The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-09
Completes a Trip Through
Northern Gulf Coast
Territory.
SEES DEVELOPMENT
OVER THE COUNTRY
Some Of This is in Escanbi4
Corrnty-Talks of Stock
Raising and Diversified
Crops and the Free Ser
vice That Will Be Rem
dered by the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad.

r. f. McElroN horticulturist I'm the
L. e y. railroads industrial and i'm
migration department, was in Pensa-
cola last week after having completed
a trip of the northern gulf coast sec
tlon Mr.. McElroy finds great deal
of valuable development going Oh.
some Of which is in IGscambia county,
and he is very optimistic as to the fu-
ture. To a journal representative lao
said:
II have just made a trip over part
Of the gulf coast section and / iiud it
in fairly good condition. Those scc-
tions which grow a large amount ~
truck crops, citrus fruits, pecans, aud
some live stock are not suffering Hupn
cially like those sections of the cO.u-
try which depend solely upon cotton,
for they nave already marketed acy-
eral Of their different crops and ha .s
a market for what they now have.
Satsuma oranges are selling as h.rh
as $3.50 q box, and there is a de-
mand for the grapefruit and pce'u-,
and a great many are just harvesting
a good crop Of sweet potatoes wh3cu
is ready for the market
"The farmers OF the gulf coast are
not limited or confined to any single
tion is being practiced and the baue-
fetal results obtained this year are
well shown for wheIe cotton Is .he
main or only crop many are having &C.
sacrifice it at price Of less than
what 1t costs 10 produce it.
u saw some excellent pecan "nt
satsun.a groves in Escambia county
and that vicinity, and this county rau
produce an unknown quaIltN OF truck,
and since so many different crops can
he grown each year there is no reJ-sr
why live stock, especially hogs, slt uld
not be raised in abundance tOS feed
the people in the cities. ] was glad tr
hear 50 many people talking of gctuuE
registered males or bOars, for lh.s
shows that the people are realizing tue
great opportunity they have for pro-
ducinG meat
The exhibits shown at several or
the county fairs show that the farmers
can produce excellent crops and that
they are not confined to any one crop.
The exhibits would rank with those yf
any section Of the United States and
] was especially pleased with the hue
exhibits Of live stock, especially hog.
and ! saw corn equal 10 that produced
in the corn belt, and the horticultural
products could not be easily dupa-
Gated
There should be more live stocb i'm
the gulf coast region for it would
eventually mean purchasing less Tor
tilizer. Lime should be applied 10 a
great many Of the soils and the cattle
tick should be eradicated. As long aa
ticks exist in a section the live stock
industry cannot reach ITS best do
The farmers who desire TO
= igyf.f |HrH4
an association 50 they can ship lu
car load lots and handle their product"
to o. better advantage.
The L. 81 n railroad company has
an agricultural department which ia
under the supervision Of G. A. Parl,.
general immigration and industrial
agent. The services Of the dcEart-
ment are free to the people aud tho
men are always glad to pay q per-
sonal visit to any farmer who ahr"d
want any advice The men OF tl9
a gricuIturaI department are constant
" travelling over the road giving ld-
vice, holding meetings with the farm
ers. organizing associations, and giving
instructions about shipping and mar
keting. This department also issues
bulletins upon agricultural subjects
for free distribution 10 the people.
'JNe Immigration uSBci LllleH@ - ~
ing everything it can to get desirable
people to move and settle on the un-
cultivated lands Of the South tribu-
tary 10 the j.. & y. road. Each month
people are coming down to look az = @
country and in time we think large
part Of the land which Is now uucul-
tivated will be put into cultivation
Mr. McElroys suggestion that tha
rublic generally should take advan-
tage of the free assistance which IN"
experts Of the railroad company VII
furnish to all who desire it, is we'll
" Worth acting upon. Farming, truck
growing and fruit growing. and ami
NAL husbaudrv have now all become
1cientific subjects. and arg farmer may
Z rcft by scientific advice