The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-01
PUTNAM COUNTY
CORN GROW ERS
Will Yet Convince the World
That Corn is a Leading
County Asset

Palatka is aroused to- the import
ance Of the 'corn-crop as one of Flor
ida S coming great assets.
Samples of Florida-grown corn are
to be sent out on an advertising tour,
visiting the east, the west and Can
ada. The stalks will be shown with
matured ears on them and doubters
will be convinced that Florida is a
corn growing State.
This is good advertising and will
accomplish much practical benefit for
Florida da-Tampa Tribune.
These corn-stalk samples with corn
have been sent by express prepaid to
$50 agents scattered in all parts of
the country by the New South Farm
& Home Co. whose principal Office is
in this city. This company has colo
nies in Marion and Putnam counties,
but in Putnam county alone it has Sc
cured vast tracts upon which it has
already located many settlers. The
company takes an interest in the pur-
chaser of it's lands and does every
thing consistent to show him the way
to success by giving him all desired
information regarding crops and time
of planting. The 250 stalks sent out
were the product of the farm of Mr..
Wilmington, near Hollister, one of the
recent settlers brought in by this COM
pany. Some of these stalks were over
fourteen feet high and contained from
two to six ears each. None of the
samples sent were less than twelve
feet high.
But here is an old farmers story:
j. II. Baughman of Peniel has some
samples in the Office of P. J. Becks
which tell the value of that section
for corn growing better than any
printed story could. The samples are
available to any one who will take
the trouble to look. The ears are as
large as any we ever saw. Mr.. Baugh-
mans crop will run from so to 60
bushels to the acre.
Jack Helms has field of corn at
East Palatka containing 55acres. He
had sold big crop of potatoes from
the same field early in the spring.
His corn is yellow and differs in shape
from that raised by Mr.. Baughman;
the ears are longer but not of such
great circumfrance. Mr.. Helms crop
will run from IS to 70 bushels to the
acre, according to-the best estimate
of experts.
Then there is James II. Fry whose
farm is in the same section; his crop
is enormous.
Dr. G. L. Sipprell of Florahome,
and a pioneer drainage advocate of
that section who has probably given
as intelligent study to the possibili-
ties of the lands in his section and
spent as much time and money to Gre
ate some enthusiasm In behalf of
drainage as any half dozen others
he is showing some corn samples from
his section at P. j. Becks' office. These
stalks were grown on the Florahome
land without the use of fertilizer and
average Is feet in height. But DR..
Sipprell maintains that there are peo-
pie in his section who are beating him
all hollow on corn, Mr.. Revels for in
stance, whose crop is immense.
Some of the finest potatoes and corn
brought to the city this year have
come from this same Florahome sec
tion and The News has frequently
called attention of its readers to them.
1t unhesitatingly at all times has pro-
nounced the lands at Florahome the
most valuable for trucking and di-
versified crops to be found anywhere
in the United States. This is not a
News opinion, it is the opinion of land
experts.