. A. buildings
IN the south. the new HiHh school
building: the rev tgtoooooo Louisville
a Nashville Depot and number ~
me church edinces. costina frum tao.-
10000 and upwards.
I Was then shown the harbof. claim
"a 90 he the third finest harbor IN the
United States and a was MAGNIFICENT
Prom the number % wepnalu aioumniaa
Of the docks and anchored IN the bav
the shipping business must b Tine
menne.
a. eight the next morning I wam
shown over the farms and fmrm lmnda
owned ~ thia company. I f0umd the
streets paved q within q few blocks ~
the city limits and We then had = very
GOOD hard road which runs across the
county from North 20 south. beinm
forty miien Ions.
Until We got out about four miles
] ala not see any good farms OF good
farming lands. but about four miles
from the postofnce the land COM
menccd 20 eet better and we saw our
nrnt farm. a farm Of about two hun
dred acres. with beautiful buildings
aud grounds
was Informed that the owner aad re-
fused 20 cell ~ any price. Prom this
farm on I saw any number % prosper
Gus looking farms. very few poor ones
hut after talking with the different
farmers along the road ! could readily
see why they were not Ell prosperous
The energetic man has the god farm.
The other man has the poor farm. and
az . rule when you ash for him ~ hin
riace he r. either IN town or fishing
4 49, nafwn nas8 ffsNm wf.aA aN.sssss -
miles ne a. ed 20 the West and
drove through about STA o. eight Sec
tons % the company'n land. and cut
side % location. I can honestly cay
there ~ mighty little difference be.
tween one acre and another. n IL all
what I would call level land. Al no
place did see an acre thai would
wash and al with slope enough 20
drain well The soil was q Nerfoih
sandy Loan with = good clay sub
soIl
A. one place near Roberts 4 met the
owners ~ nine different farms they
were All from Minnesota and unusually
pleasant infeliimrnt men. I met their
"a miles and IN every case found them
lpleaaed IN every respect with the nofl.
climate. water. location. churches ard
schools. and can say that this was not
only the case here. but with every set
tier ! talked %. with few exceptions.
and these exceptions Invariably we're
men who had come here with no capt
tni 20 carry them through the first
year. Prom my observations 3 new-
conner should have capital enough -
Nee them through ~ least the nrNt mix
months crop.
We returned ~ the city NJ noon and
! vac 80 well impressed with the soll.
location and future value ~ the farm
land within a radius - twelve miles
lof Pensacola that J purchased ~ this
company. eAo acres. ! am roinm 20
improve a part ~ this section. about
eighty acres. and hold the balance for
en- Increase IN rrice. which is sure ~
come ! ARMY believe that within the
neat four % nve years n viii - Inn
possible % buy Land here ~ less than
tsooe 20 fse.oo Ter acre; ard that me