The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-05
BIZ oRT Il ERrz1NeER.

The State of Baldwin" Is indeed
mpmixlg into it's own. The vast agri-
enlturaI resources that have lain un-
developed for many years are more
and more becoming known. and with
the knowledge of their existence, are
being developed to q remarkable de-
grees- New comers from all portions
of this North are bringing their money
into this county and are clearing up
the land that has previously been
woods and converting IL into orchards,
grain fields, potato patches and gar
dens.
The portion OF the county commonly
known as south Baldwin is devel-
oped to a greater extent as a truck
farming district, and the central por-
ton Is mixed, while the northern part
is given over mostly to staple crops
Throughout the northern and CEN
trail northern portions Of the county,
the cotton farmer is slowly but surely
being freed to abandon his faith in
that crop and substitute for it corn
and potatoes and small grain. These
he has found to be exceedingly profit
able substitutes, and Is advancing Ia
their production to an excellent de-
gree.
A few years ago, the cotton crop
was known as the king of crops and
was Crown chiefly by the natives
whose faith was unbounded and who
produced excellent crops and gained
. good living through its culture. But
little attention was then paid to the
crops which could be used for feed and
it was generally conceded that they
would not be successful
New Settlers, New Ideas.
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projects brought with 1T new settlers
with new IDEAS. These IDEAS were
put into practical use to the astonish-
ment OF the farmer who grew cotton
only. Several years proved that other
crops than cotton could be grown and
grown successfully. The native farm
er locked on with envy and surprise
and finally decided to try some other
crops himself.
The approach Of the boil weevil
served to alarm the farmers to such
a degree that they began to look for
other crops Their first attempts were
not glowing successes but persever-
ance has finally rewarded them with a
knowledge that now enables them to
grow the other crops equally well with
the northern farmers. The arrival OF
the weevil has caused almost an en-
Its dDd1AdOuIuEHL Oh the COTTON crop
and the other crops have become the
standby for the purpose Of testing the
modes OF fighting the weevil. There
are but few acres in cotton this year
as compared with previous years, and
1t is believed that In the near future
the cotton acreage viii almost entirely
be supplanted by the corn and potato
crops.
Each year the potato crop is be-
coming more and more profitable and
the yields are becoming little less than
phenomenal; 400 to TOO bushels to the
&C Of sweet potatoes is not an un-
common occurrence, and from the i
manner in which they are finding |
market it Is evident that the quality
OF the tuber Is equal to the quantity
that can be raised
A Money Maker.
The early Irish potato Is a money |
maker, the markets being unusually |
good at the time they are ready for !
shipment. The YIELDS are not so large |
- the sweets but the price Is better |
during the season. The lowest prices /
that are received for the sweets are |
from so cents to so cents per hamper, /
and the early shipments bring not less
than $500, the average price being |
about ninety cents; the Irish potatoes /
bring seventy-f1ve cents to $500 Per