The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-24

oklawaha. Fla. Oct. II. 1913.

oklawaha. Fla. Oct. IL. 1913
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
And Nathaniel said unto him: Can
any good thing come out OF Nazareth?
And Phillip saith until him: Come
and see"
To every one that aoubteth. TO ev-
eryone that desires to know, Florida
says: Come and see,"
Why 20 into the desolate and frigid
regions OF the far northwest 70 I'M
dergo the hardships OF pioneers, far
removed from railroad facilities. and
then be able 10 secure only wheat
lands. when Florida. with her many
thousands OF miles OF railroad. and
becoming a splendid live stock and
grain market-within her borders-of-
fers. without hardship and at a rea-
sonahle price. land that viii not only
produce wheat. but viii produce IN
abundance every other crop that
grows In the temperate zone. Florida
muck land will produce vastly more
"a the acre than the lands OF the can
adian northwest. and in addition our
rplands viii grow richer every year
hv he proper rotation Of crops. and
produce abundautly of corn. oats rye
barley. alfalfa and all table vegeta-
HES. Compared with productivity,
nearness 10 market railroad faeili-
ties and everything else that goes TO
make life worth living. Florida lands
are selling at a lower price than tilla-
ble land Is selling anywhere else on
the North American continent.
The possibilities of Floirdas SOIL
> ~ beyond estimate Intensive cniti-
walton will add UNNECESSARILY to the
Weld. one hundred acres of vegeta-
Die and corn land in Florida are not
only more profitable than FIVE times
that many acres of wheat land IN
Manitoba or Alberta. but are easier
cultivated and surrounded by am IN
fnitelv greater number of the com
forts of life. And, too, the hundred
acres OF Florida vegetable land are
no harder to secure than the two or
three hundred acres OF wheat land In
chilly Canada. my native country.
FLORIDA has room and a welcome
for thousands Of home-seekers. IL has
fertile lands that are cheap only in
price awaiting the energy OF the IN
dustrious home-seeker.
II you want to locate in n state upon
land that will produce more of every
thing than land in any other state; II
Won want to locate in a state blessed
hv equal educational facilities; if you
want 10 locate in a state where the
energy OF the husbandman is reward
ed bountifully: If you want to locate
in a state where ambition may find
It's full fruition; if you want to locate
in state where the climate is SUI
perb. and the death rate as low as OF
any state in the Union: if you want
TO locate where you can begin with
practically nothing and Dulid COM
Portable fortune upon the yield of the
soil: II you want to locate in such
state as this, come to the muck lands
OF Marion county, Florida.
To those contemplate leaving Flor
ida in response to the glittering al
lurements of the northwest's promo
ters. offer the advice given by the
elder Mr.. Weller to his son, Samuel:
DON'T"
To those of the east and other
lands who contemplate seeking new
home. We would suggest: Consider
Florida. study her possibilities of the
future and her record of the past"
We came unto the land whittier
thou sentest us. and surely it fioweth
with milk and honey"
DAVID II. KIRKLAND.