The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-15

barns after being saturated with
| water. To meet this emergency Mr..
| Ruff, who has been engaged in rail-
road development work for years, in
vented a patent drying process by
which he can take saturated hay from
the fields and in a few hours have
1t so thoroughly cured that no Ill ef-
feots whatever will be shown. He ex-
! perimented with the "drier" until it
was perfected, and as a result lost not
| a wisp Of the hay of the crop re-
ferred to by Mr.. Mays. Several leg1s-
| 1ators from the agricultural district
have inspected the "drier' and the hay,
and say that the invention will make
Florida one of the greatest forage
producing states in the union, and
therefore, one of the greatest dairy
product and beef producing states.
F1oridians have in recent years been
forced to pay as high as $40 ton
for hay I am told, whereas hay can
be produced in Florida and cured by
Rufus process at SIS and $40 a ton. The
wonderful advantages offered to dairy
men IN this section are already being
shown by the dairymen of Leon and
adjoining counties. Velvet bean nay
and corn are produced in great guam
tity and fine quality, and equal ad-
vantages are offered for truck garden
ing. The garden products would, OF
course, follow those from the south |
ern section Of the state, but would
yield fancy prices in the northern i
markets The poultry breeder also |
finds advantages here that are not |
possessed by other sections, one Of the |
principal advantages being that the ,
birds are not killed by f1eas and other
insects, as they are in sandy sections
Mr. Ruff is also experimenting with
hardy oranges, alligator pears and
other tropical products, and believes
dance and be of good quality. Hardy
orange trees dot the entire county,
and the fruit Is excellent to the taste
and full of rourishing qualities.
Pecan Industry.
Leon county expects within a few
years to lead the world in the pro-
duction of pecans in which there is
great profit. In fact, the pecan plan
tation of the Florida Pecan Endow-
ment Company is the largest in the
world, and within a few years viii be
a marvel of productiveness. In the
meantime, diversified crops are being
grown on the pecan tree lands, and
the fact that diversifcation means the
agricultural salvation of the section
Is being demonstrated. Wild pecan
and the growth Of cultivated trees
surpasses that of the trees planted
IN the far-famed pecan section Of
Southern Georgia. In short, the
me-seeker from the frigid states cf /
the north merely needs to visit and
study the advantages offered by this
section Of the state, and he will be ]
convinced by what he sees. I
Topography and Location. (
More Typographical beauty may be
'ound in some sections than is appar- /
mt in Leon county, but the writer mas I
lot yet made the discovery. The roll {
ng tree studded hills are not only 1
.hings of beauty. but they serve to i
Train nearly all the lands of the sec
ion. which is dotted with beautiful I
axes and body-refreshing springs. {
The gulf is only twenty-five miles dis I
ant and Is reached by a good road 7
within very short time. The good
Dads spirit is not only permeating the {
atmosphere. but the section is blessed c
With good roads materials that are 4
ecured elsewhere at great cost. No U
more beautiful scene is presented any 4