The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-11-27
OUR SEVENTH
ANNUAL FAIR
Excellent in All Departments But
The Attendance Not SO Large
AS in Former Years.

! Ii our former faifS deserve to Occu-
py red-letter dates in our local alma
macs the one now on Should occupy
central location and be printed in
capital letters.
From the poultry pens to the sto k
yards; from the agricultural building
to the ladies' booth of exquisite and
dainty things, we feel that we can
itruthfully say that the displays have
hardly been excelled even in our
most prosperous years.
| The Agricultural Exhibit
| While the agricultural exhibit is
not so large as in former years the
| things on exhibition are a decided
compliment to any farm and fruit
section anywhere.
| On the right OF the entrance is the
exhibit of the Marion Farms, and a
study of it will tell not only the pos
sibilities but of the actualities cf farm
| life in Florida.
The meats attract especial after
| tion. There are sides of bacon meas
uring three feet across, and hams and
shoulders as large in proportion. The
exhibit of potatoes is especially at
tractive. This exhibit embraces all
varieties, are exceptionally large and
are bright and fawless The sugar
cane is as good as can be grown in
Cuba or the Hawaiian Islands. When
| it is known that there are New Or
| leans firms buying cane syrup in 1000
barrel lots in south Georgia, great
possibilities are promised our state in
the cultivation of sugar cane. The
Marion Farms also has a fine display
| OF oats and hay products.
! On the left of the entrance Mr.. Pc
ter Loos has a fine exhibit He has
Iseven varieties of sweet potatoes, and
all are shown to advantage. He has
the Lemon Bay, Red Providence, Yel
low Yam, East India, (white), mig
ser Killer" (red) Porto Rico Yam, and
the Nancy Hall. He has number of
varieties of syrups, among others be-
ling a beautiful watermelon syrup. His
cane and sorghum syrups are very
clear. He has many varieties of jel-
lies and preserves, catsups, pickles,
vinegar, honey, beeswax, butter, and
variofu nf raf1fc and Goods
| Next comes Perry Edwards exhib-
lit Perry is one of our colored farm
ers, and his exhibit tells what can be
done on forty acres. He has more
than one hundred different articles.
The list includes a large number of
forage plants, many nuts and seeds
and beautiful collection of syrups,
jellies and preserves; indeed, his col
lection is so large that it is almost
unbelievable that all could be ,produc-
ed on a forty-acre farm. There are
the products of the garden as well
as of the field. The display ranges
| from artichokes to kershaws and
pumpkins.
Display of Natural Woods
The display of woods is even bet
ter than usual 1t shows up well. The
varieties include wahoo, persimmoD,
water oak, post oak, blackjack, hick-
ory, holly. ash, black gum. red cedar,
elm, red bay, myrtle, maple, sweet
gum, white bay, sugar berry, live oak,
mulberry, magnolia, grapevine, iron
wood, etc.
Display of Vegetables
The vegetable display shows off to
splendid advantage, despite the sud
den and severe weather we have Just
passed through.
| We noticed fine heads of cabbage,
collards, mustard greens, turnips, egg
plants, oucumbers, peppers, onions,
beets, radishes, okra, lettuce, ETC.,
which altogether makes a fine collec-
| tion.
Collection of Lime Exhibits
| Mr.. Meffert has fine collection of
lime. He has it in oil stages. from
the crude rock and raw soft lime to
the finished product-slaked and by
drafted, and in bags and barrels.
Cotton and Forage Products
Cotton is on exhibition in all stage
of development, from the growing
stalk to the ginned product.
Hay Products
The hay products occupy a con