The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-27
PARADISE FOR FARMING
NFLORIDA SAYS TAYLOR
Wonderfully Fertile Section is
Told About by Former
Clarksburger.
EVERYTHING is RAISED.
Both North Temperate and
Tropical Produce Profit
ably Grown.

~ II. AhJiOiB lOTIlSTly uleCudH-
ical engineer at the d4art Brothers
machine shops in the West End,
who moved to Florida u year ago
last December and took up a forty
acre tract OF the Fort Pierce farms
in st. Luce county, is back in
Clarksburg on brief visit and he
brings with him such marvellous and
interesting tales about the fertility
of that section as to make any
nearer want to move straightway
down there and go into the farming
business. He says 1hat people are
waxing rich there and he has ex-
hibits and photographs along with
him to substantiate his statement.
West Virginia Company.
The Fort pierce Farms, as people
of this section have already been in
formed through advertisements,
consist OF tract of $4,000 acres
that was purchased some time ago
and has since been developed by
company OF West y!rginians, Of
which Frank Armstrong and Rupert
N. Koblegard, formerly of Clarks-
burg and Weston, respectively, are
chief stockholders. The farms are
situated on the eastern coast OF
Florida short distance west of
Fort Pierce, bustlIng little city OF
considerable Importance as a ship
piag point, sixty miles north OF
Palm Beach and 24O miles south of
Jacksonville. OF the $4,000 acres
in the tract, $4,000 acres have al,
ready been improved for agricultur-..
al purposes and dredging machines
are now at work developing the re-
naming part Of the tract. The, inn
proved land hes been divided into
farms of forty acres each and moro
than 200 Of these farms have al
ready been taken up by progressive
persons who have realized the great
possibilities OF the fertile soil end
splendid climate there.
Many Miles Of ID. tches.
There is abundance of moisture
there, tlthough the sun is said to
shine practically every day IN the
year, and the development of the
land depends upon proper drainage,
which has been done by the pro-
noting company. Already twelve
miles Of drainage bitches OF from
twenty to forty feet in width have
been completed and an equal dis
lance of fine, she'll roads have been
constructed.
Il have Travelled extensively
through the tropics and through the
temperate zone" said Mr.. Taylor,
land have neyer yet found a place
equal to the Fort Pierce Farms for
successful and profitable farming
Look here" he said, unwrapping
package done up in a newspaper
these are q lew bedh PAoaitS PS
on my farm just before coming
north: what do you think of them !"
He pulled out two or three plants
that were as thick with big, fat
long, juicy string beans as
thew could be. That's cnly an av-
erage sample OF my bean crop" ne
said 81 have got lettuce heads
there" he continued, las big as your
arms can reach around"
E@ Tropical Produce.
But lettuce and beans are not the
only things Mr. Taylor and his
farmers raise. The land
is SO fertile and the climatic condi-
tons so favorable, that practically
everything That is grown in the
north temperate zone, excepting APP
ples end wheat, can he raised there;
and all tropical fruits and vegeta-
bles can be and are successfully
raised there. Prolific crops Of such
northern vegetables as celery, cab
bage, cauliflower, beans, tomatoes.
potatoes. peppers, cucumbars and
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